The Sargon Geography (1)

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1-3. [From ..] the bridge of Baza at the border of the road to the Land of Meluhha, [to the] Cedar [Mountain] is the Land of Hanu; 9 kings. [From the Cedar Mou]ntain to Anšan is the Land of Subartu.
4-5. [ … bea]rer of tribute and carrier of gifts to Sargon [who] ruled [the lands/peoples of the who]le world.
6-32. [From … ] on the bank of the Euphrates to Ṣupri is the Land of Mari; [from … t]o Iabuše is the Land of Rapiqu; [from … ] to Maškan-Šarri is the Land of Assyria; [between] the Tigris and Euphrates; [from … ] to Lubdi is the Land of Arrapha; between the Upper and Lower Zab; from Uruna to Ṣinu is the Land of Lullubi; from Ebla to Bit-Nanib is the Land of Armani; from Hizzat to Abul-Adad is the Land of Akkad; from Abul-[Adad] to Hallaba is the Land of Guti; from Hallaba to Zumirini is the Land of Niqqu; from Šurbu to Ibrat is the Land of Der; from Ibrat to Išpatum is the Land of Lagaš; from Kullabi to the Sea are the Kutumta-people; from … to Mangiṣu is the Land of Hurim; from Damru to Sippar is the Land of Akkad; from Tirgan of Gutium to Uzarilulu is the land of Edamaruṣ; from Uzarilulu to Bit-Sin is the Land Mari; from Bit-Sin to Maškan-Šapir is the Land of Malgi; from Šar-Sin to the “waters of Marrud” is the Land of Emutbal; from Bit-Hubba to Rahabu is the Land of Isin; from Bit-Gabagal to Eriaba [is the Land of … ]; from Turgu to “Mountain River” is the Land of Mutiabal; from “the Gate of Susa” to Gimdub is the Land of Amurru at the border of Mari, the Land of Sumer and Akkad; 120 leagues is the length from the “tail of the Euphrates” to the border of Meluhha, Magan; that which Sargon, the King of the Universe, when he conquered the totality of the land under heaven, delineated borders for and measured the circumference of.
33-65. Forty leagues is the circumference of Marhaši. 60 leagues is the circumference of Tukriš. 90 leagues is the circumference of Elam. 180 leagues is the circumference of Akkad. 120 leagues is the circumference of Subartu. 120 leagues is the circumference of Amurru from the Lebanon to Turukki. 90 leagues is the circumference of Lullubi. 90 leagues is the circumference of Anšan. Anaku and Kaptara, the lands across the Upper Sea, Dilmun and Magan, the lands across the Lower Sea, and the lands from sunri[se] to sunset, the sum total of all the lands, which Sargon, the King of the Univer[se], conquered three times. From Anšan to Egypt, Tyre, Ṣuršatak; Byblos to [ … ], Lullupun, Magan; Baza [ … ] and the land of Udani at the border of Sumer, all that there is. … [Mo]ab … Til Temania. … ... E[do]m, Ginnirtum. [ … ... M]unni, … .. Til Halapu. [ … ] … ... [A]klitu, Amurru, the people of the South, Lullubu, the people of the North, who do not know construction. The Lower Akriyaš, Maršuna, Angi, all of Kutalla, Hanigalbat, whose locations are distant, Duda, Marašman, Zer/Quliyaš, Surginiyaš, Handakiyaš, which is before … , the scepter, the just wood. Karzina, which is above it, whose ha[ir-style] is chosen with a razor, devoured by fire, who do not know burial. Meat-eaters, milk (and) roasted-grain eaters, whos[e insi]des do not know oven-baked bread, bellies (do not know) beer. These are the [ … ] facing the Sea. It exceeds [ … ] the Euphrates. The Suteans, Lullube[ans … ] … Gutium [ … . … ].

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