SAA 16, 191 (P336784)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 16, 191 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336784 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa16 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [T]o the king, [my lord]: your [ser]vant [PN. G]ood health t[o the king, my lord]! [M]ay Bel and Nabû bles[s the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | much [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The king [said] to [the ...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | (and) to the [...] (officials): |
| Obverse [10:14] o 1111–o 1414 | "[...] me wine from [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 55–r 55 | They will catch [the enemies o]f the king from the land of [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 66–r 66 | and [...] |
| Reverse [4:9] r 77–r 1111 | from/with [...] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1212–r 1313 | [...] the gods [...] |
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⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣-u DI-mu a-[na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | {d}EN u {d}⸢AG⸣ [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 5 | ⸢lik⸣-ru-[bu] | |
| 6 | [x x] ⸢e x⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢ma⸣-aʾ-du ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-[x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | a-na {lu₂v}[x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢ma⸣-a GEŠTIN-MEŠ TA@v [x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-a-ni ma-a [x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x]-te tu-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ma-[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 3 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ bi ni [x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL TA@v {kur}[x x] | |
| 6 | u₂-ba-⸢ru u₃⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7 | TA@v ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | i-⸢x x⸣-u-ni [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x]-a ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x] ⸢ni x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ DINGIR-MEŠ [x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ x [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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