SAA 19, 137 (P393655)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393655 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | [Your servant] Nabû-balassu-iqbi: [I would gladly di]e [for] the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless [the king, my lord]! [Say] to the king, my lord: I have sent [a messenger t]o greet [the king, my lord]. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | [Concerning the ne]ws of Babylon, [I have sen]t [messen]gers to Babylon (but) they [have not com]e back until now. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... t]o the king |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...]... of the centre of the city |
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 | |
| 2 | [a-na di]-⸢na⸣-an LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 3 | [lul-lik] ⸢d⸣.AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 4 | [a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] ⸢lik⸣-ru-bu | |
| 5 | [um-ma-a] ⸢a⸣-na LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia-ma⸣ | |
| 6 | {[lu₂}A—KIN {[lu₂}A—KIN a]-⸢na⸣ šul-mi | |
| 7 | [LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂] ⸢al⸣-tap-ra | |
| 8 | [aš₂-šu₂ ṭe₃]-e-mu ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 9 | {[lu₂}A—šip]-ri-MEŠ {[lu₂}A—šip]-ri-MEŠ a-na TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 10 | [al-tap]-⸢ra⸣ a-di-kan-ni a-di-kan-ni | |
| 11 | [ul il-li]-⸢ku⸣-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x]-u₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x a]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-nu ⸢ša₂⸣ qa-bal URU | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-li | |
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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