SAA 19 141. Men for the Royal Mule Express Service (CTN 5 p. 89)[via saao/saa19]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) Your servant [Abi]-hari: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | ||
| o 44 | (4) I am (hereby) sending my tablet to greet the king, my lord. I am [doing] (my) work. | |
| o 55 | ||
| o 66 | ||
| o 77 | (7) And since [......] m[e], the king in [......] | |
| o 88 | ||
| o 99 | ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| rest broken away | ||
| Reverse | ||
| rr | beginning broken away | |
| r 1'1' | ⸢x x ta? x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r 2'2' | a-na ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | (r 2) to the men [...] |
| r 3'3' | (r 3) those who [stayed] until the end, did not return. | |
| r 4'4' | (r 4) No[w] I have provided 100 men from their midst for the royal mule express service. | |
| r 5'5' | 01 me ERIM-MEŠ ina ŠÀ-bi-⸢šú⸣ | |
| r 6'6' | ||
| r 7'7' | (r 7) By the gods of the king, my lord, I and my father are servants of the king, my lord, (and) our loins [are girded] for the king. | |
| r 8'8' | ||
| r 9'9' | ||
| Right | ||
| r.e. 10r.e. 10 | ||
| r.e. 1111 | ||
| r.e. 1212 | ||
| Edge | ||
| e. 1e. 1 | (e. 1) Let the king strive [...]. | |
| e. 22 | [x x it]-⸢ta⸣-an-na mi-nu-ú | (e. 2) [He has gi]ven me [much], what [can I give] (him)? [May I hea]r [the well-b]eing of the king, my lord, and may I be happy! |
| e. 33 | ||
| e. 44 |
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/P393656/.