SAA 19, 027 (P393613)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393613 |
| 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 kin[g], my l[o]rd: yo[ur servant] Q[urd]i-Aššu[r]-lam[ur]. |
| Obverse [2:14] o 33–o 1414 | [Conc]erning [... fr]om Ta[ba]l [a]nd Que [ab]out whom they wrote to me from the Palace - let [A]ššur, Bel (and) Na[bû] come into the presence of the ki[n]g as soon as they lay their [...] in Ṭurušpâ and their [...]s from [...] are visiting the crown prince in Assyria. |
| Obverse [14:18] o 1515– | [The one] in charge of the captives [of] the town [...] to the people of the Palace. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [they] should go [with the b]odyguard |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] should s[e]t out |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...], oil (and) water |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [......] the[i]r [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...... t]h[e]ir [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] his [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [......] their wish [...] |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | [......] ba[rl]ey |
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⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ {1}⸢qur-di⸣—aš-⸢šur—IGI⸣ | |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ {kur}ta-[ba]-⸢li\tt⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša {kur⸣}qu-⸢u-e⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ša\d⸣ ina ⸢E₂⸣.GAL iš\t-pur-⸢ni\d-ni⸣ | |
| 7 | ⸢aš⸣-šur {d}EN {d}⸢AG⸣ | |
| 8 | ina IGI ⸢LUGAL lil-li\d-ku⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢a⸣-du u ma-⸢x x x⸣-šu₂-[nu] | |
| 10 | ina {uru}ṭu-⸢ru⸣-uš-⸢pa-a o⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢i⸣-ka-ra-⸢ru-u₂-ni⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢bi-x⸣-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ina ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢hi⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢ina⸣ IGI DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ ina ⸢KUR\d⸣—aš-šur | |
| 14 | ⸢il⸣-la-ku-⸢ni-ni⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢ša⸣ UGU {lu₂vy}hu-ub\d-ti\t | |
| 16 | [ša] URU a-na ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ | |
| 17 | E₂.GAL is-⸢x x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x]+⸢x IM x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ qa\d ⸢hu\d ba\t⸣ 02 ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 3 | [TA@v {lu₂v]}⸢qur⸣-bu-ti\t ⸢lil-li\td-ku⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x]+⸢x lu-nam⸣-miš | |
| 5 | [x x]-⸢MEŠ I₃⸣-MEŠ A-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢MEŠ\m⸣ ina ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ GIŠ ⸢ki x x x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x] ⸢ŠA₃-ba⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] {še}⸢PAD-ME⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
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