SAA 05 268. Refusal to Transport Saplings (CT 53 836)

~715 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P314245

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 5

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(1) [To the king, my] lord: your servant [NN]. (4) As to [the saplings] about which they wr[ote to me] from [the Palace ..., ...] sapl[ings of ...] are [now] avail[able ...]. (9) The towns [......] (10) all [......] (11) ...[......] (12) [They] absolutely [...] refu[se to obey me]; they do not [...] the [... and do not transport] the sapl[ings], saying: "[......] (Break) (r 4) "We shall not [......, w]e are exempt [......]." (r 6) The prefect [......] (r 7) her[e ......] (r 8) an order [......]. (r 9) Instead of exe[mpted men ...], the prefect should send [......].

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

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Transliteration

[a-na LUGAL?] / be-⸢lí⸣-[ía] / ARAD-ka [mx x x x] / ina UGU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] / ša TAv [É.GAL? x x x] / iš-pur-[u-ni-ni x x] / GIŠ.⸢ziq⸣-[pi x x x] / qur-[bu x x x x] / URU-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] / gab-bu [x x x x x] / ú-dan-[x x x x x] / la-áš-[šú x x x x] / la i-ma-[gur? x x x] / LÚv.[x x x x x x] / la i-[x x x x x] / GIŠ.ziq-[pi x x x x] / ma-a e-[x x x x x] / ina pa-[x x x x x] / ma-a ⸢ka⸣-[x x x x…

Scholarly note

Royal correspondence from Assyria's northern frontier under Sargon II, edited by Giovanni B. Lanfranchi & Simo Parpola (SAA 5, 1990). ORACC text P314245.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P314245). 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/P314245/.

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