SAA 19, 198 (P393665)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 198 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393665 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Con]cerning the city Issete [and ......], about which the king wrote to me: "[......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | according to the same 5 men [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | water for them to drink ...[... ...].... |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | What we are building is all right [......] |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | a palace [......]. We are also building a fort [...] and will pl[ace] guardsmen there. [L]et pack animals for the guards come up here [...]. |
| Obverse [9:12] o 10'10'–o 12'12' | As to what the king, [my lord, wrote to me]: "The anima[ls ......] |
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' | [x] ŠA₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ UGU {uru}01-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL iš-pur-an-ni ma-a ⸢x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | pi-⸢it⸣-ti 05-ma {lu₂}⸢ERIM-MEŠ x⸣ bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 5' | A-MEŠ a-na NAG-šu₂-nu ⸢x x⸣ [x]-⸢ṣu-u₂⸣-[ni] | |
| 6' | ša ni-ra-ṣip-u-ni ta-ri-⸢ṣi⸣ [x]+⸢x-a u₂ x⸣-ti-ma | |
| 7' | E₂.GAL ⸢ki⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ ma {uru}bir-⸢te {uru}x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣-a-te | |
| 8' | ⸢ni⸣-ra-ṣip-pi {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ša EN.NUN ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi | |
| 9' | ⸢niš⸣-[kun u₃] {anše}a-ṣap-pi ⸢ša {lu₂}EN.NUN-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 10' | [x x x x] ⸢le⸣-li-u₂-⸢ni ša LUGAL⸣ | |
| 11' | [be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni] ⸢ma-a u₂-ma-am⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x 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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