SAA 19, 057 (P393623)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393623 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, [my lo]rd: your servant [Inurta-ila'i]. Good health to the king, [m]y lo[rd]! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | The commander-in-chief told me: "Cultivate 1,000 (homers of) seed!" |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | The year has drawn to an end but I am not able to cultivate 1,000 (homers of) seed until I send for the ploughs o[f] Barhalza. |
| Obverse [10:17] o 1111– | The commande[r-in-chief is telling me]: "The time of seeding is passed." I have sent word, and they are bringing me oxen from a village under the authority of Arpad. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | I shall bring the ploughs and oxen together and cultivate seed as much as I can. |
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 ⸢EN⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{⸢d⸣}[MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-⸢na LUGAL EN-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}tar-ta-nu ma-a | |
| 5 | 01 lim {še}NUMUN-MEŠ a-ru-uš | |
| 6 | MU.AN.NA tak-tar-ma | |
| 7 | la mu-qa-a-a 01 lim {⸢še}NUMUN-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 8 | la a-ra-aš₂ | |
| 9 | a-di a-⸢ša₂⸣-pa-⸢ru-ni⸣ | |
| 10 | {giš}APIN-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ | |
| 11 | {kur}bar-hal-zi {⸢lu₂v}tar-ta⸣-[nu ma-a] | |
| 12 | si-mi-in {še}NUMUN-MEŠ | |
| 13 | e-ti-iq a-sa-pa-ar | |
| 14 | TA@v ŠA₃ {⸢uru}kap⸣-ri | |
| 15 | ša pa-⸢an {uru⸣}ar₂-pa-da | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GUD-MEŠ u₂-bal-u-ni | |
| 2 | {giš}APIN-MEŠ GUD.NITA₂-MEŠ | |
| 3 | a-na a-ha-meš ⸢u₂⸣-qa-rab | |
| 4 | am—mar e-mu-qa-⸢a-a⸣-ni | |
| 5 | {še}NUMUN-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-ra-aš₂ | |
Sources & licences
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