SAA 19, 216 (P393695)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 216 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393695 |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | he should co[me ......] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | he said: "Bring [......] ...[......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | "w[ent] to (his) guard. [... why] did I appoint you? [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | "to guard [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | "Is it true? [......] |
| Obverse [10:13] o 11'11'–o 13'13' | The might of the king [will …] his [… …] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | chari[ot ......] |
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 x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢šu-u₂ lil⸣-[li-ka x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | iq\d-ṭi₂-bi\d ma-⸢a⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | u₂-bil ma KU [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | ma a\d-na ma-⸢ṣar⸣-te ⸢it⸣-[ta-lak x x x x x] | |
| 8' | ⸢ap⸣-qi₂-id-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | ⸢ma⸣ a\d-na ma-ṣar-te ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | ⸢ma⸣-a\d ket-tu₂-u ma-a\d ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x]-šu₂ a-hu ⸢ša\t⸣ LUGAL [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x x x] ⸢E₂ x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [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 x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ku [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ⸢lib⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {giš}⸢GIGIR\td⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x 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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