SAA 19, 085 (P393637)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393637 |
| 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-šallimanni. Good health to the kin[g], my lord! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | As to the order that the king, my lord, gave me: "Go, [let] them [occ]upy the fort." |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | The king, my lord |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | "Bring me [......], or I will immediately go to the Palace." |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | What are the king my lord's orders? |
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\y be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka\y {1}aš-šur—šal\d-lim-an-ni | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu\y a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ša\p ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ ṭe₃-e-mu\y | |
| 5 | iš\t-kun-na\d-ni-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a a-lik\y bir-ti\t | |
| 7 | [lu]-⸢ṣa⸣-bi-tu₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 3' | bi\d-la-ni ma-a u₂\m-la-a <$be-li₂$> | |
| 4' | e-ti-⸢qi⸣ ina E₂.GAL | |
| 5' | al\d-lak\d mi₃-nu | |
| 6' | ša\p LUGAL\y be-li₂ <$ṭe₃$> | |
| 7' | i-qa-bu\t-u-ni | |
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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