SAA 19, 021 (P393696)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393696 |
| 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 ki[ng], m[y lord]: your servant [...n]i. |
| Obverse [2:12] o 33–o 1212 | The city Turmuna where the king appointed me is well. The land has been subjugated. They are cultivating the fields and plastering roofs. We are sta[nd]ing [in the cit]y like one (family). [Wher]e there were criminals, [there are ...s; w]here there were [......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...] ... ra[in o]n it [...] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 55 | [... occ]urred. They have not got [..., an] ox, (or) anything. |
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\t LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}[x x] ⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | {uruy}tur-mu-na\t be₂-et ⸢LUGAL\m⸣ | |
| 4 | ip-qi-da\d-ni\d-ni\d DI-mu | |
| 5 | a-dan-niš KUR\d ka-ab-sa-at | |
| 6 | {še}NUMUN\y-MEŠ\m e-ru-uš\dd | |
| 7 | u₂\m-ri\d i-si-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 8 | [ina] ⸢URU a⸣-ki 01-en ni-za-[za]-ma | |
| 9 | [be₂]-⸢et⸣ {lu₂v}pa-ri\d-ṣu-⸢te⸣ | |
| 10 | [x x]+⸢x x x be₂⸣-et | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x]+⸢x x x A.AN⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-šu₂ gi [x x] | |
| 3' | [x x it]-⸢ta⸣-aš₂-⸢ki⸣-[in] | |
| 4' | [x x 01-⸢en GUD⸣ me-me-ni | |
| 5 | [la]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu₂ la ⸢ra\m⸣-ši-iu-u | |
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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