SAA 19, 175 (P393668)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 175 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393668 |
| 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 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-išmanni. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:19] o 55– | Concerning the pack animals of the Suhaean about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have reviewed them: 6 chariots, one wooden implement, 11 teams of horses, 3 teams of mules, 120 donkeys and 60 camels. |
| Reverse [5:11] r 66– | I have not counted the men but there are some 400 men opposite me. I have completely crossed over (the river). |
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 EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—iš-ma-ni | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL EN-li-ia-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | ina UGU a-ṣa-pi | |
| 6 | ša {kur}su-ha-a.a | |
| 7 | ša LUGAL be-li | |
| 8 | iš-pur-a-ni | |
| 9 | a-ta-šar | |
| 10 | 06 {giš}GIGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 11 | 01 {giš}u₂-nu-tu₂ | |
| 12 | 12 u₂-rat | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 2 | 03 u₂-rat | |
| 3 | ša ku-din | |
| 4 | 01 me 20 ANŠE-MEŠ | |
| 5 | 60 {anše}AB.BA-MEŠ | |
| 6 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ERIM-MEŠ la am-nu | |
| 7 | ina pu-tu-u-a | |
| 8 | {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 9 | 04 me i-ba-ši | |
| 10 | ⸢e⸣-te-bir | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | ug-da-ta-mir | |
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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