SAA 19, 200 (P393634)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 200 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393634 |
| 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 [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | I [went to the town] Rapiša. |
| Obverse [1:6] 2'2'–6'6' | [I pl]aced [watchtow]ers th[ere] and p[ut them on alert], I transported [barley] and piled it up [th]er[e], and I brought troops into it. |
| Obverse [6:14] 7'7'– | From there I am going to [...]li and Menaga, (two) fo[rt]s of Aššur-be[lu-taqq]in. Where they have not been put on alert, I will alert them, and I will transport barley, pile it up there, and bring troops into them. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | [I have e]qui[p]ped the fort[s which] were placed under Bel-aplu-iddina, saying: "[...li] (and) Menag[a ...]" |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | [the fo]rts [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [ina {uru]}ra-pi-ša₂ ⸢a⸣-[ta-lak] | |
| 2' | [i-si]-⸢ta⸣-a-ti\t ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-[bi] | |
| 3' | [ak]-⸢ta⸣-ra-ra ⸢uh⸣-[ta-ri-di] | |
| 4' | {[še}PAD-MEŠ\m] a\d-zi\p-⸢bi-il\y⸣ [ina] ⸢ŠA₃-bi⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢a-ta⸣-ba\t-ak\t {lu₂vy}⸢ERIM-MEŠ\m⸣ | |
| 6' | ina ŠA₃-bi u₂\m-se\d-ri-bi | |
| 7' | TA@v\m ŠA₃-bi ina ŠA₃-bi {uru}[x]-⸢li⸣ | |
| 8' | ina {uru}me-⸢na⸣-ga {uru}HAL.⸢ṢU⸣-MEŠ\m | |
| 9' | ⸢ša\td⸣ {1}aš-šur—⸢EN—LAL⸣ a-lak [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | E₂\d la ha-ru-da\d-a-ni | |
| 2 | u₂\m-ha-ra-da\d {še}PAD-MEŠ\m | |
| 3 | a-⸢za⸣-bi-il\y ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4 | ⸢a⸣-ta-ba\t-ak\t {lu₂vy}ERIM-MEŠ\m ina ŠA₃-bi | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂\m⸣-še-rab\t {uru}HAL.ṢU\d-[MEŠ ša] | |
| 6 | ⸢a-na\d⸣ pa-an {1}EN—AŠ—A GAR-an-ni | |
| 7 | [u₂]-sa-⸢aṣ-bit⸣ nu-ku {⸢uru⸣}[x x] | |
| 8 | {⸢uru⸣}me-⸢na-ga⸣ [x]+⸢x x te⸣ [x] | |
| 9 | {[uru]}⸢HAL.ṢU\d-MEŠ⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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