SAA 19, 158 (P393661)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 158 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393661 |
| 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 | To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [Sin-ahhe-riba]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! Assyria is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. |
| Obverse [7:15] o 88–o 1515 | Concerning the silver to be collected from ...... [about which the king, my lord], wrote to me, (saying): "Withhold the silver!" - now the[n] I am se[nding] it to the king, my lord. I am also sending 10 chariot ow[ne]rs from the household of the queen. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | 20 [......] |
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 | a-na ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{[d}30—PAB-MEŠ—SU] | |
| 3 | lu šul-mu a-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | šul-mu a-na KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 5 | šul-mu ⸢a-na E₂⸣.KUR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 6 | šul-mu a-na {uru}bi-rat ⸢ša LUGAL\d⸣ gab-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bu\t ša\dm ⸢LUGAL⸣ EN-⸢ia⸣ a—⸢dan⸣-niš ⸢lu DUG₃.GA⸣ | |
| 8 | ina UGU KUG.UD ša\dm ra-da-pi | |
| 9 | ⸢TA@v\dm za-x x a {kur}x-a-a⸣ | |
| 10 | [ša LUGAL be-li₂] ⸢iš⸣-pur-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢KUG.UD-ma⸣ ki-⸢li an-nu-rig⸣ | |
| 12 | ina UGU ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ia ⸢u₂-se⸣-[bi-la] | |
| 13 | 10 {⸢lu₂v}EN⸣—{giš}⸢GIGIR⸣-MEŠ {⸢lu₂v}EN⸣—{giš}⸢GIGIR⸣-MEŠ | |
| 14 | TA@v\dm E₂\d MI₂—⸢E₂\d.GAL⸣ MI₂—⸢E₂\d.GAL⸣ is-⸢se⸣-[niš] | |
| 15 | u₂\m-se-e\y-bi\d-la [o] | |
| 16 | 20 ⸢x x x⸣ [x x]+⸢x i x⸣+[x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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