SAA 19 102. Sending People to the King (CTN 5 p. 28)[via saao/saa19]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) To the king, my [l]ord: your servant Šamaš-bunaya. | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | (3) Concerning the people about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, right now I am sending 373 persons under the care of [Z]er-abi to the king, my lord. | |
| o 44 | an-⸢nu-rig⸣ 03 me 73 ZI-ME ina ŠU.2 | |
| o 55 | ||
| o 66 | ú-se-bi-la ⸢57*⸣ LÚv.ERIM-MEŠ | (6) 57 men; 6 men of [5 spans' height, 3] of 4 spans' height, 12 of 3 spans’ height; 8 [weaned; x] sucklings. |
| o 77 | 06 LÚv.ERIM-MEŠ ša [05 ru-ṭu 03] ⸢ša⸣ 04 ⸢ru⸣-ṭu | |
| o 88 | ||
| o 99 | PAB ⸢78*⸣+[x LÚv].ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x x] | (9) Total 78 men [and ......] |
| o 1010 | 03 ⸢04 12* 03* :.⸣ [x x x x x x x] | (10) 3 (of) 4 (spans' height); 2 (of) 3 (spans' height) [......]. |
| o 1111 | (11) Total 52 o[f ......] | |
| o 1212 | 70 LÚv.ERIM-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x] | (12) 70 men [......] |
| o 1313 | (13) 12 of 4 spa[ns' height ......] | |
| o 1414 | (14) 16 of 3 s[pans' height ......]. | |
| o 1515 | (15) Total 136 [......] | |
| o 1616 | 05 ša 04 :. ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | (16) 5 of 4 spans' height [......] |
| o 1717 | ⸢mUTU⸣—SU [x x x x x x x] | (17) Šamaš-eriba [......] |
| o 1818 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| rest broken away | ||
| Reverse | ||
| rr | beginning broken away | |
| r 1'1' | LÚv.⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | (r 1) the [... official ......] |
| r 2'2' | TAv ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | (r 2) from [......] |
| r 3'3' | il-lik [x x x x x x x x] | (r 3) cam[e ......] |
| r 4'4' | (r 4) [I have written down] the[ir] names [in a letter and am herewith sending them] to the king, [my lord]. | |
| r 5'5' | ||
| r 6'6' | (r 6) The father of [NN ...], the father of [NN ...], Garaba [...] (and) Gabbu-Šama[š ...] are the property of Nabû-še[zib ...]; they are [...] men. I am herewith sending their young men to [the king], my lord. There are goldsmiths and notables among them. | |
| r 7'7' | ||
| r 8'8' | mga-ra-ba [x x x x x x] | |
| r 9'9' | mgab-bu—d⸢UTU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r 10'10' | ⸢ša⸣ mdPA—še-[zib x x x x x] | |
| r 11'11' | šú-nu LÚv.ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢šu*-nu*⸣ | |
| r 12'12' | ||
| r 13'13' | ||
| r 14'14' | ||
| r 15'15' | ||
| 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/P393645/.