SAA 19, 206 (P393684)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393684 |
| 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[in]g, [m]y lord: your servant QIzalayu. Good [he]alth to the [kin]g, m[y] lord! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | Concerning what the [ki]ng, [my] lo[rd, wrote] to me: "[......] |
| Obverse [13:17] o 1414–o 1717 | [...]... I have sent [......], he will bring [......]. Thereaf[ter] the magnates went [...] |
| Obverse [17:20] o 1818– | I and Sada-[... ......]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Concerning the [...s] about whom the king, [my lord], wr[ot]e to me. [(They are)] in Sam’al. |
| Reverse [3:7] r 44–r 77 | As to the Isam[az]eans, [I have ...] as the king [wrot]e to me. They will return [...]. |
| Reverse [11:16] r 1212–r 1616 | [who s]et up for[ts] in your country and [...] there. He has not yet set out ....... |
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}⸢QI⸣-za-la-⸢a.a⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢lu DI⸣-mu a-⸢na LUGAL EN\dd-ia⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢TA@v UGU ša LUGAL be⸣-[li₂ iš-pur]-⸢a-ni⸣ | |
| 5 | ma-a ⸢x⸣ [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ša\ddm x⸣+[x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 7 | 02 ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢A.ŠA₃ x⸣+[x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [x]+⸢x⸣ hi ⸢x x x x⸣-pa-a i-li | |
| 10 | [x x]+⸢x x x x x⸣ [x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x]+⸢x x x x x x⸣ [o] | |
| 12 | [x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x x] ⸢ri⸣ [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 14 | [x x]-e-⸢tu⸣ ina [x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x x x⸣ x | |
| 15 | ⸢a⸣-sa-⸢pa⸣-ra ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 16 | u₂-⸢ba⸣-la ina ha-⸢ra⸣-[am-me] | |
| 17 | {lu₂v}GAL-MEŠ ⸢it-tal⸣-ku [x x (x)] | |
| 18 | ⸢a-na-ku⸣ {1}sa-a-⸢da⸣-[x x x] | |
| 19 | [x] ⸢x ša⸣ pa [(x)] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | TA@v ⸢UGU {lu₂v}x ku x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2 | ša ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] ⸢iš-pur⸣-a-[ni] | |
| 3 | ina {⸢kur⸣}sam-me-a-⸢al-la⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢TA@v UGU⸣ {kur}⸢ar₂⸣-sa-⸢x-za⸣-a.a | |
| 5 | [a]-⸢ki ša LUGAL⸣ [iš]-⸢pur⸣-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ gu ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ ul ha | |
| 7 | ⸢u₂-ta-ar-ru⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣-u₂-a | |
| 9 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 11 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢x x x x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13 | ina KUR-⸢ti-ka⸣ ⸢bi\d⸣-ra-[a-ti] | |
| 14 | GAR-ku-nu-ni ina lib-bi ⸢i-x⸣+[x x] | |
| 15 | u₂\m-di-ni\d ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 16 | ⸢la⸣ u₂\m-na\t-⸢ma-aš₂⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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