SAA 19 203. Cultivating and Harvesting (CTN 5 p. 88)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	[x]-šú-nu [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]	(1) [who ...]ed to cultivate their [fields ...] situated in outlying regions, saying: "Cultivate (them)!" - they are (now) being harvested.
o 2'2'	šá a-na a-⸢ḫa⸣-ti
o 3'3'	i-ri-ši ⸢ŠE.BAR^? x⸣-ú-ma
o 4'4'	um-ma e-⸢ri-iš⸣
o 5'5'	i-ni-ṣi-⸢du⸣ <[x]>
o 6'6'	[(x)] ⸢ma⸣-ʾu-ú-[tu^?]	(6) [(...) su]stena[nce field(s)]
o 7'7'	[x x]+⸢x⸣ lu ⸢x⸣-tú	(7) [...] ....
o 8'8'	en-na ul-⸢tu⸣	(8) Now that Zeru-ibni has g[o]ne [t]o the king, my lord,
Reverse
r 1r 1	^mNUMUN—DÙ [a-na] ⸢pa⸣-an ⸢LUGAL⸣
r 22	be-lí-ía ⸢il-lik⸣
r 33	ki-i ⸢x x <x⸣> 01^? ⸢a⸣-na	(r 3) ...[...] one to Zeru-ibni ... who with Ṣalam-šar[ri]-i[qbi] and Ma[...] we said [...]
r 44	^mNUMUN—DÙ ⸢bar ra ša⸣
r 55	⸢KI^?⸣ ^m^d⸢NU—LUGAL—iq⸣-[bi]
r 66	a-na ^mma-⸢x⸣+[x x x]
r 77	ni-⸢iq^?-bu⸣-u [x] ⸢x⸣+[x]
r 88	a-na a-šá-⸢bi⸣ [x x]	(r 8) to li[v]e [...]
r 99	LÚ.⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ] šá ⸢ul^?-tu^?⸣	(r 9) m[e]n who [...] f[ro]m
r 1010	[x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]	(r 9) m[e]n who [...] f[ro]m
	rest broken away	(Break)
Edge
e. 1e. 1	ŠÀ-bi šá LUGAL be-lí-ía lu ⸢DÙG⸣.[GA x x x]	(e. 1) The king, my lord, can be gl[ad ...]
e. 22	LÚ.ḫu-ub-tú šá LUGAL [EN^?] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x]	(e. 2) the captives whom the king, [my lord ......]
e. 33	⸢GUD⸣.NÍTA^? KALAG ⸢BURU₁₄⸣-šú-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]	(e. 3) a strong ox, their harve[st ......].

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/P393686/.