SAA 19, 074 (P393633)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393633 |
| 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 ki]ng, my lord: your [ser]vant Aššur-le'i. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The major-domo has come and entered Birdunu. |
| Obverse [5:12] o 66–o 1212 | All the vast troops who escaped have not yet even minimally come together, so we are not able to se[nd] details of how many were killed or taken prisoners. |
| Obverse [12:23] o 1313– | The messenger of the king, my [lor]d [is in the presence of] Inurta-ila'i [......] |
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 | {lu₂v}GAL—E₂ {lu₂v}GAL—E₂ i-tal-ka | |
| 4 | ina {uru}bir-du-nu | |
| 5 | e-ta-ra-ba | |
| 6 | {lu₂v}e-mu-qi DAGAL-MEŠ | |
| 7 | am—mar i-pa-ar-ši-⸢du⸣-[ni] | |
| 8 | u₂-di-ni a-na ṣa-ha-⸢ar₂⸣ [x] | |
| 9 | la-a i-pa-hu-ru | |
| 10 | ⸢am⸣—mar GAZ-MEŠ-ni | |
| 11 | ⸢am⸣—mar hab-tu-u₂-ni | |
| 12 | ba-tiq-tu₂ la-a ni-⸢ha⸣-[ra-ṣa] | |
| 13 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}DUMU—šip-ri {⸢lu₂v⸣}DUMU—šip-ri ša LUGAL | |
| 14 | ⸢EN⸣-ia | |
| 15 | [ina IGI] {1}{d}MAŠ—DINGIR-a.a | |
| b.e. | ||
| 16 | [x x]-⸢ta-qi₂⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
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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