SAA 19, 101 (P393644)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393644 |
| 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 Šamaš-bunaya. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | I set out from Marad on the 29th and went as far as Parak-Mari. I checked and received the people who were in the custody of the citizens of Larak (and) Nippur. |
| Obverse [10:16] o 1111– | I shall set out from Parak-Mari on the first. I shall bring and appoint the people. (Then) I shall come to the king, my lord. |
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}UTU—bu-na-a.a | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | UD 29-KAM₂ TA@v ma-rad{ki} | |
| 5 | u₂-ta-⸢mi₃-iš⸣ a-di | |
| 6 | BARAG—⸢DUMU{ki⸣} at-ta-lak | |
| 7 | ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ ša ina pa-an | |
| 8 | {[uru]}UD.UD-⸢ak⸣{[ki]}⸢a⸣-a | |
| 9 | {[uru]}⸢ni⸣-ip-pur-a-a | |
| 10 | a-⸢ta⸣-šar at-ta-har | |
| 11 | UD 01-KAM₂ TA@v BARAG—DUMU{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₂-nam-maš UN-MEŠ | |
| 2 | ub-bal a-pa-qid | |
| 3 | a-na pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 4 | al-la-ka | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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