SAA 19 216. “Why Did I Appoint You?” (CTN 5 p. 250)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]
o 2'2'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]
o 3'3'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]
o 4'4'	⸢šu-ú lil⸣-[li-ka x x x x x x]	(4) he should co[me ......]
o 5'5'	iq-ṭí-bi ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x x x x]	(5) he said: "Bring [......] ...[......]
o 6'6'	ú-bil ma KU [x x x x x x x x]	(5) he said: "Bring [......] ...[......]
o 7'7'	ma a-na ma-⸢ṣar⸣-te ⸢it^?⸣-[ta-lak x x x x x]	(7) "w[ent] to (his) guard. [... why] did I appoint you? [......]
o 8'8'	⸢ap^?⸣-qí-id-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]
o 9'9'	⸢ma⸣ a-na ma-ṣar-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]	(9) "to guard [......]
o 10'10'	⸢ma⸣-a ket-tú-u ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]	(10) "Is it true? [......]
o 11'11'	[x]-šú a-ḫu ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL [x x x x x x x]	(11) The might of the king [will …] his [… …]
o 12'12'	[x x x x] ⸢É^* x⸣+[x x x x x x x x]
o 13'13'	[x x x 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 x x x x x x x x x]
r 2'2'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]
r 3'3'	ku [x x x x x x x x x x x]
r 4'4'	⸢lib⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x]
r 5'5'	GIŠ.⸢GIGIR⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x]	(r 5) chari[ot ......]
r 6'6'	⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]	(r 5) chari[ot ......]
	rest broken away	(Rest destroyed)

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/P393695/.