SAA 19 110. Launching Boats and Water-Skin Rafts in Northern Babylonia (CTN 5 p. 35)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣-a	(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant A]šipâ. [Good heal]th to the king, my lord!
o 22	[ARAD-ka ^ma]-⸢ši^?-pa^?⸣-a
o 33	[lu DI]-⸢mu⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-a
o 44	[GIŠ.MÁ]-⸢MEŠ⸣ KUŠ.maš-kir	(4) [We] set into motion [the boat]s and water-skin rafts [which] were launched [into wate]r [in] Dur-Ladini, and proceeded to Bab-bitqi.
o 55	[ša ina] URU.BÀD—la-di-ni
o 66	[ina A]-MEŠ ik-ra-ru-ni
o 77	[nu]-⸢ta⸣-am-mì-ši ina KÁ—⸢bit-qi⸣
o 88	[né]-ti-ti-⸢qi šúm-mu⸣	(8) If [the kin]g commands: "Let the first-come (boats) proceed to take (the barley)", (then) either Balassu or Nadinu should man the bo[at]s and water-skin rafts and set out until I have fetched the later ones from Dur-Balihaya.
o 99	⸢LUGAL⸣ i-qab-bi ⸢ma-a pa-ni-ú-te⸣
o 1010	⸢le⸣-e-ti-qu lil-⸢qí-ú⸣
o 1111	[x]+⸢x⸣ šúm^*-mu ^mba-la-⸢su⸣
o 1212	⸢šúm-mu⸣ ^mna-di-nu
o 1313	⸢x x ša⸣ GIŠ.⸢MÁ-ME⸣
Bottom
b.e. 14b.e. 14	⸢KUŠ⸣.maš-⸢ki-ri^*⸣
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢lu⸣-ú šak-⸢nu^* x⸣+[x]
r 22	⸢lu⸣-nam-mì-šú
r 33	⸢a⸣-du ana-ku ur-ki-u-te
r 44	⸢TA^v URU.BÀD—KASKAL.KUR-a.a⸣
r 55	⸢la a-bak⸣-kan-ni
	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/P393651/.