SAA 19 195. Wayward Gurreans and Eunuchs (CTN 5 p. 130)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	a-na LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣	(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-ahhe-[...]. Good health to the kin[g], m[y] lord!
o 22	ARAD-ka ^m^dPA—⸢PAB-MEŠ^?⸣—[x]
o 33	lu DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣
o 44	TA^v UGU DUMU ^ma-tu-a [o]	(4) Concerning the son of Attua about whom I sai[d] to the king, my lord: "He will come." He came out but tur[ne]d back; his father is coming.
o 55	ša a-na LUGAL EN-ia a-qa-⸢bu^*-u⸣-[ni]
o 66	mu-uk i-la-ka i-tú-ṣi-a i-su-⸢ḫur^*⸣
o 77	AD-šu i-la-ka 40 LÚ^v.gur-⸢ra⸣-a.a	(7) The 40 Gur[r]eans who have been serving the king, my lord, have not been a problem ever after the year that they went to Hardu until now. Now they have not come out to go along with their colleagues. Attua has said: "You are not going. You are my servants."
o 88	ša TA^v LUGAL EN-ia il-su-mu-u-ni
o 99	TA^v ŠÀ MU.AN.NA ša ina URU.ḫar-di
o 1010	i-li-ku-u-ni a-da-ka-a-ni
o 1111	la tú-uš-mu ú-ma-a la ú-ṣi-u
o 1212	qa-ni me-eḫ-ri-šú-nu la i-⸢li⸣-ku
o 1313	^mat-tu-a ma-a la tal-la-ka
o 1414	ma-a LÚ^v.ARAD-MEŠ-ia at-tu-nu
o 1515	ina UGU URU-MEŠ ša a-na ^mna-ba-a	(15) Concerning the towns about which the king, my lord, wrote to Nabâ, he has not given them back. The Manisaeans are in the presence of the king, my lord. Let the kin[g], my lord, ask them (whether) they are independent towns.
o 1616	LUGAL be-lí iš-pur-u-ni
o 1717	⸢la⸣ ú-sa-ḫi-ir ⸢la⸣ i-din
Bottom
b.e. 18b.e. 18	KUR.ma-ni-sa-a-a
b.e. 1919	ina IGI LUGAL EN-ia šú-nu
b.e. 2020	⸢LUGAL⸣ be-lí liš-al-šú-nu
Reverse
r 1r 1	ma-a ra^*-ma-ni-šú-nu URU-MEŠ
r 22	^mú-a-a-ni-a-ra LÚ^v.SAG	(r 2) The eunuch Wayaniara who received ... is allied with him. When I was coming to the king, my lord, I said to him: "Come, let us go, and let me see all the towns that the king is giving to you." He did not come. Now that I have returned from the king my lord's presence, he is coming.
r 33	ša^* la-ḫi i-ḫur-u-ni
r 44	i-si-šu i-la-ka ki-i ina UGU
r 55	LUGAL EN-ia a-la-ka-a-ni
r 66	aq-ṭi-ba-a-šu mu-uk al-ka
r 77	ni-lik am—mar URU-MEŠ ša LUGAL
r 88	i-dan-a-ka-ni la-a-mur
r 99	la i-li-ka ú-ma-a a-du bé-et
r 1010	a-na-ku TA^v IGI LUGAL EN-ia
r 1111	as-ḫur-a-ni šu-ú i-la-ka
r 1212	LÚ^v.SAG ša LUGAL be-lí ina KUR—za-mu-a	(r 12) The eunuch whom the king, my lord, appointed in Mazamua has not c[o]me to see his land. Whatever his case is, let it be settled.
r 1313	ip-qi-du-u-ni la i-⸢li⸣-ka
r 1414	KUR-su la e-mur mì-nu ša di-in-šú-u-ni
r 1515	lu e-pu-uš TA^v UGU LÚ^v.⸢SAG⸣-MEŠ	(r 15) Concerning the eunuchs about whom the king, my lord, gave me orders, I said to him: "Where are the [eunuchs] at yo[ur] disposal?" [He s]aid: "I am bringing [them] now." When he heard about the governor he refused to give them, saying: "I will bring them to the Palace." Both of them are in his presence.
r 1616	ša LUGAL be-lí ⸢ṭè⸣-mu iš-⸢kun⸣--
r 1717	a-ni-ni : aq-ṭi-ba-šu [o]
r 1818	mu-uk a-le-e LÚ^v.[SAG^?-MEŠ]
r 1919	ša ina IGI-e-⸢ka⸣-[ni]
Right
r.e. 20r.e. 20	⸢ma⸣-a an-nu-⸢rig⸣ [o]
r.e. 2121	ú-ba-la
Edge
e. 1e. 1	ki-i TA^v UGU LÚ^v.EN.NAM iš-mu-u-ni la i-ma-gúr
e. 22	la i-da-na ma a-na-ku ina É.GAL ú-bal
e. 33	ki-la-li-šú-nu ina IGI-šú šu-nu

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/P393682/.