SAA 19, 094 (P393641)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393641 |
| 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 Nergal-a[šared]. Good health to the king, my lo[rd]! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | All the forts are [w]ell. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | I have received the horses from the chief of trade whom the king, my lord, sent to me, and have delivered them. All the [ki]ng's servants are well. |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010–o 1313 | I have [no]t yet rece[ived the r]est of the hors[es fr]om the la[nd of ...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | their city [...] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | Those who led the fortified towns of the river basin of the House of Wargi - their loss was 370 killed. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | The king, my lord, may ask (about 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}{d}⸢MAŠ.MAŠ—SAG⸣.[KAL] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na ⸢LUGAL EN-a⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na {uru}HAL.ṢU-MEŠ | |
| 5 | gab-bu TA@v {lu₂}GAL—ka-ri {lu₂}GAL—ka-ri | |
| 6 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-⸢pur⸣-ni-ni | |
| 7 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ a-ta-har | |
| 8 | a-ti-din DI-mu | |
| 9 | a-na {lu₂}ARAD-MEŠ-ni ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 10 | gab-bu u₂-di-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢re⸣-eh-ti {anše}⸢KUR⸣.[RA-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | [TA@v] ŠA₃-bi {⸢kur⸣}[x x] | |
| 13 | [la]-⸢a a-mah⸣-[har] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | URU-šu₂-nu [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša URU-MEŠ-ni dan-⸢nu⸣-[ti] | |
| 3' | ina ID₂-ti ša ⸢E₂⸣ | |
| 4' | {1}u₂-ar-gi ir-te-⸢du⸣-u-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5' | 03 me 70 de-ek-⸢ta⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | LUGAL be-⸢li₂⸣ liš-⸢al⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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