SAA 19, 005 (P393606)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393606 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | The king's [word] to Madayu: |
| Obverse [2:11] o 33– | You must be in my [prese]nce in [U]rzuhina on the first of Tammuz (IV) together with 30 riding horses. One [...]... [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | let [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | as [...] |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | I have writ[ten to yo]u; [d]on't be [ne]gligent [wi]th your cavalry, although I may be delayed in the (home)land. |
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\d | |
| 2 | ⸢a⸣-na\y {1}mad-a.a | |
| 3 | UD\y 01-KAM\p ša\m {itim}ŠU | |
| 4 | at-ta a-du | |
| 5 | 30 {anše}BAD-⸢HAL⸣-li\d-um\dm | |
| 6 | ina {⸢uru}ur⸣-zu-hi-na\y | |
| 7 | ina [pa-na]-tu₂-u-a | |
| 8 | ⸢lu⸣-[u] ⸢at⸣-ta | |
| 9 | 01-⸢en x⸣+[x x]+⸢x-mu⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢lu⸣-u ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2 | ki-i ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x] | |
| 3 | a-⸢sap-rak-ka⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢la\m ta-ši⸣-aṭ | |
| 5 | ⸢a-di⸣ BAD-⸢HAL-la⸣-ka | |
| 6 | ina ⸢ma⸣-a-te | |
| 7 | lu\y am-ma-⸢rak⸣-ku\y | |
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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