SAA 19, 025 (P393612)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393612 |
| 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 | To the king, my lord: your servant Qurdi-ili-lamur. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The Ionians came and gave battle in Samsim[uruna], Hariṣû and [GN]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | A cav[al]ry[man] came to Daman[...]; I [t]ook the free men and went away. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | They (= the Ionians) did [n]ot take anyth[ing] (and) when [they sa]w [my] tr[oops they embarked] th[eir] boats and [fled] into the midst of the sea. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] after me |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [say]ing: "He/It is [at the p]ort of Io[nia]." |
| Reverse [2:7] r 3'3'–r 7'7' | I myself shall bui[ld] (in) Danab[u] before I go up to [...]. I shall sett[le] there the lone Itu'ean at my disposal and the Itu'[ean] ...[...]. |
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}qur-⸢di⸣—DINGIR—IGI | |
| 3 | {kur}ia-⸢u₂⸣-na-a.a ⸢i-tal-ku-ni⸣ | |
| 4 | qa-ra-bu ina {uru}sam-si-⸢mu⸣-[ru-na] | |
| 5 | ina {uru}ha-ri-ṣu-u₂ ina {⸢uru⸣}[x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢u₂⸣-tap-pi-šu ša—{⸢anše}BAD.HAL⸣ | |
| 7 | [i]-tal-ka a-na {uru}⸢da⸣-man-[x] | |
| 8 | {[lu₂v]}ERIM-MEŠ zak-ku-u₂ ina ⸢ŠU⸣.2 | |
| 9 | [a]-⸢ṣa⸣-bat a-ta-⸢at-lak⸣ mi-⸢mi⸣-[ni] | |
| 10 | ⸢la⸣ iš-ši-u₂ a-⸢ki-i e-mu⸣-[qi] | |
| 11 | [e]-⸢mu-ru⸣-ni ina ŠA₃-bi {giš}MA₂-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 12 | [e-te-li-u₂] qab-li ta-⸢an⸣-ti | |
| 13 | [ih-tal-qu i]—⸢da-tu₂⸣-u-a i]—⸢da-tu₂⸣-u-a ⸢x⸣+[x (x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ma-a⸣ [ina] ⸢ka-a⸣-ri ša {kur}⸢ia⸣-[u-na] | |
| 3' | šu-u-tu₂ ⸢ana-ku⸣-ma ⸢a-di la⸣ ina [x x] | |
| 4' | e-⸢lu-ni {uru}da-an⸣-a-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 5' | a-ra-⸢ṣib-bi⸣ {lu₂v}i-tu₂-ʾu [o] | |
| 6' | ⸢e-du ina IGI⸣-ia {lu₂v}i-tu₂-⸢ʾu⸣ | |
| 7' | ⸢a-mur⸣-[x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ŠA₃-bi lu-še-ši-[bi] | |
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