SAA 19, 142 (P393657)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 142 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393657 |
| 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 Iqipi: I would gladly die for the grand vizier, [m]y lord! Say to my lord: |
| Obverse [4:14] o 55– | After I had prepared for journey the king's messenger, who raised high her ritual, and after he had left for the king, the oblates of Cutha and Ba[byl]on, ki[ng]’s men, arrived in the fortress [under] our [pro]tection. |
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⸣ i-⸢qi₂⸣-pi | |
| 2 | a-⸢na di⸣-na-an SUKKAL GAL | |
| 3 | be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ lul-lik | |
| 4 | um-ma a-na ⸢be-li₂-ia-a⸣-ma | |
| 5 | ar₂-ki {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣ {lu₂}A—⸢KIN⸣ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 6 | mu-ša₂-qir ⸢dul-lu⸣-ša₂ KASKAL | |
| 7 | a-na GIR₃.2-šu₂ aš₂-⸢ku-nam⸣-ma | |
| 8 | a-na pa-an LUGAL ⸢il-li-ka⸣ | |
| 9 | {lu₂}šu-ur-ki ša₂ {uru}ku-⸢te⸣-a | |
| 10 | u ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR].⸢RA{ki⸣} ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 11 | ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [ina] GIŠ.MI-⸢i⸣-nu | |
| 12 | a-na {⸢uru}bir⸣-ti | |
| 13 | ⸢iq⸣-tir-⸢bu-na⸣ | |
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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