SAA 19, 009 (P224498)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P224498 |
| Museum no. | IM 064173 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | To the king, my lord: your servant Ululayu. The best of health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
| Obverse [7:14] o 88– | 36 bales of reed – I personally went down to the river bank, and they crushed and collected it in my presence. I am (now) sending it to the king, my lord, with the royal bodyguard Ubru-Nergal. |
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-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{⸢iti⸣}KIN-a.a | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš DI-mu a-na KUR—aš-šur | |
| 5 | DI-mu a-na E₂.KUR-MEŠ | |
| 6 | DI-mu a-na HAL.ṢU-MEŠ ša LUGAL gab-bu | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a—dan-niš lu DUG₃.GA | |
| 8 | 36 ma-qar-ra-a-ti ša ku-pe-e | |
| 9 | a-na-ku ŠU.2-a.a ina ⸢UGU⸣ ID₂ | |
| 10 | at-tu-rid ina pa-ni-ia | |
| 11 | ih-⸢taš⸣-lu e-ta-as-pu | |
| 12 | ina ŠU.2 {1}SUHUŠ—U.GUR {lu₂v}qur-bu-ti | |
| 13 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ u₂-se-bi-la | |
Sources & licences
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