SAA 19 104. Going to Sapia (CTN 5 p. 39)[via saao/saa19]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) To the k[ing, m]y lord: your se[rv]ant Nabû-[namm]ir. Good he[alt]h to the k[in]g, my lo[r]d! May [Nabû] (and) [M]a[rdu]k bless [the kin]g, m[y lor]d. | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | ||
| o 44 | ⸢be⸣-[lí]-⸢ía lik-ru⸣-bu ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| o 55 | (5) I have set out and am marching to a town called [...]lu. | |
| o 66 | (6) I conquered the Bethelites. | |
| o 77 | (7) [In] the territory of the Hindar[eans ......] | |
| o 88 | [x x x]+⸢x x x x x x x x⸣ | |
| rest broken away | ||
| Reverse | ||
| rr | beginning broken away | |
| r 1'1' | [x x x x]-⸢a?-a?⸣ a-na ⸢ka⸣-[x]+⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| r 2'2' | [x x x x x]+⸢x a-na UGU⸣ mdPA—ú-šeb-ši | (r 2) [I] sent [...] to Nabû-ušabši, [NN], Salamu and [...]-uṣur; they came with me and helped me pass from the presence of Nabû-ušabši. |
| r 3'3' | [x x x x] m⸢sa-la⸣-mu m⸢x x⸣—PAB | |
| r 4'4' | ||
| r 5'5' | ||
| r 6'6' | (r 6) Now then I am going to Sapia to speak with t[he ...]. | |
| r 7'7' | ina URU.sa-pi-ia ⸢a*-lak TAv LÚ⸣.[x x x] | |
| Right | ||
| r.e. 8r.e. 8 | (r.e. 8) I shall find out [wh]atever the news is and se[nd] it to the king, my lord. | |
| r.e. 99 |
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/P393647/.