SAA 19, 227 (P393704)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 227 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393704 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [To the king], m[y lord: your servant: ...]an[ni. Good health t]o the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [As t]o what the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e, now, I have collected all the silver [and barley]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | [I have ... the ...]...s of Ṣi[l-Bel, s]ealed them, ...[... ... and am sending them] to the ki[ng, my lord]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [.... Let the ki]ng, [my] lo[rd, se]nd word so that I [...] the people [or rel]ease (them). |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | I shall assign (those who) are staying home [as ...].... I am [herewith] se[n]ding [them with] Ibâ. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... bec]ause of [......] |
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 LUGAL EN]-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 2 | [ARAD-ka {1}x x x]-a-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3 | [lu DI-mu a]-na\t LUGAL\m EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ša\dm LUGAL\d be-li₂ | |
| 5 | [iš-pur-an]-⸢ni⸣ an-nu-ri KUG.UD | |
| 6 | [x x x] gab-bu\t up\d-ta\d-hi-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ma-ti\t {1}GIŠ.⸢MI⸣—[EN] | |
| 8 | [x x x] ⸢ak⸣-ta-nak MU [x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ina UGU ⸢LUGAL⸣ [EN-ia] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢LUGAL be⸣-[li₂ x x x x] | |
| 2' | [liš]-⸢pu⸣-ra\m UN-MEŠ\m lu-⸢ri⸣-[x x] | |
| 3' | [lu]-⸢ra-a⸣-me ina E₂ ⸢kam-ma-su⸣-[ni] | |
| 4' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ana-ku-u₂\m-ma u₂\m-su\t-uk\tp [an-nu-ri] | |
| 5' | [ina] ŠU.2 {1}i-ba-a u₂\m-⸢se-bi-la⸣ [o] | |
| 6' | [o] ⸢TA@v⸣ pa-⸢an⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢an x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] | |
Sources & licences
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