SAA 19, 220 (P393698)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 220 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393698 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] the house of my brothers |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... wi]th my people |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] I shall enter in person |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'– | I shall [ta]ke and give [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [... th]at now |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | [...] ... me, I have sent (word), [he is sick but] his [br]other will come and stay with [(...)] his (brother's) king's men. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...... o]f the king, my lord |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...... the kin]g, my lord |
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] ⸢ša⸣ E₂ ŠEŠ\t-MEŠ\mm-⸢e-a⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢TA@v UN⸣-MEŠ\mm-e-a | |
| 3' | [x x x a-na]-⸢ku⸣ ŠU.2-a-a er-rab\tm | |
| 4' | [x x a-na]-⸢aš₂⸣-ši-a ad-dan | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x ki]-⸢i⸣ a-kan-ni\d-i | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣-an-ni\d ⸢a⸣-sa-bar | |
| 3 | [ma-ri-ṣi] ⸢ŠEŠ\t⸣-šu₂\d il-la-ka ina pa-an | |
| 4 | [x x {lu₂]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ\m—MAN-e-šu₂\d {lu₂]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ\m—MAN-e-šu₂\d iz-za-⸢az⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ LUGAL\t be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢LUGAL\t⸣ be-li₂\d | |
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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