SAA 19 199. Messengers from Dur-Ladini (CTN 5 p. 36)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-ia	(1) To the k[i]ng, my lord: your servant Sîn-ašared. Good health to the king, my lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^m30—SAG.KAL
o 33	lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia
o 44	LÚ^v.A—⸢KIN⸣-MEŠ TA^v ŠÀ-bi URU.BÀD—la-di-⸢ni⸣	(4) The messengers have come from Dur-Ladini, saying: "The forces [o]f the son of Zerî are 250 cavalry (mounts); there are no archers of his."
o 55	i-tal-ku-⸢ni⸣ ma-a e-mu-⸢qi⸣
o 66	⸢ša⸣ DUMU^*—^mNUMUN-i ma-a 02 me 50 BAD-ḪAL
o 77	[ma-a] ⸢LÚ^v⸣.GIŠ.⸢BAN-MEŠ^⸣-šú^ la-šú i-se-niš
o 88	[x] ⸢x⸣-a ina ⸢UGU⸣-ḫi-⸢ni⸣ i-tal-ku-⸢ni⸣	(8) [...]... have likewise come to us. Th[ey] stayed 14 days on the ri[ver] bank on the other side (of the river). They [sa]id: "We [......]
o 99	14 UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina ⸢UGU⸣ šap-te ša ⸢ÍD⸣
o 1010	⸢ina ba-te⸣ am-me-te ⸢kam-mu-su⸣
o 1111	[ma]-⸢a⸣ a-ni-⸢nu^* x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]
o 1212	[x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	[x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢ra^?⸣ [x x x x]
r 2'2'	⸢ka^?-ra^?⸣-nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]	(r 2) wine [......]
r 3'3'	⸢x É^?.GAL^? du^?⸣ [x x x x]	(r 3) [...] the Palace [......]
r 4'4'	[(x)] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x]	(r 4) [......]
r 5'5'	[i]-⸢tal⸣-[ku]-⸢ni⸣ iq-⸢ṭi-bu⸣-[ni ma-a]	(r 5) [they] ca[me to m]e, saying:
r 6'6'	[x]+⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x ziq^? x⸣+[x x]	(r 6) "[......]
r 7'7'	⸢ú x GEŠTIN^? x x⸣ [x x]	(r 7) [...] wine [......]
r 8'8'	[x] ⸢na x⸣ IGI ⸢x⸣ šu ⸢x⸣ [x x]	(r 8) [...]... [......]
r 9'9'	la ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x]	(r 9) not [......]
r 10'10'	⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x a x⸣+[x x x x]	(r 10) [......]
Right		(r 10) [......]
r.e. 11r.e. 11	i-⸢sa⸣-ak-nu-šú [(x)]	(r.e. 11) they p[l]aced him/it.
r.e. 1212	⸢ḫa⸣-ra-ma-ma	(r.e. 12) [L]ater on, [......].
Edge		(r.e. 12) [L]ater on, [......].
e. 1e. 1	[x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x]

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/P393676/.