SAA 19, 145 (P393658)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393658 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | has been sent from [...]. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [...] watc[h]es the evening cerem[ony of DN]. |
| Obverse [4:11] o 5'5'– | Let him stay there, until I come to the king, my lord. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | Perhaps the king will say: "Why does he stay put since he is in Babylon?" – he has se[nt] his messengers to [...]. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | Right no[w ...] |
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' | ul-⸢tu⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂-pi-ir [x x] | |
| 3' | nu-bu-⸢ti⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | i-na-aṣ-[ṣa-ar] | |
| 5' | a-kan-na-ka | |
| 6' | lu u₂-ka-la | |
| 7' | a-di E₂ ana-ku | |
| 8' | a-na pa-an LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | ⸢al⸣-la-ka | |
| r | ||
| 1 | min₃-⸢de⸣-e-ma LUGAL | |
| 2 | i-qab-bi ⸢um⸣-ma | |
| 3 | mi-nam-ma ul-tu | |
| 4 | ina KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} šu₂-u₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢ku⸣-u₂-nu {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}A—KIN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 6 | a-⸢na x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ri | |
| 7 | il-⸢tap⸣-[ra en-na] | |
| 8 | a-du-[u₂ x x x] | |
| 9 | ⸢i x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
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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