SAA 19, 043 (P393620)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393620 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] ... the [k]ing |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 11'11'–b.e. 11'11' | [......] whom the ki[ng|] |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 12'12'– | [... ...]... the people |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... ...]... have taken |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [Concerning the a]rchers [about whom the king, my lord], wrote me, [saying] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] eunuch |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [......] has [...]ed his archer(s) |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [le]t him attack [... ...] the archers |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [... On the x]th day two of them |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] 40 [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] together |
| Reverse [9:14] r 1010–r 1414 | [O]n the 20th [o]f Nisan (I), [Mušal]lim-Aššur retur[ned] from [Ṣ]imirra, [saying]: “Go, quickly [rem]ove the corpses [...] and res[ume] th[eir] work, so it can be fin[ished] before the king (comes)." |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [One] boat of Ṣi[mirr]a [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [... i]n [Ṣ]imirra [......] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...] the [arche]r[s ...] |
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 x x x] ⸢ša⸣ {1}⸢x⸣ x+[x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ma-⸢a LUGAL⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] i [x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+x | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ u ⸢x x⸣-ṣu-u-ni | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ lu ⸢x⸣ hu | |
| 7' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ šu₂-nu ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] i ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ ša\dm ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]-⸢u⸣-ni ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ\m | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x]-⸢u₂\m⸣-tu₂ ⸢i⸣-ta\p-ṣu\d | |
| 2 | [ina UGU {lu₂]}⸢ma⸣-hi-ṣa-a-ni | |
| 3 | [ša LUGAL be-li₂] iš-pur-a-ni | |
| 4 | [ma-a x x x x]+x—DINGIR {lu₂m}SAG | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] {⸢lu₂⸣}ma-hi-ṣi-šu₂ u₂\m-⸢ta⸣-[x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x] ⸢li⸣-iz-qup {lu₂}ma-hi-ṣa-a-⸢ni⸣ [o] | |
| 7 | [x x x UD x]-KAM₂ 02 TA@v\m ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] 40 a [x]+⸢x⸣ i-mu-[x]+⸢x⸣ la [x (x)] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ du a\d-⸢ki-i⸣ a\d-ha-a-a-iš\y | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ UD 20-KAM ⸢ša {iti⸣}BARAG | |
| 11 | {1}mu-šal]-⸢lim⸣—aš-šur TA@v\m {uru}⸢ṣi⸣-me-ra\t i-tu₂-[ra] | |
| 12 | [ma-a o] ⸢a-lik⸣ ar₂\d-hiš {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ₂-MEŠ\mm [o] | |
| 13 | x+[x x] ⸢us⸣-ha dul-la-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ [o] | |
| 14 | ṣa-[bat ina] ⸢IGI-at⸣ LUGAL lu\d-u ga-[mir] | |
| 15 | 01.et] {giš}MA₂ ⸢ša\dd⸣ {uru}⸢ṣi⸣-[me]-⸢ra x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x] ⸢ina⸣ {uru}⸢ṣi⸣-me-ra ⸢ta⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x]+⸢x {lu₂⸣}[ma-hi-ṣa]-a-[ni x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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