SAA 19, 196 (P393642)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 196 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393642 |
| 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 [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | I wen[t d]own, razed the towns and burnt them, lifted the ba[rl]ey and [p]iled it up in the fort. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | The ‘mule house man' has come, saying: "Let me divide the booty into portions in Mazamua. Kanunayu th[e ...] is departing." I sent word and they are coming down no[w]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | Let [the king], my [lo]rd, write me quickly so that he may set out. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [...] bread [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | to [NN ...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | to [Na]bû-be[lu]-ka''in [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | to Mannu-laddi[n ...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | saying: "This is what [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Wh[y sho]uld they convict me [...]? |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... ...n]i, [NN] |
| Reverse [7:11] r 8'8'–r 11'11' | [sa]ying: "[...], the [‘mule house] man' [......] |
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' | ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x x] u [x x x] | |
| 2' | a-tu\d-⸢ri-di URU⸣-MEŠ\m u₂\m-ta-gi-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 3' | a-sa-rap {še}⸢PAD⸣-MEŠ\m a-ta-ta-ha | |
| 4' | ina {uru}⸢bir-ti ak⸣-ta\p-ra-ra | |
| 5' | {lu₂vy}ša₂—E₂—⸢ku⸣-din i-tal\d-ka ma-a | |
| 6' | šal-lu-⸢u-tu₂⸣ ina {kur}ma-za-mu-u-a | |
| 7' | lu-u-par-ri\d-⸢ša⸣ ma-a\d {1}{itim}AB-a\d.a {⸢lu₂vy⸣}[x x] | |
| 8' | u₂\m-na-ma-aš₂ a-sap-ra an-nu-⸢rig⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢u₂\m⸣-ra-du-u-ni ⸢ar₂\m⸣-hi-⸢iš⸣ | |
| 10' | [LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣ liš-pu-ra lu-u-na-me-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 11' | [x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ NINDA-MEŠ\m ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na {1}{d}⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | a-na {1}{d}⸢PA—EN—GIN⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | a-⸢na {1}man-ni⸣—la-di-[ni x x x] | |
| 5' | ma ⸢an-ni⸣-i-u ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6' | a-⸢ta⸣-[a] ⸢lu⸣-kin₂\d-u-⸢ni⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢x x x x-ni⸣ {1}{d}⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢ma-a x⸣ [x] ⸢ka {lu₂vy}ša₂⸣—[E₂—ku-din] | |
| 9' | [x]+⸢x pa-ni⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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