SAA 19, 185 (P393671)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393671 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | To the king, [m]y lord: your servant Šulmu-beli. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | The Urarṭian fort commanders, whom the governor of Calah brought, are (now) in Arbela. Will they stay there, (or) shall we bring them to Calah? What are the king [m]y [lord's ord]ers? |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | Now [what] are the king my lord's orders? |
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\t LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD\p-ka {1}DI-mu—EN | |
| 3 | lu\d-u DI-mu a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia₂ | |
| 4 | {lu₂v}GAL—HAL.ṢU-MEŠ {lu₂v}GAL—HAL.ṢU-MEŠ {kurd}URI\d{ki}a.a | |
| 5 | ša\dm {lu₂v}EN.NAM\d ša\dm {uruy}kal\y-hi | |
| 6 | na\t-ṣa-ni ina {uru}arba-il₃ šu₂-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢ŠA₃⸣-ma-a lu\d-u šu₂-nu ina {uru}kal\y-hi | |
| 8 | nu-bal-šu₂-nu mi₃-nu ša\dm LUGAL | |
| 9 | ⸢be-li₂⸣ [i]-⸢qa-bu-ni⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₂-ma-a⸣ [mi-nu] ⸢ša LUGAL EN⸣ | |
| 2' | ⸢i⸣-qa-⸢bu⸣-ni | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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