SAA 19 225. Seed, Stored Grain and Barley Given to the People (CTN 5 p. 280)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a-na LUGAL EN-ia]	(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN]. Good hea[l]th [to the king, my lord]!
o 22	[ARAD-ka ^mx x x x]
o 33	⸢lu DI-mu⸣ [a-na LUGAL EN-ia]
o 44	[ina UGU] ⸢LÚ.EN—x x⸣	(4) [Concerning the ...] about wh[om the king], my lord, [w]rote to me: [......]
o 55	⸢ša⸣ [LUGAL] ⸢EN iš-pur-a⸣-ni
o 66	ma-a ⸢x x x x⸣-ni
o 77	NINDA-⸢MEŠ x x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣ ša-⸢ak^?⸣-nu	(7) bread [......] were placed.
o 88	pa-an ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-[ia li]-⸢iq^?⸣-bi-u	(8) [May] they speak in the k[ing my] lo[rd's] presence.
o 99	a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣	(9) to [......]
o 1010	a-na-⸢ku^?⸣ [x x x] ⸢šú^?⸣-nu	(10) I will come out [... with t]hem
o 1111	⸢ú^?-ṣa^?⸣-a ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ x x ŠE.NUMUN	(11) [......] the seed.
o 1212	a-na 01 me 50 ZI ⸢5(bán)-a-a⸣ ŠE.NUMUN-šú	(12) I have g[i]ven to 150 persons 5 seahs each of his seed, their stored grain and seed in full.
o 1313	ŠE.tab-ku-šú-nu ŠE.NUMUN-MEŠ-šú-nu
o 1414	ú-sa-li-me a-⸢ti⸣-din
Reverse
r 1r 1	⸢u x ŠE.PAD⸣-MEŠ a-ti-din	(r 1) [...] I have given (them) barley (rations).
r 22	[x x x] ⸢ŠE.tab-ku⸣ din-šú	(r 2) [... st]ored grain ...
r 33	ina^? ⸢UGU^?⸣ [x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x]-⸢ni⸣-šú-nu	(r 3) Conc[erning] their [...]s,
r 44	^{m^?}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-sa-na-ḫi-⸢ru⸣	(r 4) [NN and NN] kept turning back
r 55	02^? ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] LÚ^.GAL^—ki-ṣir-šú-nu	(r 5) two [......] their cohort commander
r 66	[x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣ a-na	(r 6) [...]. May [the king], my [lo]rd ask [NN and ...]parri.
r 77	[x x x x x]-⸢par⸣-ri liš-a-al
r 88	[x x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣
r 99	⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣
r 1010	⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]
r 1111	⸢ú⸣-[x x x x] ⸢ni⸣
	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/P393702/.