SAA 19 117. Boats, Water-Skin Rafts, and Accusations (CTN 5 p. 86)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x]	(1) [......] who/which were plundered. P[N ...]
o 2'2'	šá ḫab-ta ^mna-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(1) [......] who/which were plundered. P[N ...]
o 3'3'	^md.AG—ŠEŠ—SUM-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(3) Nabû-ahu-iddina [......]
o 4'4'	ù ^mNÍG.GUB LÚ.⸢mu^?⸣-[x x x x]	(4) and Kudurru, the [......]
o 5'5'	šá LÚ.EN.NAM šá URU.⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(5) of the governor of [......]
o 6'6'	GIŠ.MÁ-MEŠ a-di šá ⸢KUR^?⸣ [x x x]	(6) boats together with those of G[N ...]
o 7'7'	ù 20 KUŠ.maš-ki-⸢ru⸣ [x x x]	(7) and 20 water-skin rafts [......]
o 8'8'	ina ERIM-MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-⸢ti⸣ [x x]	(8) with man[y] men [......]
o 9'9'	ina šá-lim-ti ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(9) after [he had arrived] safely
o 10'10'	ap-te-qid-šú a-⸢na LÚ^? x⸣+[x x x x]	(10) I appointed him as th[e ......]
o 11'11'	šá ina KAR ⸢MÁ-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x]	(11) which are in the quay of ships [...]
o 12'12'	⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]
o 13'13'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Break)
Reverse
rr	beginning broken away
r 1'1'	gab-bi ERIM-MEŠ ú-⸢x⸣+[x x x]	(r 1) all the men [...]
r 2'2'	a-na LUGAL ul ⸢a⸣-qab-[bi x x]	(r 2) I do not tel[l] to the king [...]
r 3'3'	it-tab-šú-ú man-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(r 3) [...] have become available; who is taking [them] away?
r 4'4'	i-na-áš-ši u en-⸢na⸣ [x x x x]	(r 4) And now [...] is blaming me and I have become an outcast [and ... on account of] this.
r 5'5'	a-na ḫi-ṭi-ía i-⸢ta⸣-[ra ki-i pi-i]
r 6'6'	an-ni-i kaš-šud-⸢ak^?⸣ [x x x]
r 7'7'	u pil-⸢tu il⸣-tak-[nu-in-ni]	(r 7) And they have insult[ed me], saying: "I will have [you] ousted [...], you will not proce[ed to ...]
r 8'8'	um-ma lu-še-eṣ-⸢ṣi⸣-[ka x x x]
r 9'9'	la te-et-ti-[iq x x x x]
r 10'10'	ina šu-⸢tu⸣-qu šá [x x x x x]	(r 10) by making the [...] pass by
r 11'11'	ḫab-ta-tu lu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]	(r 11) I will [...] the plundered [...]
r 12'12'	LUGAL i-⸢na⸣ ŠU.2 ⸢la⸣ [ú-še-la-an-ni]	(r 12) May the king not [let me slip] from (his) hands
r 13'13'	iṣ-⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x]
r 14'14'	[x x]+⸢x⸣ i-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x]
r 15'15'	[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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/P393685/.