SAA 19, 040 (P393619)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393619 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1'1'–o 6'6' | Re[garding the ......] among the lat[er] captives whom the king, my lord, gave m[e] from Til-Ba[rsip], I have said: "I do know th[at] there certainly are no [...] among them." |
| Obverse [6:15] o 7'7'– | Harammu, the chiliarch of Manṣuate has (now) come to me, (bringing) with him his five sons, [...]..., [and the res]t of [his] people. [The m]en ar[rived] on the 30t[h of ...]. |
| Reverse [1:8] r 22–r 88 | I told to [thei]r compeers: "I will release and equip them," but their brothers did not consent, saying: "The men are criminals; they will get up and run a[way. They are] be[nt on] killing." |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | Why [should I ...] the men? |
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⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | ina ŠA₃ {lu₂v}hu-ub-te ur-⸢ki⸣-[e] | |
| 3' | ša TA@v ŠA₃ {uru}DU₆—⸢bar⸣-[si-ba] | |
| 4' | LUGAL be-li₂ i-di-na-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 5' | mu-uk lu u₂-da ⸢ki⸣-[i x x] | |
| 6' | i-ba-ši ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢la-aš₂⸣-šu₂-[ni] | |
| 7' | {1}ha-ra-am-mu {lu₂v}GAL—01-lim {lu₂v}GAL—01-lim | |
| 8' | ša {uru}man-ṣu-a-te ina UGU-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢i⸣-tal-ka 05 DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ [o] | |
| 10' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ ⸢ša⸣ am-⸢x x⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11' | [re-eh]-te UN-MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 12' | [i-si]-šu₂ UD 30-KAM₂⸣ [ša {iti}x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂v]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ ⸢iq⸣-[ṭar-bu-ni] | |
| 2 | ⸢a⸣-na me-eh-ri-[šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 3 | mu-uk la-ap-ṭur-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | lu-ša₂-aṣ-bi-su-nu PAB-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 5 | la i-ma-gur₂ ma-a {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 6 | pa-ri-ṣu-te šu-nu [o] | |
| 7 | ma-a i-tab-bi-u₂ i-hal-⸢li⸣-[qu] | |
| 8 | ma-a a-na du-a-ki i-⸢du⸣-[ub-bu] | |
| 9 | a-na mi-ni {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x-šu₂⸣-nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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