SAA 19, 006 (P224478)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224478 |
| Museum no. | IM 064143 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | The king's word to Aššur-remanni and the scribe Nabû-bel-ahhešu. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | All the captives that I gave to you and whom you provisioned are people at your responsibility. Your [ox]en and sheep are at your disposal; [you] have received your provisions, having [requ]ested it from the Palace. |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111–o 1515 | [Bring] all [the captives] that [I will sen]d you from [to]day on [... across] to the [other] side (of the river), [you shall prov]ide [for] them there. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616–o 1818 | [... to] them [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] from the Palace [...] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | You will give to the captives, [people of] your [province], from your [oxen] and sheep. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 6'6'–r 8'8' | (As for) the captives (to be) provisioned, don't be negligent over and over again (or) you will die because of it. |
| Reverse [8:13] r 9'9'–r 13'13' | If there is a sick person among the captives whom I send you from the empty-handed up to the needy, he is to be lifted up and placed in your care as long as he lives. |
| Reverse [13:16] r 14'14'–r 16'16' | The clothes fo[r] the troops should be good but those [o]f the Itu'eans and the [...] should be different. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [The Itu']eans together with the shepherds |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'– | [... cuts o]f shoulders |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... the capt]ives. Should [there b]e exempts |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-bat LUGAL | |
| 2 | a-na\t {1}aš-šur—rem₂-an-ni | |
| 3 | a-na\t {1}{d}PA—EN—PAB\d-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢LU₂⸣.A.BA | |
| 4 | hu\d-ub\d-tu am\d—mar a-di-⸢na\t-kan⸣-ni | |
| 5 | tu-ša₂-aṣ-bit\p-u-ni | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}NAM\d-ka ši-i | |
| 7 | [GUD]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ka UDU\d-MEŠ\m-ka ina IGI-ka | |
| 8 | [ša₂]-⸢aṣ⸣-bu-ta-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 9 | [ta]-⸢ta⸣-har TA@v\dm E₂\d.GAL | |
| 10 | [te-te]-ri\d-iš\d | |
| 11 | [hu-ub-tu] am\d—mar TA@v\m UD-me | |
| 12 | [an-ni-i u₂-še]-⸢bal⸣-kan-ni | |
| 13 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ⸢bat⸣-ti\t | |
| 14 | [am-mi₃-ti še-bir] ⸢ina⸣ ŠA₃-bi\d | |
| 15 | [tu-ša₂-aṣ]-ba-su-nu | |
| 16 | [x x x x ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-šu₂-nu | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TA@v\dm E₂.⸢GAL⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢a⸣-na {lu₂vy}hu\d-⸢ub\d⸣-ti\t | |
| 3' | {[lu₂v}NAM\d]-ka TA@v\d ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4' | [GUD]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ka UDU\d-MEŠ\m-ka | |
| 5' | [at]-⸢ta⸣ ta-da-an | |
| 6' | ⸢a⸣-na {lu₂vy}hu\d-ub\d-ti\t ša\ddm-aṣ~d-bu\td-ti\t | |
| 7' | a-di 07-šu₂ ⸢la⸣ ta-ši\y-a-ṭa\d | |
| 8' | ina UGU-hi ta-mu-at | |
| 9' | šum-mu {lu₂vy}GIG\d ina {lu₂vy}hu-ub\d-ti\t | |
| 10' | ša\dd u₂\m-še-ba-⸢la⸣-kan-ni | |
| 11' | TA@v\d ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ re-⸢qi₂⸣ [a]-di ŠA₃-bi ma-⸢ṭi⸣-e | |
| 12' | i-ba-ši i-ma-ta-hu-u₂\m-ni | |
| 13' | ina pa-ni-ka i-kar-ru-ru-šu | |
| 14' | a-di TI\t.LA\y-u-ni ku-zip\p-pi ⸢ša\dd {lu₂vy⸣}ERIM-MEŠ\m | |
| 15' | ⸢lu\d-u⸣ SIG₅ ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂vy}i-tu₂-ʾa-a-a | |
| 16' | {[lu₂v]}⸢x-MEŠ⸣ ku-zip\p-pi-šu₂-nu lu\d-u ⸢ša\dd⸣-ni-u₂\m | |
| 17' | {[lu₂vy}i-tu₂-ʾa]-⸢a-a a-di SIPA\d⸣-MEŠ\m | |
| 18' | [x x x x] ⸢ša\dd⸣ ZAG-MEŠ\m | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x {lu₂vy}hu]-⸢ub⸣-ti ša\dd {lu₂vy}za-ku-u ⸢i-ba⸣-[ši] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
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