SAA 19, 042 (P393611)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393611 |
| 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 [5:8] o 6'6'–o 8'8' | [...] It is the third year (now) since they took the t[o]wn, (and) they are saying: "[...] in the village of the que[en]" |
| Bottom [1:4] b.e. 11'11'– | 140 (‘litres') of flou[r (in]stead of [......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | He is taking (for himself) a town of the king. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 33–r 88 | I have sent from Guzana 30 (‘litres') of flour, 50 sheep and 40 jars, but has the town itself been purchase[d] with silver? Is it a town that the queen is buying and [...]ing? |
| Reverse [8:13] r 99–r 1313 | I will be coming [to GN and at the king my lord’s] command [shall ... the ...] of the [...]. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | [...] an abat šarri [......] |
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' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x x⸣ si | |
| 5' | [x] ⸢e x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 6' | [x] kib 03-[su] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA | |
| 7' | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ mar ⸢URU i⸣-šu-u-ni | |
| 8' | ma-a ina ŠA₃ {uru}ŠE\p ša\dm MI₂ ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 9' | [x] ⸢mu⸣ ku nu [x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | ⸢x⸣ sa [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | 01 ⸢me 40 ZID₂.⸢DA-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 12' | ⸢ku⸣-um ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | URU ⸢ša\dm LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | i-na-ši | |
| 3 | ⸢a⸣-na-ku TA@v\m {uru}gu-za-na | |
| 4 | 30 ZID₂.DA\d-MEŠ 50 UDU-⸢HI.A⸣-MEŠ | |
| 5 | 40 {dug}⸢ŠAB⸣-MEŠ\m ⸢u₂⸣-se-bi-⸢il⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢URU⸣-ma-a ina KUG.UD la-⸢qi⸣ | |
| 7 | URU-⸢u₂⸣ ša\dd MI₂—E₂.GAL MI₂—E₂.GAL | |
| 8 | ⸢ta-la⸣-qu-u-ni\d | |
| 9 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ a-na\t-ku | |
| 10 | [x x x] a-qa\d-ri\d-ib | |
| 11 | [ina] ⸢UGU-hi⸣ pi-i | |
| 12 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL EN-ia⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x] ša\dd {lu₂vy}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14 | [x x x] a-bat ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ [x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢ni⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | hu-⸢ub-tu₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢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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