SAA 19, 037 (P393617)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393617 |
| 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 Šamaš-ahu-iddina. |
| Obverse [2:11] o 33–o 1111 | The chief eunuch of my lord brought me into Riblah and impressed upon me regarding the watch over Riblah: "Half of the pack animals should enter Riblah whereas the other half should enter Qadeš." |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212–o 1717 | Aini-El has gone and ap[peal]ed to the commander-in-chief. The messenger of [NN] has broug[ht] m[e] a letter of the commander-in-chief from Ri[bl]a[h ......] |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [There is] water and oil [for] half of the [men] but n[ot] for the other half. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 5'5'–r 9'9' | If the king, my lord, c[ommands]: "Let them buy and eat thei[r] own food," then let them buy and eat, (but) the king, my lord, should know (how things are). |
| Reverse [9:18] r 10'10'–r 18'18' | The king, my lord, knows that the towns into which I have brought pack animals are in the middle of the desert. Who can stand guard, whether over the pack animals or in my presence? |
| Reverse [18:26] r 19'19'– | The guard of Riblah is loose. The king, my lord, should know (this). If the king, my lord, commands, I shall release [the ser]vants of the king and I shall keep with m[y] chariot [the guard wh]ich the king entrusted to me. |
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}{d}UTU—PAB—AŠ | |
| 3 | {lu₂v}GAL—SAG {lu₂v}GAL—SAG ⸢EN⸣-ia₂ ina {uru}ra-⸢ab-le⸣-e | |
| 4 | u₂-se-⸢ri⸣-ba-a-ni | |
| 5 | ⸢bi⸣-ir-ti IGI.2-MEŠ-ia | |
| 6 | ina UGU EN.NUN ša {uru}ra-ab-⸢le⸣-e | |
| 7 | un-ta-di-id ma-a | |
| 8 | ⸢meš⸣-li {anše}a-ṣap-pi | |
| 9 | ina {uru}ra-ab-le-e | |
| 10 | le-ru-ub ma-a meš-⸢lu⸣-ma | |
| 11 | ina {uru}qi-di-si ⸢le⸣-ru-ub | |
| 12 | {1}a-i-ni—DINGIR i-ta-⸢lak⸣ | |
| 13 | {lu₂v}tur-ta-nu i-⸢ta-har⸣ | |
| 14 | {lu₂v}A—šip-ri {lu₂v}A—šip-ri ⸢ša⸣ {1}{⸢d⸣}[x x x x] e-gir-tu₂ | |
| 15 | ša {lu₂v}tur-ta-ni ina ⸢UGU⸣-[hi-ia] | |
| 16 | TA@v {⸢uru⸣}ra-⸢ab-le⸣-[e x x x]-a-ni | |
| 17 | na-⸢ṣa⸣ [ma-a x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x a-na] | |
| 2' | meš-li {⸢lu₂v⸣}[ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ⸢A⸣-MEŠ I₃-MEŠ [i-ba-aš₂-ši] | |
| 4' | a-⸢na⸣ meš-li-ma ⸢la⸣-[aš₂-šu] | |
| 5' | šum-ma LUGAL be-li₂ i-[qab-bi] | |
| 6' | ma-a ša ra-me-ni-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ | |
| 7' | lil-qi-u₂ le-ku-lu | |
| 8' | lil-qi-u₂ le-ku-lu | |
| 9' | LUGAL be-li₂ lu u₂-da | |
| 10' | LUGAL be-li₂ u₂-da URU-MEŠ | |
| 11' | ša {anše}a-ṣap-pu ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 12' | u₂-še-ri-bu-u-ni | |
| 13' | qa-⸢ba⸣-si mu-da-bi-ri | |
| 14' | šu₂-nu šum-ma a-na EN.NUN | |
| 15' | ⸢ša⸣ {anše}a-ṣap-pi man-nu | |
| 16' | li-zi-iz šum-ma | |
| 17' | a-na EN.NUN ina pa-ni-ia₂ | |
| 18' | man-nu li-zi-iz | |
| 19' | EN.NUN ša {uru}ra-ab-le-e | |
| 20' | uš-⸢šu⸣-rat LUGAL | |
| r.e. | ||
| 21 | be-li₂ lu u₂-da | |
| 22 | šum-ma LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 23 | i-qab-bi | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂v]}⸢ARAD⸣-MEŠ ša LUGAL lu-ra-me a-na-ku ina {giš}GIGIR-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [EN.NUN] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL ip-qi-da-ni-⸢ni la-ṣu-ur⸣ | |
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