SAA 19 086. Military Camp in Maruru (CTN 5 p. 43)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL be-lí-ia ARAD-ka] ^maš-šur—DI-an-ni [o]	(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] Aššur-šallimanni. [Good health to the king, m]y [lord!] The [king's] cam[p] is well.
o 22	[lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-lí]-⸢ia⸣ DI-mu a-na ma-⸢dak-te⸣ [ša LUGAL]
o 33	[ina UGU LÚ^v.ar-ma-a]-⸢a⸣ ša LUGAL be-lí ṭè^-mu^ iš^*-ku-na-⸢ši-ni⸣	(3) [As to the Aramean]s about whom the king, my lord, gave us orders: "[Get going and] march off!" – we have turned back from Maruru and [directed] our course [...] towards the Arameans.
o 44	[ma-a na-am-me-šá] ⸢li⸣-kal-ka TA^v URU.ma-ru-ri ni-su-uḫ-⸢ra⸣
o 55	[x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na ŠÀ LÚ^v.a-ri-mi pa-ni-ni
o 66	[ni-sa-kan un-qi] ⸢LUGAL^*⸣ ina pu-ut EN.LÍL.KI ina UGU-ni na-ṣu-ni	(6) Opposite Nippur they brought us [the kin]g’s [sealed order], saying: "[...] is coming to them. [...] get assembled and go! Exact the dried corn [from the houses of Bi]t-Amukani!"
o 77	[ma-a x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina UGU-šu-nu il-la-ka
o 88	[ma-a x x x] pu-uḫ-ra li-kal-ka ŠE ub-bu-lu
o 99	[TA^v É-MEŠ ša] ⸢É^*⸣—a-mu-ka-ni us-ḫa ni-su-ḫur	(9) We turned back and are staying [in Marur]u. The cavalrymen [whom] we transferred [to] Maruru (and) [who] are staying in Maruru have arrested 60 [wande]ring men.
o 1010	[ina URU.ma-ru]-⸢ri⸣ kam-mu-sa-ni LÚ^v.ša—pit-ḫal-la-ti
o 1111	[am-mar^? ša ina] URU.ma-ru-ri nu-še-ti-qu-ni
o 1212	[ina ŠÀ] URU.ma-ru-ri kam-ma-su-ni 60 LÚ^v.ERIM-MEŠ
o 1313	[a-li]-ku-ti ú-ṣa-bi-tu-ni a-na 02 UD-mi	(13) On the next day I conquered the [...]eans
o 1414	[x x x] ⸢x x x⸣-a^.a^ ⸢ak^-ta^-ša^?-da^?⸣	(13) On the next day I conquered the [...]eans
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	[x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
r 2'2'	[x x x x x x] ⸢la⸣ i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(r 2) [......] not [...]
r 3'3'	[x x x x x x] i-⸢ti⸣-[x x x]	(r 3) [......]
r 4'4'	[x x x ṭè]-⸢en⸣-šú-nu a-na LUGAL EN-ía a-sap-ra	(r 4) [...] I have sent a report about them to the king, my lord.
	rest uninscribed

Adapted from Mikko Luukko, The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud (State Archives of Assyria, 19), 2012. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, as part of the AHRC-funded research project “Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC” (AH/F016581/1; University College London) directed by Karen Radner. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P393638/.