SAA 19, 080 (P393635)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393635 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Aššur-šallimann[i]. Good health to the kin[g, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:12] o 44–o 1212 | We got together on the 26th, stood in the presence of the commander-in-chief and gave orders to one another. We arrived within the (city) gates and inflicted a defeat: Mukin-zeri has been killed and Šumu-ukin, his son, has also been killed. The city is conquered. The king, my lord, can be glad. |
| Obverse [12:20] o 1313– | The king, my lord, should wait for our messenger, until our messenger comes. Only thereupon should the king, [my] lo[rd], come. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Perhaps the king, [my] lord, will say: "Did they kill (people) within the city gates?" I swear by the gods of the king, m[y] lord, that they entered only one cubit, one span into the city centre. The king, my lord, may ask about it. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | As to the barley for Merodach-baladan about which the king, my lord, told me, when he saw the defeat, he said: "I have sent word, they are bringing it." |
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 be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}aš-šur—DI-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | UD 26-KAM₂ ni-ip-tu-⸢hur⸣ | |
| 5 | ina <IGI> {lu₂v}tur-ta-ni ni-te-⸢te-zi⸣ | |
| 6 | ṭe₃-e-mu ⸢a⸣-ha-a-a-iš ni-sa-kan | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi KA₂.GAL-MEŠ | |
| 8 | ni-iq-ṭi-⸢ri⸣-ib de-ek-tu₂ | |
| 9 | ni-du-ak {1}GIN—NUMUN | |
| 10 | de-e-ke {1}MU—GIN DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 11 | de-e-ke URU ka-⸢aš₂⸣-du šu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ lu ha-di | |
| 13 | LUGAL be-li₂ pa-an | |
| 14 | {lu₂v}A—KIN-ni {lu₂v}A—KIN-ni lid-gul₂ | |
| 15 | a-⸢du⸣ be₂-et {lu₂v}A—KIN-ni {lu₂v}A—KIN-ni | |
| 16 | il-la-kan-ni | |
| 17 | ha-⸢ram-ma-ma⸣ LUGAL ⸢be⸣-[li₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18 | ⸢lil⸣-li-⸢ka⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i—su-ri LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ | |
| 2 | i-qab-bi ma-a ina ŠA₃ ⸢KA₂.GAL-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | i-du-ku DINGIR-MEŠ ša LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 4 | šum₂-ma 01 KUŠ₃ 01 LAL ina MURUB₄—URU MURUB₄—URU | |
| 5 | ⸢la⸣ e-⸢ra⸣-bu-ni | |
| 6 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ liš-al | |
| 7 | UGU {še}PAD-MEŠ ša a-na {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—A—AŠ | |
| 8 | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iq-bu-ni | |
| 9 | a-ki de-ek-tu₂ e-mu-ru-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 10 | ma-a a-⸢sa-par u₂⸣-ba-lu-⸢u₂-ni⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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