SAA 19, 194 (P393674)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 194 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393674 |
| 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, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. The very best of he[al]th to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | As to what the kin[g], my lord, wrote to me: "Harass the road stations which have your horses, and come!" |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The horses [...] accordingly |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [......] early |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | they are hungry, [...] was/were not given (to them) in Durtunu. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 4'4'–r 7'7' | The caravans before me are taken, the Babylonian merchants have been delayed by one stage [...]. |
| Reverse [7:17] r 8'8'– | Bel-le'i and about 90 mares of M[u]šeṣi are eating in the presence of [Ašš]ur-da''inanni. I did not see him and his son is (not) coming either. |
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\d⸣ be-li₂\d-⸢ia₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-⸢ka⸣ {1}{d}PA—EN—GIN | |
| 3 | ⸢lu DI-mu⸣ a-na LUGAL\d | |
| 4 | be-li₂-ia₂ a—dan-niš a—⸢dan⸣-niš | |
| 5 | ša\pd ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni\d | |
| 6 | ma-a\d E₂—mar-di-a-ti E₂—mar-di-a-ti | |
| 7 | ša\p {anšey}KUR.RA\d-MEŠ\mm-ka | |
| 8 | di-lip al\d-ka | |
| 9 | ⸢pit⸣-te {anšey}KUR.RA\d-MEŠ\m | |
| 10 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ har-⸢pu⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] ⸢TA@v⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ma u₂⸣-za-ki ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | ba\t-⸢ru⸣-te šu₂\d-nu bi [x (x)] | |
| 3' | ina {uru}dur-tu\t-ni | |
| 4' | la i-di-nu KASKAL-MEŠ | |
| 5' | ina pa-na-tu₂-u-a la-aq-qi-u₂\m | |
| 6' | {⸢lu₂vy⸣}DAM.⸢QAR-ME KA₂.DINGIR⸣{ki}[a]-a | |
| 7' | 01-⸢te⸣ mar-di-⸢tu₂ x x x x x⸣ | |
| 8' | na-⸢mar⸣-ku-u₂ ⸢x⸣ {1}EN—⸢la⸣-i | |
| 9' | {mi₂}{⸢anšey⸣}KUR.RA-MEŠ\m 90 | |
| 10' | ⸢ša⸣ {1}⸢mu⸣-še-ṣi ina IGI | |
| 11' | {1}[aš]-⸢šur⸣—KALAG\d-an-ni\d ⸢KU₂⸣-ME | |
| r.e. | ||
| 12 | la a-mur | |
| 13 | DUMU-šu₂ i-se-niš | |
| 14 | il\y-la-ka | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢x x x nu ni x x ti x⸣ [x] | |
Sources & licences
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