SAA 19, 108 (P393650)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 108 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393650 |
| 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 Ašipâ. Good health to (the king,) my lord! |
| Obverse [3:19] o 44– | Concerning the barley which the king, my lord, sent me for, when I set out from the king, my lord, I entered [Cut]ha and Sippar and I stayed two days in Babylon but the barley of Ṣil-Bel was not available. I could not go near it until Mušezib-Ilu came from Kar-Aššur. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | I towed the boats and went a day’s march below Cutha. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | On the 23rd I will set out and put in place the barley of Cutha. |
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-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}a-ši-pa-a | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ DI-mu a-⸢na⸣ <LUGAL> be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ina UGU {še}PAD-MEŠ ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL | |
| 5 | be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni-ni | |
| 6 | TA@v pa-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 7 | ša ⸢u₂-nam⸣-mi-ša-an-ni | |
| 8 | ⸢a⸣-na {⸢uru⸣}[ku]-⸢ti⸣-u | |
| 9 | ⸢a⸣-na {⸢uru}si-par⸣ | |
| 10 | e-ta-⸢ar₂⸣-ba | |
| 11 | 02-ta UD-MEŠ ina TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 12 | ka-mu-⸢sa⸣-ak [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {še}PAD-MEŠ ša {1}GIŠ.MI—{d}⸢EN⸣ | |
| 2 | la qu-⸢ur⸣-ba-ti | |
| 3 | la aq-⸢ri-ib⸣ | |
| 4 | a-⸢du {1}mu-še-zib—DINGIR | |
| 5 | ⸢TA@v {uru⸣}kar—aš-šur | |
| 6 | ⸢il⸣-li-kan-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7 | {giš}⸢MA₂⸣-MEŠ a-sa-da-⸢da⸣ | |
| 8 | mar-di-ti ⸢ša⸣-pa-al | |
| 9 | ⸢GU₂⸣.DU₈.A{ki} at-ta-lak | |
| 10 | UD 23-KAM₂ u₂-⸢nam-ma-ša₂⸣ | |
| 11 | {⸢še}PAD⸣-MEŠ ⸢ša GU₂.DU₈⸣.A{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 12 | a-kar-ra-ar₂ | |
Sources & licences
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