SAA 19, 136 (P393654)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393654 |
| 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 | Your servant Nabû-balassu-iqb[i]: I would gladly die [for] the king, my lord! May Nabû and [Ma]rduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [4:11] o 55–o 1111 | I am (hereby) sending my tablet to greet the king, my lord. The king, my lord, said: "Your messenger and your [re]port are co[nce]aled from me. Why do I send you a m[essag]e, but you do not send me [a repl]y?" |
| Obverse [11:18] o 1212– | I do [regular]ly send my lett[er] to the king of king[s], but somebody has not all[owed m]y messenger[s g]o quickly to the [k]in[g but] sends them away. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | Eve[r] since a letter of the king has [c]ome to me I have [w]ritten a reply to it and sent it to the king. (But) if somebody does not forward it, the king should not blame his servant! |
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 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}d.AG—⸢TIN-su⸣—iq-⸢bi⸣ [a-na] | |
| 2 | di-na-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-⸢li₂-ia lul-lik⸣ | |
| 3 | d.AG u {[d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU a-⸢na⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ⸢lik⸣-ru-bu | |
| 4 | um-ma-⸢a a⸣-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-⸢a-ma⸣ | |
| 5 | ṭup-pi a-na ⸢šul⸣-mi ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia al-⸢ta⸣-par ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ | |
| 7 | ⸢iq-bi-ma⸣ um-ma {lu₂v}A—KIN-ka {lu₂v}A—KIN-ka | |
| 8 | ⸢u₃ ṭe₃⸣-en-⸢ga⸣ ul-tu pa-ni-ia | |
| 9 | ⸢pe⸣-[es]-⸢nu um⸣-ma mi-nam-ma | |
| 10 | ⸢ši-pir-ti⸣ a-šap-pa-rak-kam₂-ma | |
| 11 | ⸢gab-ri⸣ la ⸢tu⸣-šeb-⸢bi-la⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣-u-si ši-pir-[ta]-⸢a⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢a-na pa⸣-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ LUGAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢lu a⸣-šap-pa-ra | |
| 15 | mam-ma {lu₂v}A—KIN-⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ {lu₂v}A—KIN-⸢MEŠ-ia⸣ | |
| 16 | ⸢a⸣-na ha-an-ṭiš ⸢a⸣-na pa-an | |
| 17 | ⸢LUGAL ul⸣ u₂-⸢še-ti⸣-iq | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢u₂⸣-še-⸢ṣa⸣-šu₂ ul-⸢tu E₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ši-pir-ti LUGAL a-na pa-⸢ni⸣-ia | |
| 3 | ⸢tal⸣-li-ka gab-ra-šu₂ ki-i | |
| 4 | ⸢aš₂⸣-ṭur a-na LUGAL ul-te-bil | |
| 5 | ⸢šum⸣-ma ul u₂-še-et-ti-iq-šu₂-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 6 | LUGAL a-na hi-ṭu ša₂ ARAD-šu₂ | |
| 7 | la i-šak-kan | |
Sources & licences
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