SAA 19, 225 (P393702)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 225 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393702 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king, my lord: your servant NN]. Good hea[l]th [to the king, my lord]! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [Concerning the ...] about wh[om the king], my lord, [w]rote to me: [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | bread [......] were placed. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [May] they speak in the k[ing my] lo[rd's] presence. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | to [......] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | I will come out [... with t]hem |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [......] the seed. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212– | I have g[i]ven to 150 persons 5 seahs each of his seed, their stored grain and seed in full. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [...] I have given (them) barley (rations). |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [... st]ored grain ... |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Conc[erning] their [...]s, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [NN and NN] kept turning back |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | two [......] their cohort commander |
| Reverse [5:11] r 66–r 1111 | [...]. May [the king], my [lo]rd ask [NN and ...]parri. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢lu DI-mu⸣ [a-na LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | [ina UGU] {⸢lu₂}EN—x x⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša\dm⸣ [LUGAL] ⸢EN iš-pur-a⸣-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a ⸢x x x x⸣-ni | |
| 7 | NINDA-⸢MEŠ x x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣ ša\td-⸢ak⸣-nu | |
| 8 | pa-an ⸢LUGAL EN⸣-[ia li]-⸢iq⸣-bi-u | |
| 9 | a-na ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x x⸣ | |
| 10 | a-na-⸢ku⸣ [x x x] ⸢šu₂⸣-nu | |
| 11 | ⸢u₂-ṣa⸣-a ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ x x {še}NUMUN\d | |
| 12 | a-na 01 me 50 ZI 5(ban₂)-a-a⸣ {še}NUMUN\d-šu₂ | |
| 13 | {še}tab-ku-šu₂-nu {še}NUMUN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu | |
| 14 | u₂\d-sa-li\d-me a-⸢ti⸣-din\d | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢u x {še}PAD⸣-MEŠ a-ti-din\d | |
| 2 | [x x x] {⸢še}tab-ku⸣ din\d-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ina ⸢UGU⸣ [x]+⸢x x x⸣+[x]-⸢ni⸣-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | {1}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] ⸢i⸣-sa-na-hi-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 5 | 02 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir-šu₂-nu {lu₂}GAL—ki-ṣir-šu₂-nu | |
| 6 | [x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x LUGAL] ⸢EN⸣ a-na | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]-⸢par⸣-ri\d liš\d-a-al | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 9 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x] ⸢ni⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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