SAA 19, 167 (P393664)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 167 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393664 |
| 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 1'1'–o 4'4' | [The king, my lord], gave pa[ck animals] into my care but I am not able to take care of them; they will die o[f hu]nger. |
| Obverse [4:11] o 5'5'– | I have used up the gr[ain ratio]ns that the king, my lord, gave me, having giv[en] them [to] the local people, the specialists in the service of the treasurer and the quartermaster corps of the P[alace]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | I can give out one homer of barley, but the king, my lord, knows what the governor of Arbela can [affo]rd. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | The Hindareans (and) [the H]atalleans [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | Ki[...] |
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' | [LUGAL be-li] {⸢anše}a-ṣap⸣-[pu] | |
| 2' | ina ŠU\d-a-⸢a⸣ i-ta-na [o] | |
| 3' | la mu-⸢qa⸣-a.a la a-ha-ṣi-⸢in\d⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢ina bu⸣-bu-te i-mu-tu₂ | |
| 5' | {⸢še}PAD⸣-MEŠ ša\dm ⸢LUGAL⸣ be-li\d | |
| 6' | ⸢i⸣-di-na-an-ni | |
| 7' | [a-na] UN-MEŠ KUR | |
| 8' | [a-na] {⸢lu₂vy⸣}um-⸢ma⸣-ni\d ša\dm ŠU.2 {lu₂vy}IGI.UM | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢a-na\t⸣ {lu₂vy}kit-ki-te-e ⸢ša E₂⸣.[GAL] | |
| 2 | ⸢ug-da\d-mir a-ti⸣-[din] | |
| 3 | 01 ANŠE\y {še}PAD-MEŠ la-din-⸢ni⸣ [o] | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}NAM\dd ša\dm {uru}arba-il₃ am—⸢mar⸣ [ma]-⸢ṣu⸣-u-ni\d | |
| 5 | LUGAL be-li\d u₂\m-da\d | |
| 6 | {⸢kur⸣}hi-in-dar-a-a\d | |
| 7 | {[kur]}⸢ha⸣-ṭal\d-la-a.a | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ {1}ki-⸢i⸣+[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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