SAA 19, 178 (P393669)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 178 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393669 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant Šarru-[...]. |
| Obverse [2:11] o 33–o 1111 | Bini-aya[...] (and) Sili[...], in all two emissaries from Ekron, who brought the silver to me – I have weighed out and rec[eived] (from them) 7 talents and 34 m[inas]. They [... ...], and I s[poke] with them. |
| Obverse [11:21] o 1212– | I have received N[N] and Lu[..., messengers] of [NN], the Ga[zaite. Now] I am on my w[ay] with them to [the Palace]. |
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⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}⸢LUGAL⸣—[x x] | |
| 3 | {1}bi-ni—a-a-[x] | |
| 4 | {1}si-li-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5 | PAB 02 {lu₂}⸢MAH⸣-ME-[ni] | |
| 6 | {uru}a-qa-ru-na-a-⸢a⸣ | |
| 7 | ša KUG.UD na-ṣu-⸢ni-ni⸣ | |
| 8 | 07 GU₂.UN 34 MA⸣.[NA] | |
| 9 | ah-ti-a-⸢ṭa a-ta⸣-[har] | |
| 10 | ⸢it-ta-x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢KI-šu₂-nu ad⸣-[du-bu-ub] | |
| 12 | {1}⸢x-da⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 13 | {1}⸢lu⸣-u-[x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | {⸢lu₂⸣}[A—KIN-MEŠ] {⸢lu₂⸣}[A—KIN-MEŠ] | |
| 15 | ša {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {uru}ha-[za-ta-a] | |
| 2 | a-⸢ta-har⸣ [u₂-ma-a] | |
| 3 | ⸢KI-šu₂-nu⸣ ina [E₂.GAL] | |
| 4 | at-tal-[ka] | |
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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