Chapter 07 · 911 – 609 BCE
Neo-Assyrian
Empire, library, terror, scholarship.
~715 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
SAA 05 228. Criminals Again (ABL 0599)
“(Beginning destroyed) (2) I have sent [......]. (3) [NN], a servant of the go[vernor of ...] and his family are [st]aying on the [other] side (of the river). Wha[t ar]e the king my lord's orders? (8) Likewise, there are some criminals (whom) Nimarkayu, a [serv]ant of the Crown Prince, seized and brought to the Palace: (14) Abi-ram and Dala-Il, in all two Arzuhinaeans, and with them two Arraphaeans; they have questioned them in the Palace. (r 5) I am [no]w s[ending over] the criminals who were their accomplices. (Rest destroyed)”
Source: 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/P334412/
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SAA 05 229. Clearing up the Royal Road to Mazamua (ABL 0635)
“(Beginning destroyed) (2) there [.....]. (3) [I gave him] the follo[wing] ord[er]: "[......] (Break) (9) [He said]: "[......]; where [......], they are sending [...] to the ri[ght] and left on various errands. (r 1) I remove [...] from Sarê to Dur-Atanate, the Arraphaeans remove [...] from Dur-Atanate to Dur-Taliti, [I] remove [the ...] again from Dur-Taliti to Azari (Rest destroyed)”
Source: 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/P334439/
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SAA 05 230. A Military Review (CT 53 240)
“(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] remov[ed ...]. (3) [As to what the king], my lord, wrote [me, when] I c[ame fr]om the review, my [..., my] 'third [man' and the chariot d]river (Rest too broken for translation)”
Source: 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/P313655/
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SAA 05 231. Fragment Concerning Criminals (CT 53 553)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] should lead (2) [......] the criminals (3) [......] he should go (Rest destroyed)”
Source: 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/P313965/
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SAA 05 232. The Governor of Dur-Šarruken Wants More Fields (ABL 1192)
“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur]. Good [health t]o [the king, my lord]! (4) A[s to] the t[owns of] the country Hau, about which Kiṣir-[Ašš]ur [s]aid to the king, [my] lord: "Let them give me 200 (hectares) of field in their environs" — (8) [x town]s of Sirura and 5 [tow]ns of the house of the priest [of] Bel [...], under the jurisdiction of the chief [eunuch], are [...] at the disposal of K[iṣir-Aššur]. (12) [...] the towns [...] (Break) (r 1) Now, Kiṣir-[Aššur claims]: "I do not extract (labour duty) in the environs of Arzuhina or in Dur-Taliti. It is the towns I…”
Source: 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/P334782/
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SAA 05 233. The King Gets an Old Boat (ABL 0802)
“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The king, my lord, knows that we transport fodder from here to Ampihabi. There is an old boat we use for shipping straw, fodder and all sorts of things [......] (Break) (r 1) If [it is all right], she may go with the king, m[y] lord.”
Source: 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/P334564/
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SAA 05 234. Barley to Mazamua (ABL 0582)
“(Beginning destroyed) (1) We [are ready] to set out for the review, but Išme-ilu, the cohort commander, brings us the (king's) golden stamp seal and holds us up continually, saying: "Bring barley rations to Mazamua!" (r 2) What does the king, my lord, say? (r 4) [...] horses (Rest destroyed)”
Source: 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/P334401/
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SAA 05 235. (no title) (CT 53 777)
“(Beginning destroyed) (3) kno[ws ......] (4) As to [......] (5) about which the k[ing, my lord, wrote me] (Rest destroyed)”
Source: 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/P314187/
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