SAA 19, 203 (P393686)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393686 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1'1'–o 5'5' | [who ...]ed to cultivate their [fields ...] situated in outlying regions, saying: "Cultivate (them)!" - they are (now) being harvested. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [(...) su]stena[nce field(s)] |
| Obverse [7:11] o 8'8'– | Now that Zeru-ibni has g[o]ne [t]o the king, my lord, |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | ...[...] one to Zeru-ibni ... who with Ṣalam-šar[ri]-i[qbi] and Ma[...] we said [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | to li[v]e [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | m[e]n who [...] f[ro]m |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | The king, my lord, can be gl[ad ...] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | the captives whom the king, [my lord ......] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | a strong ox, their harve[st ......]. |
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]-šu₂-nu [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | ša₂ a-na a-⸢ha⸣-ti | |
| 3' | i-ri-ši {⸢še}BAR x⸣-u₂-ma | |
| 4' | um-ma e-⸢ri-iš⸣ | |
| 5' | i-ni-ṣi-⸢du⸣ <[x]> | |
| 6' | [(x)] ⸢ma⸣-ʾu-u₂-[tu] | |
| 7' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ lu ⸢x⸣-tu₂ | |
| 8' | en-na ul-⸢tu⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}NUMUN—DU₃ [a-na] ⸢pa⸣-an ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | be-li₂-ia₂ ⸢il-lik⸣ | |
| 3 | ki-i ⸢x x <x> 01 ⸢a⸣-na | |
| 4 | {1}NUMUN—DU₃ ⸢bar ra ša⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢KI⸣ {1}{d}⸢NU—LUGAL—iq⸣-[bi] | |
| 6 | a-na {1}ma-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 7 | ni-⸢iq-bu⸣-u [x] ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 8 | a-na a-ša₂-⸢bi⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | {lu₂}⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ] ša₂ ⸢ul-tu⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ŠA₃-bi ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ lu ⸢DUG₃⸣.[GA x x x] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}hu-ub-tu₂ ša₂ LUGAL [EN] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢GUD⸣.NITA₂ KALAG ⸢BURU₁₄⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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