SAA 19, 003 (P224446)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224446 |
| Museum no. | IM 064092 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa19 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | The [k]in[g]'s word to Inurta-belu-uṣur. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33–o 88 | Check and receive all the ca[me]ls that the commander-in-chief will give to you. [...] Badi'-Il is with you; entrust them to him and let them be grazed in the midst of the land. |
| Obverse [8:19] o 99– | The commander-in-chief has now defeated these Arabs but let your guard of the steppe be as strong as previously. Your rams [from] the steppe [to] the midst of the land have been left on their own but they must be shepherded until ... |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | (As to) the campaign against the Tabalean(s), they will explain to you how [to ...] between [GN an]d Apamea (and) between Qadeš and [GN]. |
| Edge [0:4] e. 1e. 1–e. 44 | They say that this cornfield that is under cultivation is for the deportees who are coming. When they come from Damascus, there are 100 (homers of) wheat and 20 (homers of) barley to send them from Orontes. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-bat ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | a-na {1}{⸢d}MAŠ⸣—U—PAB | |
| 3 | {anše}gam-⸢mal⸣-MEŠ am—mar | |
| 4 | ša {lu₂v}tur-⸢ta⸣-nu | |
| 5 | e-da-na-kan-ni a-šur mu-hur ⸢x-x⸣+[x] | |
| 6 | {1}ba-di-iʾ—DINGIR ina pa-ni-ka | |
| 7 | pi-iq-da-šu₂ ŠA₃-bi KUR | |
| 8 | li-ir-ʾi-u₂ | |
| 9 | an-nu-rig {lu₂v}ar₂-ba-a.a an-nu-ti | |
| 10 | {lu₂v}tur-⸢ta⸣-nu it-⸢ta-ha⸣-ṣa | |
| 11 | EN.NUN-ku-nu ⸢ki-i ša⸣ ti-ma-⸢li⸣ | |
| 12 | šal-ši—UD-me {⸢kur⸣}mu-⸢da-bir⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢lu-u₂ dan-na-at⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢UDU.NITA₂⸣-MEŠ-ku-nu | |
| 15 | [TA@v] {kur}⸢mu-da⸣-bi-ri | |
| 16 | [a-na] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi ma-a-ti | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢u₂-šu⸣-ra li-ir-i-u | |
| 2 | a-du ⸢x⸣-ar | |
| 3 | KASKAL ša {uru}ta-ab-⸢URU-a.a⸣ | |
| 4 | u₂-šah-ka-mu-⸢ka⸣ [o] | |
| 5 | ki-i ša bir-te {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | [bir]-⸢te⸣ {uru}ni-u | |
| 7 | bir-te {⸢uru}qi⸣-di-si | |
| 8 | ⸢bir⸣-te [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ma-a {še}NUMUN an-ni-u₂ ša a-ri-šu₂-u-ni | |
| 2 | ma-a a-na ⸢ga-li-ti⸣ ša ta-⸢al⸣-kan-ni | |
| 3 | ki-i TA@v {uru}di-maš-qa il-la-ku-ni-ni | |
| 4 | ⸢la⸣ a-ra-an-tu₂ a-na KIN-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | 01 me {še}⸢GIG⸣-MEŠ 20 {še}PAD-MEŠ | |
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