SAA 19, 155 (P393709)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19, 155 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393709 |
| 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 [wor]d [to NN]: I am [wel]l, y[ou can be glad]. |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | [(Concerning)] the ...[...] carts [wh]ich you are delivering to the Palace, [w]hy did [...]tu say: “There i[s a ma]tter; it concerns one [...], they [...] x talent(s) each and live. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Conc[erning ......] |
| Obverse [10:19] o 1111– | He will not [... but ...] his [...], shares [and ...]s, which he ...[...], to the high-ranking officers wh[o] are missing from there |
| Reverse [0:4] r 44–r 77 | [...], the god should [n]ot hat[e me. ...] jug. Moreover, [...] impose them on me there. |
| Reverse [4:9] r 88–r 1212 | I have written to you. [Don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [don't b]e negligent, [......]. |
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⸣ [a-na {1}x x x] | |
| 2 | [DI]-⸢mu⸣ ia-a-ši ⸢ŠA₃-ba⸣-[ka lu DUG₃.GA-ka] | |
| 3 | [(x)] {⸢giš⸣}tal-lak-MEŠ ma-x+[x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢ša⸣ ina E₂.GAL ta-⸢da⸣-nu-[ni] | |
| 5 | [x x]-tu ina [mi₃]-ni ma-a ⸢i-ba⸣-[aš₂-ši] | |
| 6 | [x x]-bu-tu ina UGU 01-en [o] | |
| 7 | [x x]+x ⸢x⸣-ri 04 ⸢GU₂⸣.UN-a-[a] | |
| 8 | [x x]+x-⸢MEŠ ba-laṭ⸣-ṭu ina ⸢UGU⸣ [o] | |
| 9 | [x x x]+x ʾu u₂ ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x]+x ⸢x ra x x⸣ [o] | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ la i-x+[x o] | |
| 12 | [x x]+x-su ⸢is⸣-qa-a-⸢te⸣ | |
| 13 | [x x]+x-a-te ša e-pu-[x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢a⸣-na {lu₂v}GAL.GAL-MEŠ | |
| 15 | ina ŠA₃-bi i-maṭ-⸢ṭi⸣-[u-ni] | |
| 16 | ⸢x x x x⸣ x+[x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 17' | [x x x] ⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 4 | [x x]-tu₂ DINGIR [o] | |
| 5 | ⸢lu la⸣ i-zi-⸢ra⸣-[ni] | |
| 6 | [x]+⸢x {dug₃}ŠAB u₃⸣ ina ŠA₃-[bi] | |
| 7 | [e]-ma-du-u-ni [o] | |
| 8 | [a]-⸢sap⸣-rak-ka | |
| 9 | [la] ⸢ta⸣-ši-aṭ | |
| 10 | [la] ⸢ta⸣-ši-aṭ | |
| 11 | [la] ⸢ta⸣-ši-aṭ | |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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