SAA 19, 110 (P393651)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 110 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393651 |
| 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 [lo]rd: [your servant A]šipâ. [Good heal]th to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [We] set into motion [the boat]s and water-skin rafts [which] were launched [into wate]r [in] Dur-Ladini, and proceeded to Bab-bitqi. |
| Obverse [7:21] o 88– | If [the kin]g commands: "Let the first-come (boats) proceed to take (the barley)", (then) either Balassu or Nadinu should man the bo[at]s and water-skin rafts and set out until I have fetched the later ones from Dur-Balihaya. |
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] ⸢EN⸣-a | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}a]-⸢ši-pa⸣-a | |
| 3 | [lu DI]-⸢mu⸣ a-na LUGAL EN-a | |
| 4 | {[giš}MA₂]-⸢MEŠ⸣ {kuš}maš-kir | |
| 5 | [ša ina] {uru}BAD₃—la-di-ni | |
| 6 | [ina A]-MEŠ ik-ra-ru-ni | |
| 7 | [nu]-⸢ta⸣-am-mi₃-ši ina KA₂—⸢bit-qi⸣ | |
| 8 | [ne₂]-ti-ti-⸢qi šum₂-mu⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ i-qab-bi ⸢ma-a pa-ni-u₂-te⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢le⸣-e-ti-qu lil-⸢qi₂-u₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [x]+⸢x⸣ šum₂-mu {1}ba-la-⸢su⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢šum₂-mu⸣ {1}na-di-nu | |
| 13 | ⸢x x ša⸣ {giš}⸢MA₂-ME⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | {⸢kuš⸣}maš-⸢ki-ri⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ šak-⸢nu x⸣+[x] | |
| 2 | ⸢lu⸣-nam-mi₃-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ⸢a⸣-du ana-ku ur-ki-u-te | |
| 4 | ⸢TA@v {uru}BAD₃—KASKAL.KUR-a.a⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢la a-bak⸣-kan-ni | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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