SAA 19, 226 (P393703)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 226 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393703 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... ...]... on |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] his old [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | I have given [to Da]yan-Adad |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... m]ina(s) of silver |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [... x hun]dred corn rations |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] people |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... x] hundred sh[ee]p |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] b[u]l[l]s |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [......] horses |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] R[i]za[...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... da]ughter of Ubrî |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] four female singers |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... cooking po]t of copper, ... cooking pot of copper |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...]... of copper ... |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] all of [t]hat |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [... in the] presence of Marduk-naṣir |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [......] on ...[...] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [......] I gave him [......] |
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⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x] ⸢ṣu⸣ UGU | |
| 3' | [x x x x]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ la-bi\d-⸢ir\d⸣-ti | |
| 4' | [a-na {1}DI].⸢KUD⸣—10 a-ti\t-⸢din⸣ | |
| 5' | [x x x x] ⸢MA⸣.NA\d KUG.UD | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-⸢me⸣ {še}PAD-MEŠ\m | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]+⸢x UN⸣-ME | |
| 8' | [x x x x]-me ⸢UDU⸣-ME | |
| 9' | [x x x x] ⸢GUD.NITA₂⸣-ME | |
| 10' | [x x x x] {⸢anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x]+⸢x {mi₂⸣}ri\d-⸢za⸣-[x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [x x x] ⸢DUMU⸣.MI₂\d {1}SUHUŠ\d-i | |
| 4' | [x x x x] 04 {mi₂d}NAR-MEŠ\m | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢UTUL₂⸣ URUDU me-li\d UTUL₂ URUDU | |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢du⸣ URUDU me ⸢x du di x⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x am]-⸢mi₃⸣-iu-u₂\m gab-bu\m | |
| 8' | [x x ina] ⸢pa⸣-an {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-ir\d | |
| 9' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UGU ZI ⸢x⸣ šu₂ | |
| 10' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a-ta-na-šu₂ | |
| 11' | [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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