SAA 19, 026 (P393614)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393614 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] which [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [which] in the town of [...] |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'–o 6'6' | they sel[ec]ted the [...]s that are on [... and put them] in irons; they are diggi[ng] a moat on [{ithis}] side of the outer wall. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 7'7'–o 15'15' | Those approximately 400 Gurreans had been sen[t out] to raid [the steppe]. A guard sa[w] (this and) a cry was sounded. We pursued the[m], and they took to the snowy mountain in front of them. We caught them from the town of Yauna and R[e]š-ṣurri. |
| Obverse [15:22] o 16'16'– | I have sent 200 men to the commander-in-chief, who says that they should be brought to the Palace. 24 men have died here. There are (also) people who were caught with the ...s. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Where are they digging the moat?" |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | The outer wall has been ...... (and) I have finished the moat. [They will dig] another moat on t[his] side [of the outer wal]l. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | The outer wall between [......] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | If rep[ai]r (is needed) [in ...] and in the [moa]t [...] |
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] ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ša] ina ŠA₃-bi {uru}[x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ\m-⸢te⸣ ša ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢ib-te⸣-ru ⸢si⸣-par-ri AN.BAR [i-sak-nu] | |
| 5' | hi-ri\d-ṣu a-na\d ba\t-at-ti [an-ni-ti] | |
| 6' | ša šal-hi-⸢e⸣ i-ha-ru-⸢ṣu⸣ | |
| 7' | am-mu-te {⸢lu₂vy}qur-ru⸣ 04 me | |
| 8' | ši-⸢hi-iṭ⸣ [EDIN] ⸢u₂\m⸣-se-⸢ṣi⸣-[u₂] | |
| 9' | {lu₂vy}ša—EN.NUN\dm [o] e-ta-⸢mar⸣ | |
| 10' | ⸢ki⸣-il\y-⸢lu⸣ it-taš-⸢kan⸣ | |
| 11' | ⸢ni⸣-ir-ti-di-ip\y-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 12' | a\d-na KUR-e ša\p ku-pe-⸢e⸣ | |
| 13' | i-ṣab-tu\m pa-ni-šu₂\d-nu | |
| 14' | TA@v\dm ŠA₃-bi\d {uruy}ia-u₂\m-na | |
| 15' | TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi\d {uru}⸢SAG⸣—ṣu-ri | |
| 16' | ⸢ni-ṣab⸣-ta 02 me {lu₂vy}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 17' | ⸢a⸣-na\d {lu₂vy}⸢tur-ta\d-ni⸣ | |
| 18' | u₂\m-se-bil₂ ma ina E₂.GAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | lu-bi-lu 24 {lu₂vy}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | an-na-ka\d UŠ₂ | |
| 3 | i-ba\t-ši ša TA@v\m {lu₂vy}⸢x⸣-MEŠ\mm | |
| 4 | u₂\m-ṣa-bi\d-tu-u-ni i—su\t-ri\d | |
| 5 | LUGAL be-li₂ i-qa-bi ma a.a\d-ka | |
| 6 | hi-ri\d-ṣu i-ha-ru-ṣu | |
| 7 | ⸢šal-hi⸣-u₂\m it-ta-as\td-hu ⸢ne₂⸣-mur | |
| 8 | hi-⸢ri\d⸣-ṣi ug\td-da-[mi₃]-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 9 | a-na ba\t-at-ti an-[ni-te ša šal-hi]-⸢e⸣ | |
| 10 | hi-ri\d-ṣu\d ša₂-ni-u [i-ha-ru-ṣu] | |
| 11 | šal\d-hi-u₂\m bir-ti [x x x x] | |
| 12 | šum-mu bat-⸢qu ša⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 13 | ša ⸢ina⸣ [hi-ri]-⸢ṣi⸣ [x x x x] | |
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