SAA 19, 208 (P393687)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 208 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393687 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | is too much for me without protection. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'– | There are 3-4 teams (of horses) in one house and no men! |
| Bottom [0:8] b.e. 6'b.e. 6'– | Now, concerning the treasury horses about which I spoke to my brother (and about which) he said: "Let them be removed from me" |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | As to [......] |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [they should] stre[tch 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' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-ia ma-aʾ-⸢da⸣ | |
| 3' | ša la GIŠ.MI | |
| 4' | 03 04 {anše}u₂-rat ina 01-en ⸢E₂⸣ | |
| 5' | u₃ {lu₂v}ERIM-MEŠ la-aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6' | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a ina UGU | |
| 7' | {⸢anše⸣}KUR.⸢RA⸣-MEŠ | |
| 8' | ⸢ša₂ na⸣-kam₂\t-te | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša a-na PAB-ia | |
| 2 | a-qa-bu-u-ni | |
| 3 | ma-a li-⸢il⸣-lu-[ni] | |
| 4 | TA@v ⸢UGU⸣-hi-⸢ia⸣ | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ina UGU gab-[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x]+⸢x⸣ U₂-ME ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢li⸣-it-⸢ru⸣-[ṣu x x x x x x] | |
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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