SAA 19, 045 (P393621)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393621 |
| 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' | [not] yet [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | 1,000 (bricks) the [... official] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | We are building [......]. We have finish[ed] the ci[ty wall] and are digging [the moat]. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 7'7'–o 12'12' | As t[o the news] of Damasc[us, PN], the commander-of-fifty of Ata[...], has ru[n away] to me. [I am herewith sen]di[ng him to] the king, [my] l[ord ...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [..., sa]ying: "[... I have g]one up fr[om ...]; (thus) they should go up accordingly." |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | (But) from who[m] I am to give him barley? |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Let the k[ing, my lord], write me [how much barley there] is left. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | The kin[g ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | which in the city of [......] |
| Reverse [9:12] r 10'10'–r 12'12' | the k[ing, my] lord [......] |
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 x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢u₂⸣-di-⸢na⸣ [la x x x x x] | |
| 3' | 01 lim {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢x⸣ ma an ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ni\d-ra\p-ṣip {⸢uru⸣}[BAD₃] | |
| 6' | nu-ug-da\d-me-[er hi-ri-ṣu] | |
| 7' | ni\d-ha-ra\dp-ṣa ⸢UGU⸣ [ṭe₃-e-me] | |
| 8' | ša\dd {uru}di-maš-⸢qa⸣ [x x] | |
| 9' | {lu₂v}GAL—50 {lu₂v}GAL—50 ša\dd {1}a-⸢ta\p⸣-[x x] | |
| 10' | ina UGU-ia ih-⸢tal⸣-[qa] | |
| 11' | [ina] UGU LUGAL\d ⸢be⸣-[li₂-ia] | |
| 12' | [u₂]-⸢se-bi⸣-[la x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] ⸢ma-a x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢TA@v⸣ [x] ⸢e⸣-te-⸢li\tt pi-te⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢le-e-lu {še⸣}PAD-MEŠ | |
| 5' | TA@v\dm IGI man-⸢ni⸣ a-⸢na⸣-[ku] | |
| 6' | a-da\d-na-šu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 7' | liš\d-pu-ra\p [ki ma-ṣi {še}PAD-MEŠ] | |
| 8' | ⸢re⸣-hat ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ša\dd ina URU [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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