SAA 19, 202 (P393689)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 202 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393689 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [A tablet of NN to my brother NN. I am well; good health to] m[y broth]er! |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | As to what [my] brother wrote: "The day you se[e] my tablet, go up [...] to meet the king." |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Is [h]e coming? It is not all due to me but [th]anks to my brother. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | The whole world knows that I have devoted myself to my brother. Behold that my brother gives credence to my prosperity and my good fortune. |
| Obverse [12:20] o 1313– | Let my brother send Nabû-le'i to me one day so that I can speak to him, and let him take in what I have to report and [s]ay, [a]nd let him tell it to my brother. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Let me hear my broth[er]'s answer and let me undertake the journey that my brother is preparing for me. Moreover, I shall do anythi[ng th]at my brother t[e]lls me (to do). |
| Reverse [5:10] r 66–r 1010 | As [t]o Ahu-damqi about whom my brother wrote, Ahu-damqi did not come to me. (But) if he comes to me I shall prepare him for the journey. |
| Reverse [10:14] r 1111–r 1414 | Moreover, I shall complete my brother's mission. My brother, his tablet – afterwards, [I ...] his report [... as] the one [wh]o [...]... the rep[ort ...]. |
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 | [ṭup-pi {1}x x x x] | |
| 2 | [a-na {1}x x x x ŠEŠ-ia₂] | |
| 3 | [šu-lum ia-a-ši] | |
| 4 | ⸢lu⸣-[u DI-mu a-na] ⸢ŠEŠ-ia⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša₂ ŠEŠ-u₂⸣-[a] ⸢iš-pu-ra⸣ [um-ma] | |
| 6 | UD-mi ṭup-pi ta-mu-[ru] ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7 | a-na GABA LUGAL e-la-a ⸢il⸣-la-ka-a | |
| 8 | ul ša₂ ŠU.2-ia gab-bi ša₂ ⸢ŠU⸣.2 ŠEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 9 | šu-u₂ KUR.KUR gab-bi ⸢i⸣-du-u₂ | |
| 10 | ki-i ram-na-a a-⸢na UGU⸣ ŠEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 11 | a-mu-ur ki-i ŠEŠ-⸢u₂-a⸣ a-na | |
| 12 | du-un-qi₂-ia u₃ a-na | |
| 13 | ba-ni-ti-ia qe₂-⸢e⸣-pu {1}d.AG—A₂.GAL₂ | |
| 14 | 01.en UD-mu a-di pa-ni-ia ŠEŠ-u₂-a | |
| 15 | liš-pur-am-ma it-ti-šu₂ lud-bu-ub-ma | |
| 16 | ṭe₃-ma-a u₃ ⸢dib⸣-bi-ia | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17 | lil-qa-am-⸢ma⸣ a-na ŠEŠ-ia₂ | |
| 18 | liq-bi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | tur-ti a-mat ša₂ ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ia | |
| 2 | lu-uš-me-e-ma ⸢KASKAL.2 ša₂ ŠEŠ-⸢u₂⸣-a | |
| 3 | ina GIR₃.2-ia i-šak-⸢ka⸣-nu | |
| 4 | lul-lik u₃ mim-⸢ma ša₂⸣ ŠEŠ-u₂-a | |
| 5 | i-⸢qab⸣-ba-a lu-pu-uš | |
| 6 | aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ {1}ŠEŠ—dam-qi₂ ša₂ ŠEŠ-u-a | |
| 7 | iš-pu-ra {1}ŠEŠ—dam-⸢qi₂⸣ a-⸢na⸣ <$šu₂$> | |
| 8 | pa-ni-ia ul il-li-ka | |
| 9 | ki-ma a-na pa-ni-ia it-tal-ka | |
| 10 | ⸢KASKAL⸣.2 a-na GIR₃.2-šu₂ a-šak-kan | |
| 11 | u₃ na-aš₂-par-ti ša₂ ŠEŠ-ia | |
| 12 | ⸢u₂⸣-šal-lam ŠEŠ-u₂-a ṭup-⸢pi-šu₂⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢EGIR⸣-šu₂ ṭe₃-en-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 14 | [man]-⸢nu⸣ ša₂ ⸢ṭe₃⸣-e-[mu x x] | |
| 15 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ si ma [x x x x] | |
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