SAA 19, 168 (P393666)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 168 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393666 |
| 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' | Let the [...] horse[s] come with B[e]ssunu, and let them buy the horses. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | (As to) the iškāru dues which were imposed on them last year, I gave one talent of silver in the [aga]te standard to [B]el-lešir for 30 horses; I gave, not 20 minas are missing. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | I gave 20 minas to Ma[nnu-ki-Ašš]ur-le’i; he brought 11 (minas), 9 are missing. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [I] g[ave 20 m]inas to Riba-ahhe; he brought] 7, 13 are missing. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | I gave 20 [minas to Lab]asi; [he] br[ought x, x are missing]. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | The [iškāru dues o]f the chariot troops [......] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | o[f] Riba-a[hhe ......] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | thos[e ......] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | The iškāru dues of the chariots [......] |
| Obverse [16:21] o 17'17'– | [I gave] four talents of silver in the [agate] standard [...] to [NN], the chariot-horse trainer, [fo]r 90 horse[s] as [...]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [Four] talents of silver in the [...] standard, one mina each, [Har]biṣaṣ[u] and his brothers; in all 8 talents of silver of the pack animals, for 200 horse[s]. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 55–r 99 | I have imposed iškāru dues on them and given them 10 (minas) each from the chariot-horse trainers and the stable[men that] they keep. Those w[ho] go up to the trade colony I have provided with [...] fields, orchards and peo[ple]. |
| Reverse [9:15] r 1010–r 1515 | There is (a tablet) of the merchants (but) the hand is not good. Let it now be (re)written [on] top of the 300 horses which the king, my lord, [ord]ered, (and) let he kin[g], my lord, give me [x hors]es either from Kapar-[...]aya or from the town of U[...]aya. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [Hor]ses [...] |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...... ...]dasi |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [...... o]f the king |
| Reverse [18:20] r 1919–r 2020 | [......]s |
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 x x x x x x x x] ⸢E₂⸣ | |
| 2' | {anše}KUR.⸢RA-MEŠ⸣ [x]-⸢MEŠ TA@v⸣ {1}⸢be⸣-su\t-nu | |
| 3' | lil-lik-u₂\m-⸢ni {anše⸣}KUR.RA-MEŠ TI-u₂\m | |
| 4' | ⸢EŠ₂⸣.QAR ša\dm ša₂\m-daq-diš ⸢e-mi₃⸣-du-ša₂-nu-ni\d | |
| 5' | 01 GU₂.UN KUG.UD ina ša [BABBAR].DIL ina ŠA₃ 30 | |
| 6' | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m ⸢a-na⸣ {1}⸢EN⸣—GIŠ a-te-din | |
| 7' | a-te-din\d 20 ⸢MA.NA\d⸣-[ma] ⸢la⸣ LAL-ṭi | |
| 8' | 20 MA.NA\td a\d-na {1}⸢man⸣-[nu—ki—aš]-⸢šur⸣—ZU SUM-in\p | |
| 9' | 11 na\t-ṣa 09 LAL-⸢e⸣ 20 ⸢MA⸣.NA\t a-na | |
| 10' | {1}SU\t—PAB-MEŠ ⸢SUM⸣-[in] 07 na-⸢ṣa⸣ | |
| 11' | 13 LAL-e 20 [MA.NA a-na {1}la]-⸢ba⸣-si | |
| 12' | a-⸢te⸣-din\d ⸢x na⸣-[ṣa x LAL-e EŠ₂.QAR] ⸢ša⸣ | |
| 13' | {⸢lu₂⸣}ERIM-MEŠ\m {⸢giš}GIGIR⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 14' | ⸢ša {1}SU\t—PAB⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | am-mu-⸢te⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 16' | EŠ₂.QAR ša\dm {giš}⸢GIGIR-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 17' | 04 GU₂.UN KUG.UD ⸢ina ša⸣ [BABBAR.DIL x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 18' | [ina] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ 90 {anše}KUR.[RA-MEŠ\m a-na {1}x x x] | |
| 19' | {[lu₂]}su-sa-nu a-ki ⸢ša⸣ [x x a-te-din] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 04 GU₂.UN ⸢KUG⸣.UD ⸢su⸣-a-nu [x x] | |
| 2 | 01 MA.NA⸣-a.a {1}[har]-bi-ṣa-⸢ṣu⸣ | |
| 3 | ŠEŠ-MEŠ\m-šu₂\d PAB 08 GU₂⸣.UN KUG.UD | |
| 4 | ⸢ša\dm a⸣-ṣap-⸢pi\y⸣ ina ŠA₃ 02 me {⸢anše⸣}KUR.⸢RA⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ⸢EŠ₂.QAR⸣ e-⸢te⸣-mid-su\t-nu 10-a.a [o] | |
| 6 | TA@v\m ŠA₃ {lu₂vy}{giš}⸢GIGIR⸣-MEŠ\mm {lu₂vy}ma-a-a-⸢su\t⸣ [ša] | |
| 7 | u₂\m-kal-lu-ni\d SUM-šu₂\d-nu ⸢ša\tdm⸣ | |
| 8 | a-⸢na\d⸣ ka-a-ri e-lu-u₂-[ni] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 9 | A.ŠA₃-MEŠ\m {giš}SAR-MEŠ\m ⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ] u₂\m-sa-aṣ~td-⸢bit⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢ša⸣ {lu₂}DAM.QAR-MEŠ\m ⸢i-ba⸣-ši ŠU.2 | |
| 11 | ⸢la ṭa\dd⸣-ab a\d-kan-ni\d [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ 03 me {anše}KUR-ME | |
| 12 | ⸢ša\tdm LUGAL⸣ be-li₂ [iq]-⸢bu⸣-ni\d lu ša₂-ṭir\d | |
| 13 | [x x]+⸢x {anše⸣}[KUR].⸢RA⸣-MEŠ\m šum\d-ma TA@v\m | |
| 14 | ŠA₃ {uru}ka-⸢bar⸣ [x x]-⸢a⸣.a šum\d-ma TA@v\m | |
| 15 | ŠA₃ {uru}u₂\m-⸢x⸣+[x x]-a-a ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ be-li₂\d | |
| 16 | ⸢li⸣-di-na [(x) {anše]}⸢KUR.RA-MEŠ x x⸣ | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x {1}⸢x-da-si⸣ | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL\d | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MEŠ\m | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
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