SAA 19 155. Don’t be Negligent (CTN 5 p. 262)[via saao/saa19]


Obverse
o 1o 1	[a]-⸢bat LUGAL⸣ [a-na ^mx x x]	(1) The king's [wor]d [to NN]: I am [wel]l, y[ou can be glad].
o 22	[DI]-⸢mu⸣ ia-a-ši ⸢ŠÀ-ba⸣-[ka lu DÙG.GA-ka]
o 33	[(x)] ⸢GIŠ⸣.tal-lak-MEŠ ma-x+[x x]	(3) [(Concerning)] the ...[...] carts [wh]ich you are delivering to the Palace, [w]hy did [...]tu say: “There i[s a ma]tter; it concerns one [...], they [...] x talent(s) each and live.
o 44	⸢ša⸣ ina É.GAL ta-⸢da⸣-nu-[ni]
o 55	[x x]-tu ina [mì]-ni ma-a ⸢i-ba⸣-[áš-ši^?]
o 66	[x x]-bu-tu ina UGU 01-en [o]
o 77	[x x]+x ⸢x⸣-ri 04 ⸢GÚ⸣.UN-a-[a]
o 88	[x x]+x-⸢MEŠ ba-laṭ⸣-ṭu ina ⸢UGU⸣ [o^?]	(8) Conc[erning ......]
o 99	[x x x]+x ʾu ú ⸢x x⸣ [x x]
o 1010	[x x x]+x ⸢x ra x x⸣ [o]
o 1111	[x x x] ⸢x x⸣ la i-x+[x o^?]	(11) He will not [... but ...] his [...], shares [and ...]s, which he ...[...], to the high-ranking officers wh[o] are missing from there
o 1212	[x x]+x-su ⸢is⸣-qa-a-⸢te⸣
o 1313	[x x]+x-a-te ša e-pu-[x x]
o 1414	⸢a⸣-na LÚ^v.GAL.GAL-MEŠ
o 1515	ina ŠÀ-bi i-maṭ-⸢ṭi^?⸣-[u-ni]
o 1616	⸢x x x x⸣ x+[x x x x]
Bottom
b.e. 17'b.e. 17'	[x x x] ⸢na^?⸣ [x x x]
Reverse
rr	three lines destroyed	(Break)
r 44	[x x]-tú DINGIR [o^?]	(r 4) [...], the god should [n]ot hat[e me. ...] jug. Moreover, [...] impose them on me there.
r 55	⸢lu^? la⸣ i-zi-⸢ra^?⸣-[ni^?]
r 66	[x]+⸢x DÙG^?.ŠAB ù⸣ ina ŠÀ-[bi]
r 77	[e^?]-ma-du-u-ni [o]
r 88	[a]-⸢sap⸣-rak-ka	(r 8) I have written to you. [Don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [......].
r 99	[la] ⸢ta⸣-ši-aṭ
r 1010	[la] ⸢ta⸣-ši-aṭ
r 1111	[la] ⸢ta⸣-ši-aṭ
r 1212	[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]
	rest uninscribed

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/P393709/.