Chapter 07 · 911 – 609 BCE
Neo-Assyrian
Empire, library, terror, scholarship.
~715 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
SAA 01 252. A Man of Hamath in Irons (ABL 1232)
“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Man[nu-ki-Aššur-le'i]. Good health to the ki[ng, my lord]! (4) As to Te[..] of Hamath about whom the king, my lord, wrote [to me], [I have] now put Te[...'s] hands and feet [in ir]ons [and s]en[t him to the king, my lord]. (SPACER)”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334810/
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SAA 01 253. The Conquest of Marqasi (CT 53 878)
“(Beginning destroyed) (2) I said to him [as foll]ows: (3) "[......] Now consider within yourself (4) [......] of Assyria (5) [......] the governors who [went] with the king (6) [......] of Marqasa (7) [......] ... (8) [......] carried away [... of] Assyria (9) [......] is waiting [for th]em (10) [......] wherever the king [sets] his eye (Rest destroyed)”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P314287/
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SAA 01 254. Arpad (CT 53 873)
“(Beginning destroyed) (2) [.......] governor (3) [.......] Arpad (7) [.......] minas (9) [.......]-Aššur (10) [...... gove]rnor (r 1) [...... Nabû]-bel-ukin (r 2) [......] iškāru dues (r 3) [......] palace (r 6) [......] settled them (r 8) [......] my lord knows (r 9) [......] the magnates (r 10) [......] year (Rest destroyed)”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P314282/
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SAA 01 255. The River of Samaria Dries up (CT 53 458)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) ......] which in [...... an of]ficial in charge of the seed g[rain ...... (Three untranslatable lines) (6) [...] from under [......] he came and gave me [......] dirt [...] emblem [......] (9) The river running past Samar[ia has dried up and] there is just one well in the whole region [......]. I have set [to work ...] and they have filtered it(s water), but they have not yet finished [......]. (r 4) [...] persons with exempted (soldiers) [......] cities [...... (Rest destroyed)”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P313871/
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SAA 01 256. (no title) (CT 53 802)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... the to]wn of Izalla [......] (2) [......] "Otherwise you [......] (3) [......] will deport us." [......] (4) [......] water before the desert [......] (5) [......] let the king my lord send [......] (Rest destroyed)”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P314211/
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SAA 01 257. Settling Deportees in Marqasi (ABL 0966+)
“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant [...], the [palace] superintendent. Good health to [the king], my lord! (5) As to the deportees about whom the king my lord wrote to his servant, 160 healthy persons have come to me from the city of Si'immê. I have checked and received them. (10) Just as the king my lord wrote to his servant, saying: "You are to settle them in Marqasa, they will eat bread there" — the king my lord knows that in Guzana they ate stored grain, three seahs per person ... — (r 1) now, just as the king my lord orders, is one really to give them oil as well? Just as the king…”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P313626/
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SAA 01 258. Sending Out Captives (ABL 0860)
“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant (sic) Nabû-beli-uṣur and Denanu. Good health to the king, my lord! (6) As to the people about whom the king my lord wrote to me, I have sent 276 persons with Burṣaruru the royal bodyguard. (r 1) To the king, [my lord: your servant Nabû-beli-uṣur. Good health] to [the king], my lord!”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334592/
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SAA 01 259. Receiving Captives (CT 53 269+)
“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant .... Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what the king my lord wrote to me: "[...]ṣame the Palace Superintendent is right now bringing [capti]ves [to you]" [...... (Break) (r 1) ... which I] have not brought in (but) have appointed. [On the ...th] I left for my work in Dur-Šarruken.”
Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P313684/
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