SAA 19, 002 (P393605)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393605 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [The king's word to the] commander-in-[chief]: |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | My forts, my [...] (and) my horses [are well]. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [Day and] night during my reign, you shall be my magnate (and) my deputy. You shall stand in my place; guarding you is for guarding me. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [Don't be neg]ligent but keep watch for me. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [...] ... The day [you se]e [this letter ......] |
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 a-na {lu₂v]}⸢tur-ta-ni⸣ | |
| 2 | [DI-mu a-na {uru]}⸢bi-rat⸣-ia | |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x x x-ia⸣ {anše}KUR-MEŠ-ia | |
| 4 | [UD-mu] mu-šu₂ a-na UD-MEŠ-ia {lu₂v}GAL-ia | |
| 5 | [u] {lu₂v}02-ia at-ta ku-mu-u-a | |
| 6 | [EN].⸢NUN⸣-ka a-na EN.NUN-ia | |
| 7 | [la ta]-⸢ši⸣-aṭ EN.NUN u₂-ṣur | |
| 8 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ib UD-⸢mu ša⸣ [e-gir₂-tu₂] | |
| 9 | [an-ni-tu₂ ta]-⸢mar-u₂⸣-[ni 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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