SAA 19, 083 (P393636)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | SAA 19, 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393636 |
| 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, my lord: your servant Aššur-šallimanni. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | Concerning the town of Dur-Ammi-iababa about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, they have raised a palace a[top the citadel], (and) the mo[at of the wal]l is finished. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | ...[...] all [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | to [Dur]-Ammi-iababa |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...... we sh]all go ...[...] |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111–o 1313 | [Concern]ing the barley of Bel-aplu-iddina [about which the k]ing, my lord, [wro]te to me, Mušallim-Marduk, [who] went [wi]th the boats, [has retu]rned. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | On the 9th, the boats arrived [in the town of ...]editi. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616–o 1919 | I asked [Mušal]lim-Marduk: "[How m]any boats are there? [......] He said: "The barley [...] |
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-a-ni | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | ina ⸢UGU {uru⸣}BAD₃—{1}am—ia-a-ba-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 5 | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂ iš-pur-an-ni⸣ E₂.GAL | |
| 6 | ina ⸢x x⸣ [x x] ⸢u₂-še-li⸣-u₂ | |
| 7 | hi-⸢ri⸣-[ṣu ša] ⸢BAD₃⸣ ga-am-mur | |
| 8 | an [x x x x x]+⸢x gab⸣-bi ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | a-na {[uru}BAD₃]—{1}am—ia-a-⸢ba-ba⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 11 | [ni]-⸢il-lak⸣ [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ {še}PAD-MEŠ ša {1}EN—A⸣—AŠ | |
| 12 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL be-li₂⸣ [iš]-⸢pur⸣-an-ni {1}mu-šal-lim—{d}ŠU₂ | |
| 13 | [ša] ⸢TA {giš}MA₂⸣-MEŠ il-li-ku-ni | |
| 14 | [i-su-uh]-ra UD 09-KAM₂ {giš}MA₂-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [ina {uru}x]+⸢x⸣-e-di-ti iq-ṭar-ba-a-ni | |
| 16 | [a-na {1}mu-šal]-lim—{d}ŠU₂ aš₂-sa-al | |
| 17 | [mu-uk ki] ⸢ma-ṣi⸣ ši-na {giš}MA₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a {⸢še}PAD x⸣ [x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x 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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.