SAA 19 178. Two Emissaries Bringing Silver (CTN 5 p. 150)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-lí-ia]	(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant Šarru-[...].
o 22	ARAD-ka ^m⸢LUGAL^?⸣—[x x]	(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant Šarru-[...].
o 33	^mbi-ni—a-a-[x]	(3) Bini-aya[...] (and) Sili[...], in all two emissaries from Ekron, who brought the silver to me – I have weighed out and rec[eived] (from them) 7 talents and 34 m[inas]. They [... ...], and I s[poke] with them.
o 44	^msi-li-⸢x⸣+[x x]
o 55	PAB 02 LÚ.⸢MAḪ⸣-ME^-[ni^]
o 66	URU.a-qa-ru-na-a-⸢a⸣
o 77	ša KUG.UD na-ṣu-⸢ni-ni^*⸣
o 88	07 GÚ.UN ⸢34 MA^*⸣.[NA]
o 99	aḫ-ti-a-⸢ṭa a-ta⸣-[ḫar]
o 1010	⸢it-ta^?-x x⸣ [x x x]
o 1111	⸢KI-šú-nu ad^?⸣-[du-bu-ub]
o 1212	^m⸢x-da^?⸣-[x x x x]	(12) I have received N[N] and Lu[..., messengers] of [NN], the Ga[zaite. Now] I am on my w[ay] with them to [the Palace].
o 1313	^m⸢lu⸣-u-[x x]
Bottom
b.e. 14b.e. 14	⸢LÚ⸣.[A—KIN-MEŠ]
b.e. 1515	ša ^m⸢x⸣+[x x x x]
Reverse
r 1r 1	URU.ḫa-[za-ta-a]
r 22	a-⸢ta^-ḫar^⸣ [ú-ma-a]
r 33	⸢KI-šú-nu⸣ ina [É.GAL]
r 44	at-tal-[ka]
	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/P393669/.