SAA 19, 008 (P393607)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393607 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1–o 88 | To the king, my lord: yo[ur] servant Ululayu. The b[e]st of he[a]lth to the [k]i[ng], my lord! Ass[yria] is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99–o 1515 | The emissaries of Commagene, Carc[hem]ish, Ma[r]qasa, Sam'al, Ashdod and Moab have come, but they have passed through Til-Barsip and Guzana without my permission. |
| Obverse [15:20] o 1616– | I sent (word) to detain th[em] in Kubana[še]. They say: "[......] |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | I wrote to the [commander-in-chief] that the emissari[e]s should not proceed but they had been let to cross over (the river). [Th]ey are now in Kuban[aše]. |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | The second emissary of Commagene went back with letters in his hand. I ordered them to send me [th]eir words. As soon as they bring me the letters [...], I shall forward them [to the king, m]y lord. |
| Reverse [12:16] r 1313–r 1616 | When the king is ready to set out, let them write to me and let me come and see the king, my lord, (and) let me he[ar] the answer of the king, my lord. |
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 ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ | |
| 2 | {1}{iti}KIN-a.a ⸢lu⸣-u ⸢DI⸣-mu | |
| 3 | a-⸢na LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia a—⸢dan-niš⸣ | |
| 4 | DI-⸢mu a-na⸣ KUR—⸢aš-šur⸣ | |
| 5 | DI-mu [a]-na E₂.KUR-ra-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 6 | DI-mu a-[na] ⸢bi⸣-ra-a-ti | |
| 7 | ša LUGAL ⸢gab-bu⸣ ŠA₃-bu | |
| 8 | ša LUGAL be-li₂-ia a—⸢dan⸣-niš lu-u ⸢DUG₃.GA⸣ | |
| 9 | {lu₂v}MAH-MEŠ-ni {kur}ku-mu-ha-a.a | |
| 10 | {kur}⸢gar-gar-me⸣-sa-a.a | |
| 11 | {kur}⸢mar⸣-qa-⸢sa⸣-a.a | |
| 12 | {kur}sa-ma-la-a.a {kur}si-du-da-a.a | |
| 13 | {kur}ma-ʾa-ba-a.a it-tal-ku-ni | |
| 14 | ša la pi-ia {uru}tur-bi-si-ba | |
| 15 | {uru}gu-za-na e-ta-⸢at-qu⸣-ni | |
| 16 | a-sa-par ina {⸢uru⸣}ku-ba-na-[še o] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | ik-ta-al-ʾu-šu₂-[nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ma-a⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 2 | ⸢a-na⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | a-na {⸢lu₂v⸣}[x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-sa-par-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}MAH-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ni] lu-u la e-⸢ti-qu⸣ | |
| 5 | ur-ta-me-⸢u₂⸣ e-ta-ab-⸢ru⸣-ni | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a ina {uru}ku-⸢ba-na⸣-[še šu]-nu | |
| 7 | {lu₂v}MAH 02-u₂ ⸢ša⸣ {kur}⸢ku⸣-[mu]-⸢ha-a⸣.[a] | |
| 8 | e-gi-ra-a-ti ina ŠU.2-šu₂ ⸢i-su-hur⸣ | |
| 9 | a-sa-par di-ib-bi-[šu₂]-nu ⸢i-sap⸣-ru-ni | |
| 10 | e-⸢gi-ra⸣-ti ⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 11 | ki-ma na-ṣu-ni [a-na LUGAL] | |
| 12 | be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ u₂-še-⸢ba⸣-la | |
| 13 | ki-ma LUGAL u₂-nam-ma-ša₂ | |
| 14 | liš-pa-⸢ru⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ lal-⸢li⸣-ka | |
| 15 | LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢la-mur⸣ na-pa-si [o] | |
| 16 | ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia [o] | |
| 17 | la₃-⸢aš₂⸣-[me] | |
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