SAA 19, 073 (P393632)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393632 |
| 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 | T[o the kin]g, [my lord]: yo[ur] servant [Aššur-le]'i. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | Good health to the k[in]g, my lord! The land, district and the wa[tc]h [for the Urarṭi]an are well. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | I have arrested [th]is [...] from the town Šininaha and am herewith sending him to the king my lord. |
| Reverse [4:11] r 5'5'– | As to the enemy about whom the king, my lord, heard; he is the governor of Tas. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [...... on] his own |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [......] is good. |
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\t LUGAL\d⸣ EN-ia | |
| 4 | DI-mu a-na\t KUR | |
| 5 | a-⸢na\y⸣ na-⸢ge⸣-e | |
| 6 | a-⸢na\t⸣ ma-⸢ṣar⸣-te | |
| 7 | [ša] {⸢kur⸣}[URI-a].a | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {lu₂v}⸢x x⸣ [x an]-⸢ni⸣-u | |
| 2' | {uru}ši-ni-na\t-⸢ha⸣-a.a | |
| 3' | ⸢aṣ⸣-ṣab-ta ina ⸢UGU⸣ LUGAL\d | |
| 4' | EN-ia u₂-se-bi-la | |
| 5' | šu-uh {lu₂vy}KUR₂ | |
| 6' | ša\dm LUGAL\d EN ⸢iš\d⸣-mu-ni | |
| 7' | {lu₂vy}⸢EN⸣.NAM\y [o] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | ša\d {uru}⸢ta⸣-a-⸢si⸣ [o] | |
| 9 | šu\p-u₂-⸢tu⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ra-me-ni-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x] ⸢SIG₅⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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