SAA 19, 033 (P393615)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393615 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the k]ing, my lord: yo[ur servant] Inurta-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | As to Inurta-aplu-iddina about whom my lord wrote to me: "How many horses, oxen (and) sheep that he brought from Tabal has he entrusted to you? Why have you not written (about this)?" |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010–o 1515 | I have already written to my lord twice: 46 horses, 165 oxen, 4,635 sheep are in my charge (and) 33 horses, 135 oxen are in the charge of Aššur-naṣir. |
| Obverse [15:18] o 1616–o 1818 | I have given him orders, written a sealed document and given it to him, and he has left for my lord. |
| Obverse [18:24] o 1919– | Aya-neri has fetched 16 logs that came from Bel-ibni, deposited them unto me, and I have received them. |
| Reverse [3:11] r 44–r 1111 | Heretofore, Attar-šumki and Mati'-il used to pile up [logs] on the [river] bank, and I have piled them up there as well. N[ow NN] (comes) to m[e], saying: "Let him (= Aya-neri) cut them for me, (and) bring them across to this side (of the river)!" |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | The king, my lord, surely knows that it is not (part of) our ilku-duty. |
| Reverse [13:18] r 1414–r 1818 | The land of my lord is very well (and) we are doing our work. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
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}{d}MAŠ—EN—PAB | |
| 3 | [lu] DI-mu a-na LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 4 | TA@v UGU {1}{d}MAŠ—A—AŠ | |
| 5 | ša be-li₂ iš-pur-a-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-MEŠ GUD.NITA₂-MEŠ | |
| 7 | UDU-HI.A-MEŠ ša TA@v {kur}ta-ba-li | |
| 8 | na-ṣa-ni ma-a ki ma-ṣi ina IGI-ka | |
| 9 | ip-qid-di ma a-ta-a la taš-pur | |
| 10 | 02-šu₂ ma-ṣi ina UGU EN-ia | |
| 11 | a-sa-pa-ra 46 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 12 | 01 me 65 GUD-MEŠ 04 lim 06 me 35 | |
| 13 | UDU-HI.A-MEŠ ⸢ina pa-ni⸣-ia | |
| 14 | 33 {anše}KUR.RA-⸢MEŠ⸣ [o] 01 me 35 | |
| 15 | GUD.NITA₂-MEŠ ina IGI {1}aš-šur—PAB-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 16 | a-na ša₂-a-šu₂ ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 17 | a-sa-kan-šu₂ ⸢ka⸣-ni-ku a-ṣa-bat{at} | |
| 18 | a-tan-šu₂ ina UGU EN-⸢i⸣-ia | |
| 19 | i-ta-ta-ka 16 {giš}⸢UR₃⸣-MEŠ | |
| 20 | ša TA@v IGI {1}EN—ib-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-li-ku-ni-ni {1}a.a—⸢ni-ri⸣ | |
| 2 | im-ta-at-ha ina UGU-hi-ia | |
| 3 | ik-ta-ra-ar₂ a-na-ku | |
| 4 | am-ta-ha-⸢ar₂⸣ it—ti-ma-li it—ti-ma-li | |
| 5 | ina 03—UD-me {1}a-tar—⸢šum₂-ki {1}ma-ti—DINGIR⸣ | |
| 6 | ina UGU šap-⸢ti⸣ [ID₂ {giš}UR₃-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | i-kar-ra-ru-ni [u] ⸢a⸣-na-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢ak-ta-ra⸣-ni | |
| 9 | ⸢u₂⸣-[ma-a] ⸢x x x⸣ ina ⸢UGU-ia⸣ | |
| 10 | ma-a ⸢li-ha-ṣa⸣-ni ina ⸢ba⸣-te | |
| 11 | an-ni-te še-bi-⸢ra⸣-ni | |
| 12 | LUGAL EN lu ⸢u₂-da⸣ | |
| 13 | la il-ki-⸢ni⸣ šu-u₂ | |
| 14 | a-na ma-a-ti ⸢ša EN-ia⸣ | |
| 15 | DI-mu a—dan-niš a-ni-nu | |
| 16 | dul-li-ni ne₂-pa-aš₂ | |
| 17 | ŠA₃-bi LUGAL EN-ia ⸢a—dan⸣-niš | |
| 18 | lu DUG₃.GA | |
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