SAA 19, 103 (P393646)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 103 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393646 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the ki[n]g, my lord: your [se]rvant Nabû-nammir. May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the k[in]g, my lord. |
| Obverse [4:11] o 55–o 1111 | The governor of (Bit)-Hamban arrived at the river on the 2nd day. We will set out and go as soon as he has complete[ly] cros[s]ed over the river |
| Reverse [3:8] r 4'4'–r 8'8' | he takes the w[riting-board] containing the numb[ers] and sends it [to me] in the h[ands] of his messenger. I (and) the [... official] take it to [the k]ing, my lor[d]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | The silver together with [...] is 15 talents [......]. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 11'11'–r 14'14' | The writing-boards (listing) the f[or]mer (people from) Mount Hasuatti and the later (people from) Mount Hasuatti are at the disposal of the chief judge. The seal of the chief judge is on (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\t ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}{d}⸢PA⸣—ZALAG₂-ir | |
| 3 | {d}PA {⸢d}AMAR⸣.UTU ⸢a-na\t LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia₂ ⸢lik-ru⸣-bu | |
| 5 | UD 02-KAM₂\tm {lu₂vy}EN.NAM | |
| 6 | ša\td {kur}⸢ha⸣-ban ina ⸢UGU⸣ | |
| 7 | ID₂\d iq\y-ṭar-⸢ba⸣ | |
| 8 | ki-ma e-tab-⸢ra⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢ug\d-da\dp-da\dp-me-er⸣ | |
| 10 | nu-⸢nam⸣-ma-ša₂ [o] | |
| 11 | ⸢ni-il-lak⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | a-⸢ki x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | {gišd}[le-ʾu] ša\tdm ni-⸢ba⸣-[ni] | |
| 5' | i-⸢ṣa-bat-ma⸣ ina ŠU.2 | |
| 6' | {lu₂vy}⸢A—KIN-šu₂⸣ {lu₂vy}⸢A—KIN-šu₂⸣ [i]-⸢šap⸣-par-[an-ni] | |
| 7' | a-na\t-ku\y {⸢lu₂vy}x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | ina ⸢UGU LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂-ia⸣ | |
| 9' | ⸢ni-bu-uk⸣ KUG\y.UD a-di ša\tm ⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 10' | 15 ⸢GU₂⸣.UN šu₂-u₂ [x]+⸢x⸣ x ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 11' | {gišd}le\d-⸢ʾi⸣-MEŠ ⸢ša\tm⸣ {kur}ha-su\t-a\d-⸢ti\t pa-ni⸣-u-⸢ti\t⸣ | |
| 12' | ša {kur}ha-su\t-a\d-ti\t ⸢ur-ki-u₂\m⸣-ti\t [o] | |
| 13' | ina pa-an {lu₂vy}sar-tin-ni šu₂-nu | |
| 14' | {na₄d}KIŠIB ša\tm {lu₂vy}sar\d-tin\d-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 15' | ina ⸢UGU⸣-hi o | |
Sources & licences
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