SAA 19, 117 (P393685)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393685 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | [......] who/which were plundered. P[N ...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Nabû-ahu-iddina [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | and Kudurru, the [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | of the governor of [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | boats together with those of G[N ...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | and 20 water-skin rafts [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | with man[y] men [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | after [he had arrived] safely |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | I appointed him as th[e ......] |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'–o 13'13' | which are in the quay of ships [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | all the men [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | I do not tel[l] to the king [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] have become available; who is taking [them] away? |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | And now [...] is blaming me and I have become an outcast [and ... on account of] this. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | And they have insult[ed me], saying: "I will have [you] ousted [...], you will not proce[ed to ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | by making the [...] pass by |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | I will [...] the plundered [...] |
| Reverse [11:15] r 12'12'–r 15'15' | May the king not [let me slip] from (his) hands |
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' | ⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ hab-ta {1}na-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | {1}d.AG—ŠEŠ—SUM-na ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ {1}NIG₂.GUB {lu₂}⸢mu⸣-[x x x x] | |
| 5' | ša₂ {lu₂}EN.NAM ša₂ {uru}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | {giš}MA₂-MEŠ a-di ša₂ ⸢KUR⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | u₃ 20 {kuš}maš-ki-⸢ru⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8' | ina ERIM-MEŠ ma-aʾ-du-⸢ti⸣ [x x] | |
| 9' | ina ša₂-lim-ti ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 10' | ap-te-qid-šu₂ a-⸢na LU₂ x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11' | ša₂ ina KAR ⸢MA₂-MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 12' | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | gab-bi ERIM-MEŠ u₂-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | a-na LUGAL ul ⸢a⸣-qab-[bi x x] | |
| 3' | it-tab-šu₂-u₂ man-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | i-na-aš₂-ši u en-⸢na⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na hi-ṭi-ia₂ i-⸢ta⸣-[ra ki-i pi-i] | |
| 6' | an-ni-i kaš-šud-⸢ak⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | u pil-⸢tu il⸣-tak-[nu-in-ni] | |
| 8' | um-ma lu-še-eṣ-⸢ṣi⸣-[ka x x x] | |
| 9' | la te-et-ti-[iq x x x x] | |
| 10' | ina šu-⸢tu⸣-qu ša₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 11' | hab-ta-tu lu-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 12' | LUGAL i-⸢na⸣ ŠU.2 ⸢la⸣ [u₂-še-la-an-ni] | |
| 13' | iṣ-⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 14' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ i-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 15' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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