SAA 19, 060 (P393627)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393627 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, my lord: your serv[a]nt Duri-Aššur. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [A]s to the work about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, the (protective) wall is finished. |
| Obverse [4:19] o 55– | The father(s) have performed the king’s naṭu ritual. The river wood has been cut and broken pieces have been smeared (with) bitumen. 28 wooden stockades have been placed, the door of the main gate has been installed and the key and loc[k] have been made. The drainage pipes of the courtyard have been coated with bitumen. The [...] of the dariku-container has been installed. The rest of the barracks have been completely built and roofed. I am (also) completely building the s[to]rehouse of ... [I shall glaze] burn[t b]ricks and coat [them] with bitumen. |
| Bottom [1:7] b.e. 1919– | The storehouses for the garrison troops have been completely built. They are plastering the roofs, installing the gutters and paving the yards. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | The outer pool is excellent. Inside, the water from the lagoon of the Tigris is good. Let the king, my lord, come and have a look. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | I am bringing the subsoil ploughs, šugurru-mats, bitumen, hamartu and the cattle into the garrison and arranging them. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | [L]et the garrison troops come and enter the garrison. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 1515 | Who will raise [the barl]ey? Perhaps the [king], my [lo]rd should send me (word about it). |
| Reverse [15:23] r 1616– | The royal ‘mule house [man]' has inspected [the troop]s: [x hundred]-62 men [from ] Raṣappa, ..., Arzuhinu. I will have the (troops) of the prefects of G[uzana] and Arrapha and the chief cupbearer come to help me. |
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}⸢BAD₃⸣—aš-šur | |
| 3 | ⸢šu⸣-uh dul-⸢lu⸣ ša LUGAL | |
| 4 | EN ⸢iš-pur⸣-an-ni BAD₃ ga-mur | |
| 5 | na-ṭu ⸢ša LUGAL AD⸣ e₂-tap-šu | |
| 6 | GIŠ-MEŠ na-⸢a⸣-ri ⸢ma⸣-hi-ṣi | |
| 7 | ši-bir-ni qi-ru pa-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 8 | 28 {giš}ma-hi-ri šak-nu | |
| 9 | {giš}IG ⸢ša⸣ KA₂.GAL šak-na-at | |
| 10 | up-pu si-ku-⸢ru⸣ ep-šu₂ | |
| 11 | bi-bi ⸢ša₂ ki-sa-lu⸣ ku-up-ru | |
| 12 | ka-ap-ru ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ da-ri-ki | |
| 13 | šak-na-⸢at re-eh⸣-tu₂ ša₂ E₂—nap-ṭar-⸢te⸣ E₂—nap-ṭar-⸢te⸣ | |
| 14 | ra-ṣip ga-mur ṣa-lu-lu | |
| 15 | ⸢E₂—ŠU.2 ⸢E₂—ŠU.2 ša x x⸣ a-ra-ṣip | |
| 16 | ⸢u₂⸣-ga-⸢mar⸣ e-⸢bir⸣-tu₂ | |
| 17 | ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | ⸢ku⸣-up-ru a-ka-par | |
| 19 | E₂—ŠU.2-MEŠ E₂—ŠU.2-MEŠ a-na ša₂—bir-⸢te⸣ | |
| 20 | ⸢ra⸣-aṣ-pa ga-⸢mu-ra⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢u₂⸣-ra-a-te i-si-ru | |
| 2 | {giš}bi-sa-na-te i-ša₂-ku-nu | |
| 3 | tar-ba-ṣa-te i-ka-si-ru | |
| 4 | ia-ar-hu ša gi-da-ni | |
| 5 | ⸢SIG₅ ad⸣—dan-niš ša be₂-ta-ni | |
| 6 | A-MEŠ ša₂ a-par ša₂ {id₂}HAL.HAL | |
| 7 | DUG₃.GA ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN DU-ak e-mar | |
| 8 | KA₂ ⸢x⸣ GIŠ-MEŠ taq-mi | |
| 9 | {giš}har-bi {giš}šu-gu-ri | |
| 10 | qi-ru ha-mar-tu₂ bu-⸢u₂-lum⸣ | |
| 11 | a-na EN.NUN u₂-še-rab a-ša₂-kan | |
| 12 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ ša {uru}bir-te | |
| 13 | ⸢lil⸣-li-ku-nu le-ru-bu | |
| 14 | {[še]}⸢PAD⸣-MEŠ man-nu i-ma-ta-ha ⸢i—su-ri⸣ | |
| 15 | [LUGAL] ⸢be⸣-li₂ liš-pu-ra | |
| 16 | {[lu₂v}ša₂]—E₂—ku-din ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 17 | {[lu₂v}ERIM]-MEŠ e-ta-mar | |
| r.e. | ||
| 18 | [x-me]-62 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 19 | [TA@v ŠA₃] {uru}ra-ṣa-pi {uru}⸢x x⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {uru}ar-zu-hi-nu ša {lu₂v}GAR-nu-MEŠ ša {uru}⸢gu⸣-[za-na] | |
| 2 | ša₂ {uru}arrap-ha ša₂ {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂v}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂-nu [o] | |
| 3 | [a]-na re-ṣu-⸢u₂-ti⸣-ia₂ u₂-DU-ak | |
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