SAA 19, 007 (P393707)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393707 |
| 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 | The king's [word t]o Belu-lu-dari. |
| Obverse [2:10] o 33–o 1010 | A Babylonian messenger came, saying: "Ahu-nuri with the king [......] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | ask [...], take the (necessary) equipment from the Palace, find out in detail what the matter is (and) write me quickly. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | The 24th of Adar (XII). |
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-bat] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢na {1}EN⸣—lu—⸢da₃⸣-ri | |
| 3 | {⸢lu₂v⸣}DUMU—KIN {⸢lu₂v⸣}DUMU—KIN KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣-a.a | |
| 4 | it-⸢tal⸣-ka ⸢o⸣ | |
| 5 | ma-a {1}⸢ŠEŠ⸣—ZALAG₂ ⸢o⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ma-a⸣ TA@v LUGAL a-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7 | [x] ⸢x⸣ KIN ⸢lu⸣-u ⸢ni⸣ [x] | |
| 8 | [x] lu ra-ah-[hi-iṣ] | |
| 9 | ⸢LUGAL⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢x-lu⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢a⸣-[hi]-⸢iš ki⸣ [x x x] | |
| 11 | ⸢i-x⸣-ha ⸢HAR x x⸣ | |
| 12 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ina ⸢AH x x⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ša-a-al x x x⸣ | |
| 2 | TA@v ŠA₃ E₂.GAL {giš}til-li | |
| 3 | i-ṣa | |
| 4 | a-mur mi-⸢i⸣-nu | |
| 5 | ša a-bu-tu₂-un-ni | |
| 6 | hur-ṣa ar₂-hiš šup-ra | |
| 7 | {iti}ŠE UD 24-KAM₂ | |
Sources & licences
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