SAA 19, 212 (P393690)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 212 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393690 |
| 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 1o 1–o 22 | [To the king, m]y [lord]: your servant [DN-ah]u-u[ṣur]. The v[e]ry best [of health t]o the k[in]g, my lord! |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [As to what the king], my lord, wrote to me: "Serve [...]...! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......]... seize ... and give it to him! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......]... [...] I came out |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [...] I [...]ed [... and w]rote to him, [saying: “......] we will go to the town of Renni. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... who] seized [...], 20 days |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [......], saying: "He did not co[m]e t[o] the governor [of ...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [......] I [w]r[ot]e to him |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [......] I will ask [for the ne]ws [and notify] the king. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Afterwards |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...... ...]s to the towns |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...... o]f the king |
| Obverse [16:20] o 1717–o 2020 | [......] I have received [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] the king, my lord, [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... I sp]oke, [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [......] the ki[n]g, my lord, should k[no]w |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [that (the people who) ...] have been bo[ug]ht, those [who ...] have not been bought. |
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 | [a-na LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ ARAD-ka {1}[DN]—⸢PAB—PAB⸣ | |
| 2 | [lu-u DI-mu a]-⸢na LUGAL⸣ be-li₂-ia a—⸢dan-niš⸣ a—dan-⸢niš⸣ | |
| 3 | [ša LUGAL] be-li₂ iš-⸢pu\t⸣-ra\y-an-ni | |
| 4 | [ma-a] ⸢x x x e\d⸣-ri\d [o] du\y-u₂\m-lu | |
| 5 | [x x] tu₂ [x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ {1}ša₂-⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x-ni⸣ ṣa-bat di-na\t-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ bi da\d ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢at⸣-tu\m-ṣi-a | |
| 7 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ a-sa-⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢x⸣+[x] ⸢a-sap-ra⸣-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [mu-uk] ⸢x x ša₂ x x⸣ ina {urud}⸢re-en⸣-ni ni-il\d-lik | |
| 9 | [x x x] iṣ-bat-[u]-ni ⸢x 20 UD-MEŠ-⸢te⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ni [x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-a [o] ⸢a⸣-[na] {lu₂vy}EN.⸢NAM\d⸣ | |
| 11 | [x x] ⸢la⸣-a [o] il\d-⸢li-ka⸣ [x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-na-⸢ku a-sap-ra-aš₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| 13 | [x x x ṭe₃]-⸢e⸣-mu ⸢a⸣-ša\yd-la LUGAL\dmp | |
| 14 | [u₂-ša₂-aš₂-ma] ha-ra-ma-ma | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ a-na URU-⸢MEŠ-ni⸣ | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ša LUGAL\d⸣ | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x a-ta\d⸣-har | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x ṣi⸣ | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-te | |
| 20 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ LUGAL\dp ⸢EN⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢ma⸣-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢lu⸣ E₂\y [x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ {lu₂vy}⸢x⸣+[x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x] ⸢sa⸣ si [x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x aq]-⸢bu⸣-u-ni {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL\d⸣ be-li₂ lu ⸢u₂\m-da\d⸣ | |
| 12' | [x x x] ⸢ša₂ la-qi⸣-u₂\m am-mu-te | |
| 13' | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ la-a la-qi-u₂ | |
Sources & licences
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