SAA 19, 166 (P393673)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 166 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393673 |
| 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 [1:16] o 2'2'– | It rained [extre]mely heavily [on the nig]ht of the 27th until the daybreak, the whole day on the 27th and the whole night on the night of the 28th. [The r]ain poured down very [mu]ch water, the amount [o]f water is great indeed. The harvest will be excellent. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | [...]qu has come and taken fo[dder from] the fodder and [...] stores. He took once when I was in the king my lord's presence in Arbela, and now he has done it again and taken it for the second time! |
| Reverse [7:12] r 88–r 1212 | (Concerning) Aššur-naṣir, Ammi-[ha]tî (and) Bel-apkal-ilani, total three recruitment officers, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me that they [sho]uld enter the towns of Bel-aplu-iddina. They have (now) entered them. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [...]... [...]-ahhe |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [I have] now [written] to the king, my lord. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Let] the king [......]. |
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] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢MI⸣ ša UD 27-KAM⸣ | |
| 3' | a-di na-me-ra-ni | |
| 4' | ina UD 27-KAM UD-mu gab-bi-šu₂ | |
| 5' | ina MI ša UD 28-KAM | |
| 6' | MI gab-bi-šu₂ | |
| 7' | [A].⸢AN⸣-MEŠ ma-aʾ-da | |
| 8' | [a]—⸢dan⸣-niš i-zu-nu-nu | |
| 9' | [zi]-⸢i⸣-nu A-MEŠ | |
| 10' | [ma]-⸢aʾ⸣-da a—dan-niš | |
| 11' | ⸢ik⸣-ta-ra-ra ni-bu | |
| 12' | ⸢ša⸣ A-MEŠ ma-aʾ-da | |
| 13' | [a]—dan-niš ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14' | ⸢SIG₅⸣-iq a—dan-niš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}⸢x⸣-qu i-tal-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 2 | [ina] E₂—U₂-MEŠ E₂—U₂-MEŠ E₂—hi-⸢x⸣ {še}⸢ki⸣-[su-tu₂] | |
| 3 | ⸢i⸣-si-qi ki-i | |
| 4 | ina {uru}arba-il₃ ina IGI LUGAL EN-a | |
| 5 | a-na-ku-ni ma-la i-si-qi | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a u₂-sa-ni-ʾa | |
| 7 | ša₂-nu-te-šu₂ i-⸢si-qi⸣ | |
| 8 | {1}aš-šur—PAB-ir {1}am—[ha]-ti-i | |
| 9 | {1}EN—NUN.ME—DINGIR-MEŠ PAB 03 {lu₂v}mu-šar-ki-sa-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 10 | ša LUGAL EN iš-pu-ra-ni | |
| 11 | ⸢ma⸣-a ina URU-MEŠ-ni ša {1}EN—A—AŠ | |
| 12 | ⸢le⸣-ru-bu e-tar-bu | |
| 13 | [x x] me u ⸢i⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣—PAB-MEŠ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢u₂-ma⸣-a ina UGU LUGAL EN-⸢a⸣ [a-sap-ra] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] LUGAL [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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