SAA 19, 102 (P393645)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393645 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, my [l]ord: your servant Šamaš-bunaya. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | Concerning the people about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, right now I am sending 373 persons under the care of [Z]er-abi to the king, my lord. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | 57 men; 6 men of [5 spans' height, 3] of 4 spans' height, 12 of 3 spans’ height; 8 [weaned; x] sucklings. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Total 78 men [and ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | 3 (of) 4 (spans' height); 2 (of) 3 (spans' height) [......]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Total 52 o[f ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | 70 men [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | 12 of 4 spa[ns' height ......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | 16 of 3 s[pans' height ......]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | Total 136 [......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | 5 of 4 spans' height [......] |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | Šamaš-eriba [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | the [... official ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | from [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | cam[e ......] |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [I have written down] the[ir] names [in a letter and am herewith sending them] to the king, [my lord]. |
| Reverse [5:15] r 6'6'–r 15'15' | The father of [NN ...], the father of [NN ...], Garaba [...] (and) Gabbu-Šama[š ...] are the property of Nabû-še[zib ...]; they are [...] men. I am herewith sending their young men to [the king], my lord. There are goldsmiths and notables among them. |
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\t ⸢be⸣-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}UTU—bu-na-a.a | |
| 3 | ina UGU UN-MEŠ ša\tm LUGAL\t be-li₂\d iš-pur-an-ni\d | |
| 4 | an-⸢nu-rig⸣ 03 me 73 ZI-ME ina ŠU.2 | |
| 5 | {1}⸢NUMUN\d⸣—AD ⸢a-na⸣ LUGAL\t be-li₂\d-ia | |
| 6 | u₂\m-se\d-bi-la 57 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 7 | 06 {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ ša\tm 05 ru-ṭu 03 ⸢ša⸣ 04 ⸢ru\d⸣-ṭu | |
| 8 | 12 ša 03 08 ⸢ša\tm⸣ [pir-si x ša] ⸢GA⸣ | |
| 9 | PAB\t 78+[x {lu₂v]}ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | 03 04 12 03 [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | PAB\t 52 ⸢ša\tm⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | 70 {lu₂v}ERIM-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | 12 ša\tm 04 ⸢ru⸣-[ṭu x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | 16 ša\tm 03 ⸢ru⸣-[ṭu x x x x x] | |
| 15 | PAB\t 01 me 36 [x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | 05 ša\tm 04 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | {1}UTU⸣—SU\t [x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {lu₂v}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | TA@v\m ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | il\dm-lik [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | MU-MEŠ-šu₂-[nu ina ŠA₃-bi e-gir₂-ti a-sa-ṭar] | |
| 5' | a-na\y LUGAL\t [be-li₂-ia₂ u₂-se-bi-la] | |
| 6' | AD-šu₂ ša\tm {1}[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | AD-šu₂ ša\tm {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}ga-ra-ba\t [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | {1}gab-bu—{d}⸢UTU⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ša\tm⸣ {1}{d}PA—še-[zib x x x x x] | |
| 11' | šu₂-nu {lu₂v}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢šu-nu⸣ | |
| 12' | ⸢GURUŠ-MEŠ-šu₂-nu⸣ a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL] be-li₂-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 13' | u₂\m-se\d-bi-la ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi | |
| 14' | {lu₂v}⸢ṣar⸣-[ra]-ba\t-te {lu₂v}i-⸢da\d⸣-a-nu | |
| 15' | šu₂-nu | |
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