SAA 19, 046 (P393622)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393622 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [that] I pla[ced ...]s |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [from] Qu[e] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] horses [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] horse trainers [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] king's men wi[th him ...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | We [...] in their hands [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [... accor]ding to him [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [... t]his [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] me [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] seized [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [......] the district |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [......] I |
| Obverse [17:20] o 18'18'– | [......] year |
| Reverse [2:3] r 55–r 55 | [... se]ttle [...] them |
| Reverse [3:4] r 66–r 66 | [le]t him guard [...] they ... |
| Reverse [4:5] r 77–r 77 | [...]... I have settled them there. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 88–r 99 | They are waiting [for] their [...]s, their houses (and) their [...]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 1010–r 1212 | Let [the king], my [lord], send word to see where they are [w]aiting for the king my lord's [help], and let him listen to [their needs]. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1313–r 1515 | The captives have with them their [...]s, their oxen (and) their [...]s. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1616–r 1616 | [be]fore the district [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1717–r 1717 | [...] let me open the [ga]tes [...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1919–r 1919 | [... has/have giv]en [......] |
| Reverse [17:18] r 2020–r 2020 | [......] the[m ...] |
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 x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] bi ⸢ik⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]-⸢te⸣ aš₂-⸢ku⸣-[x x x] | |
| 4' | [TA@v] ŠA₃-bi\d {kur}⸢qu⸣-[u-e] | |
| 5' | [x x] {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA\d-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}su\ty-sa-⸢ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ\m—MAN {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ\m—MAN i-⸢si⸣-[x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢ina⸣ ŠU.2-MEŠ-šu₂\d-nu ⸢ni⸣-[x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x ki]-⸢i⸣ pi-i-šu₂\d [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x an]-⸢ni⸣-u ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-an-ni ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x]+⸢x-ṭur⸣ ša₂\m ⸢x⸣ | |
| 13' | [x x x x]+x ⸢i⸣-ṣab-⸢tu⸣ ma-a | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ e ⸢x⸣ | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {kur}na\t-⸢gi⸣-u | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢šu-u⸣ | |
| 17' | [x x x x x x x a]-⸢na\t⸣-ku | |
| 18' | [x x x x x x x] MU.AN.NA | |
| 19' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x har⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 3 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ u ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x]-ši-bu [x x x]+⸢x x⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [x x] ⸢li\d⸣-ṣur\d šu₂-nu MA₂ ⸢ki⸣-ru-⸢te⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ BAR PA ina ŠA₃-bi u₂\m-⸢se⸣-šib-⸢šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 8 | [ina IGI x x]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢E₂⸣-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂-nu i-da-gu\d-lu₄\d | |
| 10 | [LUGAL be]-⸢li₂⸣ liš-pu-ra\d E₂ | |
| 11 | [ina pa]-⸢na-at⸣ LUGAL\d be-li₂-ia | |
| 12 | [i]-⸢da\d⸣-ga-lu-ni lid\d-gu\d-lu₄\d | |
| 13 | [x x] ⸢liš-me⸣ {lu₂}hu\d-ub\d-tu | |
| 14 | [x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu GUD-MEŠ\m-šu₂-nu | |
| 15 | [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu i-si-šu₂-nu [o] | |
| 16 | [a-na] ⸢pa⸣-an {kur}na\t-gi-u ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x] ⸢ba⸣-ba\t-ni\d lu-pa-te [x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x] in\m gu\d ri\d [x x x] | |
| 19 | [x id]-⸢di⸣-nu-ni [x x x x x] | |
| 20 | [x x x x x]+⸢x šu₂-nu⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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