SAA 05 090. The Urarṭian King Flees and his Son is Made King (ABL 0646)

~715 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P334447

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 5

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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... the U]rarṭian(s) [...] (3) [...... who] got afr[aid] (4) [...] secre[tly ...] (5) [Nine] of his [gov]ernors were kil[led: the gover]nor opposite the chief cupbe[arer, the gove]rnor opposite us, the governor opposite Ša-Aššur-dubbu, the governor opposite Muṣaṣir, the governor of Wazae, the governor of Šibṭu[r]u, two governors opposite Kar-siparri, the governor of Šattera — in all nine governors of his were killed. (r 1) Their king, however, escaped secretly on a lone (horse) and took to the mountains. The rear parts of the camp did not see their [ki]ng and did [not] realize that he had sa[ved himself]. (r 7) [So they lif]ted up Melar[ṭua] and [ma]de him king [alo]ng the road; Mela[rṭua ...]ed [the king]ship [......] (Rest destroyed)

State Archives of Assyria, volume 5 — scholar edition (ORACC).

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Transliteration

[x x x x x] i-⸢ru⸣-[x x x] / [x x x x KUR].⸢URI⸣-a.a [x x] / [x x x x x] ip-la-[ḫu-ni] / [x x x x]-⸢a⸣ a-na a-⸢ḫi-ti⸣-[šú x x] / [09 LÚv.EN].⸢NAM⸣-MEŠ-šú ⸢de⸣-e-⸢ku*⸣ / [LÚv.EN].⸢NAM⸣ ša pu-ut LÚv.GAL—KAŠ.⸢LUL⸣ / [LÚv.EN].NAM ša pu-tú-ni / [LÚv].EN.NAM ša pu-ut mša—aš-šur—du-bu / LÚv.EN.NAM ša pu-ut URU.mu-ṣa-ṣi-ri / LÚv.EN.NAM ša KUR.ú-a-za-e* / LÚv.EN.NAM ša KUR.ši-ib-⸢ṭu?-ru?⸣ / 02…

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence from Assyria's northern frontier under Sargon II, edited by Giovanni B. Lanfranchi & Simo Parpola (SAA 5, 1990). ORACC text P334447.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P334447). source
Translation excerpted from Lanfranchi, G.B. & Parpola, S. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. SAA 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa05/P334447/.

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