SAA 19, 069 (P393630)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393630 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, [my lord]: your servant [Šamaš-ila'i]. The very best of health to the kin[g, my lord]! |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | All the forts are well, the land of the treasurer is well, the land of the chief cupbearer is well. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | I am performing the works of Šarru-i[qb]i about which the king commanded me. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | The report on Urarṭu is still the same. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [They] have pl[undered] the sheep of the Il[...eans] and the Tunaeans. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] ... to [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [......] ga[ve ...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | I have s[ent ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] have been plo[tting] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] has been il[l] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | I am now sending them off with [my] mes[senger]. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 6'6'–r 9'9' | All is well; we are doing our work. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
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⸣}[UTU—DINGIR-a.a] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | DI-mu a-na {kur}bi-rat gab-bu | |
| 6 | a-na KUR ša {lu₂}IGI.DUB\m DI-mu | |
| 7 | ina KUR {lu₂}GAL—KAŠ.LUL {lu₂}GAL—KAŠ.LUL DI-mu | |
| 8 | dul-la-ni ša {uru}⸢LUGAL—iq-bi⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL iq-ba-ni ⸢ep-pa⸣-aš₂ | |
| 10 | ṭe₂-e-mu ša {kur}⸢u₂⸣-ra-ar-ṭi | |
| 11 | šu-tu₂-ma šu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 12 | UDU-MEŠ ša {uru}il-[x x x] | |
| 13 | {⸢uru}tu⸣-na-a-a ⸢ih⸣-[tab-tu] | |
| 14 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]-⸢e⸣ a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-ta-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x] ⸢a-sa⸣-[par x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] i-du-ub-[bu] | |
| 3' | ⸢u₂-x⸣+[x x]-lu ma-ri-[ṣi] | |
| 4' | a-ka-⸢an-ni TA@v⸣ {lu₂}⸢DUMU⸣—[šip-ri-ia] {lu₂}⸢DUMU⸣—[šip-ri-ia] | |
| 5' | u₂-se-bi-la-⸢šu-nu⸣ | |
| 6' | DI-mu a—dan-niš dul-li-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7' | ne₂-pa-aš₂ ŠA₃-bu ša LUGAL | |
| 8' | EN-ia a—dan-niš | |
| 9' | lu-u₂ DUG₃.GA | |
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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