SAA 19, 132 (P393660)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 132 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393660 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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' | [the s]hei[kh .....] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | from [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | saying: "Th[e]se are [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | citizens of Babylon [whom ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | caught [...... The king] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | will impo[se a punishment] on them. [...... He] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | knows [...]." He said (this). [Now then] I am sendi[ng them] t[o] my brother. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Aplaya, son of [NN ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | He says: Concerning Munnab[itu ......] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | concerning Ṣalliy[a ......] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | concerning La-bas[i ......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | concerning Bel-ibni [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | concerning Sulay[a ......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | concerning Šuzub[u ......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | concerning Šamšat[i ......] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | concerning Bel-šabš[i ......] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | concerning Sulaya [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | who (were caught) on the third day say [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | of the left until [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | retu[rn]ed to the area [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | the Babylonians ope[ned the gate ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | they kept silent, [they did not tell] the news of M[ukin-zeri (...)] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Nabû-ahhe-šullim c[ame, saying: "NN] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | brought three minas of gol[d], saying: [......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | I absolutely do not ho[ld back] a (single) bowl [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | he is holding [...] and is not comi[ng ......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | bringing to my brother. Moreover, [......] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | will put in shackles. Al[so ... ...], I have kept him at my disposal. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 1414–r 15'15' | [Concerning the men] about whom I spok[e] to my brother [......] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | The news of the men [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] but I shall proceed and [come] to the Palace. |
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' | ⸢na-si⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | TA@v\m ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ma-a an-⸢nu-ti⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ma-a DUMU-MEŠ\dm—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣{[ki} DUMU-MEŠ\dm—KA₂.DINGIR.⸢RA⸣{[ki} x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | u₂\m-ṣab-bi-it ma-a [x x x LUGAL šip-ṭu] | |
| 6' | ina UGU-šu₂-nu i-sak\td-⸢na\d⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | u₂\m-⸢da⸣ iq\y-ṭi-bi [u₂-ma-a an-nu-rig] | |
| 8' | a-⸢na\d⸣ ŠEŠ-ia₂ u₂\m-se-⸢bi⸣-[la x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | {1}DUMU.UŠ-a DUMU {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ma⸣-a ina UGU {1}mu-na-⸢bi⸣-[it-tu x x x x] | |
| 11' | ma-a ina UGU {1}ṣa-li-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ma-a ina UGU {1}la—ba\t-⸢si⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ma-a ina UGU {1}EN—DU₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ma-a ina UGU {1}su\t-la-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | ma-a ina UGU {1}šu-zu\t-⸢bi⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ⸢ma⸣-a ina UGU {1}šam\m-ša\tdm-a-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 17' | [ma]-⸢a⸣ ina UGU {1}EN—šab-⸢ši⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 18' | [ma-a ina] UGU {1}su\t-la-a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣-tu₂\t [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ša\td⸣ [UD] 03-KAM₂\t ma-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ša\tdm šu-me-li\d a-di ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na\d kaq-qa-ri it-⸢tu-ar⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | DUMU-MEŠ\m—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} DUMU-MEŠ\m—KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ip-⸢ti⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 7' | iq-ṭu-lu ⸢ṭe₃⸣-mu ⸢ša\tdm⸣ {1}⸢GIN⸣—[NUMUN x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}{d}PA—PAB\d-MEŠ—šul-lim it-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | 03 MA.NA\d KUG.⸢GI⸣ na\d-ṣa ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | šap-⸢pu⸣ la-aš₂-šu₂ la ak\t-⸢la⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | u₂\m-⸢kal⸣{al\d} la il-la-⸢ka⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | a-na ŠEŠ-ia₂ na\d-ṣa u₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | si-par-ri i-si-ip i-⸢se⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ina pa-ni-ia₂ ak\t-ta-la-šu [x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | ša\tdm a-na\d ŠEŠ-ia₂ ⸢aq\t-bu⸣-[u-ni x x x x x] | |
| 16' | ṭe₃-mu ša\tdm {⸢lu₂vd⸣}ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] ⸢u₃⸣ a-na\d-[ku] ⸢e⸣-ti-qa a-na\d E₂.GAL [al-la-ka] | |
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