SAA 19, 204 (P393708)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 204 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393708 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [T]o the king, [my] lor[d]: your [se]rvant Šarru-ila'i. Good health to the ki[ng], my lord! |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | As to stored grain about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Inspect the crops under [......]. |
| Obverse [10:13] o 1111– | The crop[s ...] whi[ch ......] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | I am se[nding ......] to [the king, my lord]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | The crop[s ......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [h]e/[i]t is on the border. |
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 be-li₂⸣-[ia] | |
| 2 | ⸢ARAD-ka⸣ {1}⸢LUGAL—DINGIR-a.a⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢lu DI-mu⸣ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 4 | be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 5 | ina UGU {še}tab-⸢ku-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢ša⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 7 | iš-⸢pur⸣-an-ni | |
| 8 | ⸢ma-a {še}BURU₁₄⸣-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ⸢ša qa-at x x x x⸣ | |
| 10 | a-mur ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 11 | {še}⸢BURU₁₄⸣-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢a-na⸣ [LUGAL EN-ia] | |
| 4 | ⸢u₂-se⸣-[bi-la] | |
| 5 | {⸢še}BURU₁₄⸣-[MEŠ x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x]-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 8 | [šu]-⸢u₂⸣ ina ⸢ta⸣-hu-me | |
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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