SAA 19, 209 (P393688)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 209 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393688 |
| 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 [0:9] o 1'1'–o 9'9' | [Concerning the ... whom I stati]oned in [...], we distributed [field]s to them as the king, my lord, [ord]ered, and I appointed a palace servant to lead them. (But now) Tardi[tu-Aššur] has dismissed him. He has referred the matter to the king, saying: "The king has exempted the fields for me." |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | [......] the fields [......] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [No]w then I am s[ending] t[he ...s] to the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, ask them. |
| Reverse [3:9] r 4'4'–r 9'9' | If the king, my lord, exempted the fields and gave them to Tarditu-Aššur [I am respo]nsible, (and) I will drop the fields of [Tarditu-Aššur] from the fields from which I exact state service. |
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] ⸢ina {uru}x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [u₂-ša₂]-⸢ziz⸣-u₂-ni | |
| 3' | [A.ŠA₃]-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-ki ša LUGAL EN | |
| 4' | [iq]-⸢bu⸣-u-ni nu-za-⸢ʾi⸣-i-za-šu₂-nu | |
| 5' | {⸢lu₂v⸣}ARAD—E₂.GAL {⸢lu₂v⸣}ARAD—E₂.GAL ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 6' | ap-ti-qi-di {1}tar-di-⸢it⸣—[aš-šur] | |
| 7' | ⸢up⸣-ta-ti-šu₂ a-bat LUGAL | |
| 8' | i-za-kar ma-a A.ŠA₃.GA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 9' | LUGAL ia-a-ši u₂-za-ki | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ A.ŠA₃.GA-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [an]-⸢nu-rig {lu₂v⸣}[x x x-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | ina IGI LUGAL EN-a ⸢a-sa⸣-[par] | |
| 3' | LUGAL EN liš-al-šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | šum₂-mu A.ŠA₃-MEŠ LUGAL EN | |
| 5' | u₂-za-ki a-na {1}tar-di-⸢it⸣—aš-šur | |
| 6' | i-ti-din pu-tu₂-hu [a]-⸢na-ši⸣ | |
| 7' | A.ŠA₃.GA-MEŠ ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8' | ⸢TA@v⸣ A.ŠA₃-MEŠ ša a-lik-⸢u₂⸣-[ni] | |
| 9' | ⸢lu⸣-ra-me | |
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