SAA 19, 072 (P393631)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393631 |
| 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 servant Aššur-le'i]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [Good health to the king], my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | I have arrived in Sarun and am laying the foundations. I will (then) go to Birdunu, lay the foundations, and set out and go. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "What is the news of Urarṭu?" |
| Obverse [11:17] o 1212– | The ruler of Etini has twice attacked him, defeated him and plundered him. He is (now) upon him for the third time. |
| Bottom [1:7] b.e. 1717– | Rusa (= Ursa) marched straight from Ṭurušpâ against the Etiniean, (but) [has tu]rned around and is coming (here). |
| Reverse [3:12] r 44–r 1212 | When I entered Sarduriani and attacked the cities of the other side of the Zab river, an express messenger came to Rusa, saying: "The troops of the king of Assyria are marching against you for the third time." |
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}aš-šur—ZU] | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a-na MAN] ⸢EN-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | ina {uru}sa-ru-un aq-ṭi₂-rib | |
| 5 | uš-še ak-ra-ra | |
| 6 | al-lak ina {uru}bir-du-nu | |
| 7 | uš-še ak-ra-ra | |
| 8 | u₂-na-ma-ša₂ u₂-ṣa-a | |
| 9 | i—su-ri LUGAL EN | |
| 10 | i-qa-bi ⸢ma⸣-a mi₃-nu | |
| 11 | ṭe₃-e-mu ša {kur}URI | |
| 12 | {kur}e-ti-ni-a.a | |
| 13 | 02-šu₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂ i-zu-qu-pu | |
| 14 | ⸢de⸣-ek-tu-šu₂ i-du-ak | |
| 15 | ⸢hu⸣-ub-tu-šu₂ ih-tab-at | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | ⸢šal⸣-šu-ti-šu₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂ | |
| 17 | ur-su {1}ur-sa-a | |
| 18 | TA@v {uru}⸢ṭu⸣-ru-uš-pa-[a] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢e-ta⸣-ši-<$ra$> | |
| 2 | ⸢ina UGU⸣ {kur}e-ti-ni-a.a | |
| 3 | [is]-⸢hur⸣ il-la-ka | |
| 4 | ⸢ki-i⸣ a-na-ku ina {uru}su-ru-du-ri-a-ni | |
| 5 | e-ru-bu-u-ni | |
| 6 | ina UGU URU-MEŠ ša ba-ti am-⸢me⸣-te | |
| 7 | ša {id₂}za-ba az-qu-pu-u-ni | |
| 8 | ša—kil-li ina UGU {1}ur-sa-a | |
| 9 | i-tal-ka ma-a {lu₂v}e-mu-qi | |
| 10 | ša MAN KUR—aš-šur a-na 03-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ina UGU-hi-ka il-la-ku-u-ni | |
| 12 | ⸢x x x x x⸣ kas | |
Sources & licences
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