SAA 19, 120 (P393653)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393653 |
| 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 M]ušez[ib-ilu. Good he]alth to the king, [my lord!] |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | [As to what the ki]n[g], my lord, wrote to me: "Do not pile up the rest of the barley until Abi-hari comes. Let him give it to you. Let Ahunu come here quickly [and] super[vise] the Itu'[eans]." |
| Obverse [10:15] o 1111–o 1515 | Ah[unu is departing] right now. For 20, 21 days [they have been] wa[iting for] the king my lord's [caravan], until A[bi-hari ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [The king, my lord], kno[ws that ...]. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 2'2'–r 6'6' | I went t[o ... ......] but there was no shipment to the king, my [l]ord. Let me see the king [my] l[ord]'s caravan! |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'–r 10'10' | As soon as Abi-har[i] comes, I will return and receive from him all the barley to be measured out. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [Let him] come and [make] the barley available. |
| Reverse [11:15] r 12'12'–r 15'15' | Moreover, the shipment [that goes upstream to B]abylon [...] |
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}⸢mu⸣-še-⸢zib⸣—[DINGIR] | |
| 3 | [lu] ⸢DI⸣-mu a-na LUGAL [EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [ša] ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ iš-pur-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ma-a re⸣-eh-ti {še}PAD-MEŠ [o] | |
| 6 | la ta-kar-ra-ar a-du ⸢E₂⸣ [o] | |
| 7 | {1}a-bi—ha-ri il-lak-an-ni [o] | |
| 8 | lid-di-nak-ka ma-a {1}a-hu-u-nu | |
| 9 | ar₂-hiš lil-li-⸢ka⸣ [u₃ ina] | |
| 10 | pa-an {lu₂v}i-tu₂-ʾa-[a.a li-zi-iz] | |
| 11 | an-nu-rig {1}a-⸢hu⸣-[u-nu it-ta-lak] | |
| 12 | UD 20-KAM₂ 21 UD-MEŠ [ina IGI KASKAL ša] | |
| 13 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ⸢id⸣-[dag-lu] | |
| 14 | a-du E₂ {1}a-[bi—ha-ri] | |
| 15 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | u₂-⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na-ku a-[na x x x x] | |
| 3' | at-ta-⸢lak⸣ [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢ša-az-bu-us-su⸣ | |
| 5' | ⸢ša⸣ pa-na-at LUGAL ⸢be⸣-li₂-[ia₂] | |
| 6' | la-aš₂-šu₂ KASKAL ⸢ša LUGAL be⸣-[li₂-ia₂] | |
| 7' | la-mur ki-ma {1}AD—ha-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 8' | it-tal-ka a-na-ku | |
| 9' | a-sa-hu-ra {še}PAD-MEŠ am—mar ⸢ša⸣ | |
| 10' | a—ma-da-di a—ma-da-di a-mah-har-šu₂ [o] | |
| 11' | ⸢lil-li⸣-ka re-eš {še}PAD-MEŠ | |
| 12' | [liš-ši] ⸢u₃⸣ ša-⸢az⸣-bu-⸢us-su⸣ | |
| 13' | [ša a-na] ⸢KA₂.DINGIR⸣.RA{ki} [x x] | |
| 14' | [x x x x x] li ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
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