SAA 19, 104 (P393647)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393647 |
| 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 k[ing, m]y lord: your se[rv]ant Nabû-[namm]ir. Good he[alt]h to the k[in]g, my lo[r]d! May [Nabû] (and) [M]a[rdu]k bless [the kin]g, m[y lor]d. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | I have set out and am marching to a town called [...]lu. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | I conquered the Bethelites. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [In] the territory of the Hindar[eans ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [the ...]s to [......] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | [I] sent [...] to Nabû-ušabši, [NN], Salamu and [...]-uṣur; they came with me and helped me pass from the presence of Nabû-ušabši. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 6'6'– | Now then I am going to Sapia to speak with t[he ...]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 8r.e. 8–r.e. 8r.e. 8 | I shall find out [wh]atever the news is and se[nd] it 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}PA—ZALAG₂-ir lu DI-mu a-na\y⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂⸣-ia₂ {d}[PA] {⸢d}AMAR.UTU⸣ [a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢be⸣-[li₂]-⸢ia₂ lik-ru⸣-bu\p ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5 | u₂\m-ta-⸢mi₃⸣-ši a-lak ina {⸢uru}x-x-li⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢i⸣-qa\d-⸢bu⸣-niš-šu₂ {d}⸢E₂—DINGIR-a-a ak-ta-ša₂-da⸣ | |
| 7 | [ina] ⸢qa⸣-qa\d-ru {⸢lu₂v}hi-in-da-ra⸣-[a-a] | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x x x x x x x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]-⸢a-a⸣ a-na\t ⸢ka⸣-[x]+⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x]+⸢x a-na\t UGU⸣ {1}{d}PA—u₂\dm-šeb-ši | |
| 3' | [x x x x] {1}⸢sa-la⸣-mu {1}⸢x x⸣—PAB | |
| 4' | ⸢as-sa-pa-ar⸣ i-se-e-a\d | |
| 5' | ⸢it⸣-tal\d-ku-u-ni ⸢TA@v\dm⸣ pa-an {1}{d}PA—⸢u₂\dm⸣-šeb-ši | |
| 6' | u₂\m-se-ti\t-qu-u-ni a-na\t-ku an-nu\d-rig | |
| 7' | ina {uru}sa-pi-ia ⸢a-lak TA@v\dm {lu₂⸣}[x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | a-da-bu-bu [mi]-⸢i-nu⸣ ṭe₃-⸢mu-un-ni⸣ | |
| 9 | a-har-ra-ṣa a-na\t ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂\d-ia₂ a-⸢šap-pa⸣-[ra] | |
Sources & licences
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