SAA 19, 067 (P393681)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393681 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-eṭ[iranni]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | Concerning the scouts of Bibie about whom the king, my lord, [wrote t]o me |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [......] the scout(s) |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Now then] I am sending him [to the kin]g [m]y lord. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 3'3'–r 7'7' | 300 (hectares) of the cornfields of Hunaba has been cultivated and I am cultivating the rest. |
| Reverse [7:12] r 8'8'– | Apropos of the cornfields of Hunaba about which the king, my lord, spoke, [......]. |
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 EN-ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—⸢KAR⸣-[an-ni] | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na\t ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-ia₂ | |
| 4 | ina UGU {⸢lu₂v⸣}da\d-a.a-lim | |
| 5 | ša\ydm {1}⸢bi-bi⸣-ie-e | |
| 6 | ⸢ša LUGAL⸣ EN-li | |
| 7 | [iš-pur]-⸢an⸣-ni | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] {⸢lu₂v}da⸣-a.a-(lim) | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ina UGU] ⸢LUGAL EN-ia⸣ | |
| 2' | u₂-se-bi-la-šu₂ | |
| 3' | 03 me {še}NUMUN-MEŠ | |
| 4' | ša\ydm {uru}hu-na\t-ba | |
| 5' | a-ri-iš | |
| 6' | re-eh-tu₂ | |
| 7' | a-ra-aš₂ | |
| 8' | šu-uh {še}<NUMUN>-MEŠ-ni ša\yd {uru}hu-na\t-ba | |
| 9' | ša\yd LUGAL EN-⸢li⸣ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | iq-⸢bu-u-ni⸣ [x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x]-nu | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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