SAA 19, 134 (P393675)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393675 |
| 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 | Your servant Nabû-damiq: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: |
| Obverse [4:11] o 55–o 1111 | Concerning the orders that the king gave me, things have developed nicely in front of me. Now the king should quickly send the caravan of Nabû-bani and 500 horses here, so that those who are around us can go to Borsippa. |
| Obverse [11:24] o 1212– | Also, a royal messenger [should c]ome into the presence of Yaqiru, the sheikh of the Li['tamu], to summon men to protect the civilians, and they should go up to Dilbat before us. Perhaps it will be possible to enter Borsippa. The king [sho]uld know (this); it is only (a matter) to the army, to the king and to our mission. |
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 | ⸢ARAD⸣-ka {1}d.AG—SIG₅-iq ⸢a-na di⸣-na-⸢an⸣ | |
| 2 | LUGAL be-li₂-ia lul-lik d.AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 3 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu | |
| 4 | um-ma-a a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia-a-ma | |
| 5 | a-na UGU ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 6 | iš-pu-ra-an-ni i-na | |
| 7 | la-mu-u₂-a dib-bu ib-ta-nu-u₂ | |
| 8 | en-na ha-an-ṭiš ⸢KASKAL⸣ {1}d.AG—ba-ni | |
| 9 | u₃ 05 me {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 10 | LUGAL liš-pu-ram-ma ša bat-bat-ni | |
| 11 | a-na {uru}BAR₂.SIPA lil-li-ku | |
| 12 | u₃ {lu₂v}A—KIN {lu₂v}A—KIN ša₂ LUGAL a-na | |
| 13 | pa-an {1}ia-a-qi₂-ri {lu₂v}na-si-ku | |
| 14 | ša₂ {⸢lu₂v}li⸣-[iʾ]-⸢ta⸣-[mu] ⸢lil⸣-li-kam₂-ma | |
| 15 | ERIM-MEŠ a-na ⸢DI-mu⸣ ZI | |
| 16 | lid-ka-am-ma i-na dil-bat{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na pa-ni-ni le-lu-u₂-ni | |
| 2 | min₃-de-e-ma e-re-bi | |
| 3 | a-na ⸢BAR₂⸣.SIPA{ki} | |
| 4 | i-ba-aš₂-ši LUGAL ⸢lu⸣ u₂-di-⸢i⸣ | |
| 5 | a-na {lu₂v}e-mu-qu a-na | |
| 6 | LUGAL a-na ša₂-pa-⸢ri⸣-ni | |
| 7 | ⸢e⸣-diš | |
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