SAA 19, 181 (P393670)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 181 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393670 |
| 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' | I [sent x me]n before me [and went] to Samaria. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | In the mountain, four ...[......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | the messenger of the [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | with the vice-governor of the city [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | the official of [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | went ...[......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | in the city, the cella[s of ......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | behin[d ......] |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | surro[unded ......] |
| Right [1:5] r.e. 1313– | Now [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [c]am[e ......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | saying, "[......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | who ... [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | the city [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | wine ...[......] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | I [......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] all the [...]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 x x x] | |
| 2' | [x] {⸢lu₂v⸣}[ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina IGI-a ⸢a⸣-[sa-par] | |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣-na\d {kur}sa-mir\d-na [a-ta-lak] | |
| 4' | ina KUR-⸢u₂\m⸣ 04 bu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | {lu₂v}A—šip-ri\y {lu₂v}A—šip-ri\y ⸢ša\tm {lu₂v⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 6' | TA@v\m {lu₂vy}02-i URU [x x x x] | |
| 7' | EN—pi-qi\tm-ti\t EN—pi-qi\tm-ti\t ⸢ša\tm⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 8' | i-tal\y-ku is-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 9' | ina URU pa-pa-ha-[ti x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ku-ta-al⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | il-⸢ti\t⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | ⸢i-ša₂⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | [x]+⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [it]-⸢tal⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ma-⸢a x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ša\tm ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | ⸢URU x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6 | GEŠTIN-⸢MEŠ⸣ ib-[x x x x] | |
| 7 | a-na\d-ku ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x]-a-te gab-bu-⸢šu₂\d⸣ | |
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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