SAA 19, 199 (P393676)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 199 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393676 |
| 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 k[i]ng, my lord: your servant Sîn-ašared. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | The messengers have come from Dur-Ladini, saying: "The forces [o]f the son of Zerî are 250 cavalry (mounts); there are no archers of his." |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | [...]... have likewise come to us. Th[ey] stayed 14 days on the ri[ver] bank on the other side (of the river). They [sa]id: "We [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | wine [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] the Palace [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [they] ca[me to m]e, saying: |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | "[......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] wine [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | not [......] |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 11r.e. 11–r.e. 11r.e. 11 | they p[l]aced him/it. |
| Right [1:3] r.e. 1212– | [L]ater on, [......]. |
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⸣ EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}30—SAG.KAL\d | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL\d EN-ia | |
| 4 | {lu₂vy}A—⸢KIN\tm⸣-MEŠ\m {lu₂vy}A—⸢KIN\tm⸣-MEŠ\m TA@v\dm ŠA₃-bi {uru}BAD₃\yp—la-di-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 5 | i-tal\d-ku-⸢ni⸣ ma-a e-mu-⸢qi\tm⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ DUMU—{1}NUMUN-i ma-a 02 me 50 BAD-HAL | |
| 7 | [ma-a] {⸢lu₂vy⸣}GIŠ.⸢BAN-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ la-šu₂ i-se-niš | |
| 8 | [x] ⸢x⸣-a ina ⸢UGU⸣-hi-⸢ni⸣ i-tal\d-ku-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 9 | 14 UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina ⸢UGU⸣ šap\y-te ša\m ⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢ina ba\t-te⸣ am-me-te ⸢kam-mu-su\t⸣ | |
| 11 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-ni-⸢nu x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 12 | [x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢ra⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ka-ra\t⸣-nu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x E₂.GAL du⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | [(x)] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [i]-⸢tal⸣-[ku]-⸢ni⸣ iq-⸢ṭi-bu⸣-[ni ma-a] | |
| 6' | [x]+⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x ziq x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7' | ⸢u₂ x GEŠTIN x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 8' | [x] ⸢na x⸣ IGI ⸢x⸣ šu ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 9' | la ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x a x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | i-⸢sa⸣-ak\t-nu-šu₂\d [(x)] | |
| 12 | ⸢ha⸣-ra-ma-ma | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
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