SAA 19 161 (X190161)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | X190161 |
| Museum no. | IM 064013 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative Letter |
| Find spot | Nimrud (Kalhu) |
| Coordinates | 36.0992, 43.3275 |
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, my lord: your servant Mahdê. Good health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44–o 88 | (As to) the mule express that we provide and the royal bodyguard who comes citing a royal order that he should go as far as Šabirešu – he has used up the [...] in my (possession)! |
| Obverse [8:18] o 99– | The king, my lord, knows that I do not main[tain] a team (to go) as far as Šabirešu; the ones that go do not return. My teams are used up; the king, my lord, should know (this). |
| Reverse [1:7] r 22–r 77 | We let the teams from Calah go by; my chariot, my team (and) [my dri]ver went (with) Nabû'a the bodyguard as far as Šabirešu, and those of Šabirešu le[t them g]o by. |
| Reverse [7:12] r 88–r 1212 | Let the king, my lord, inve[stiga]te; let him send word that I come, and I shall come on foot! I have no chariot, no team, no driver! |
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}mah-de-e | |
| 3 | lu-u DI-mu a-na MAN EN-ia | |
| 4 | kal-li-u₂ ša ni-⸢da⸣-nu-ni | |
| 5 | {lu₂v}qur-⸢bu⸣-ti ša il-lak-⸢an-ni⸣ | |
| 6 | ma-a a-bat MAN ši-i-ti | |
| 7 | ma-a a-di {uru}ša₂-bi-ri-šu₂ | |
| 8 | lil-lik ⸢ANŠE⸣ ša ina <IGI>-ia | |
| 9 | ⸢ug-da⸣-me-⸢ra⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 10 | u₂-da a-di {uru}ša₂-bi-ri-šu₂ | |
| 11 | u₂-ru-u la u₂-⸢kal⸣-[la] | |
| 12 | ša il-⸢lak⸣-u₂-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 13 | la i-sa-hur-u₂-ni | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | {anše}⸢u₂⸣-ra-te-ia | |
| 15 | ⸢gam⸣-mu-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL be-li₂ lu u₂-da | |
| 2 | ⸢ša⸣ {uru}kal-ha ⸢u₂-rat⸣-MEŠ | |
| 3 | nu-še-taq {giš}⸢GIGIR⸣ | |
| 4 | u₂-ra-a.a {lu₂v}mu-[kil—{kuš]}⸢PA-MEŠ⸣-[ia] {lu₂v}mu-[kil—{kuš]}⸢PA-MEŠ⸣-[ia] | |
| 5 | {1}{d}PA-u-a {[lu₂v]}⸢qur⸣-bu-ti | |
| 6 | a-di {⸢uru}ša₂⸣-bi-ri-šu₂ | |
| 7 | i-tal-[ku] ⸢ša⸣ {uru}ša₂-bi-ri-šu₂ | |
| 8 | u₂-⸢se⸣-[ti]-⸢qu⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢liš⸣-[ʾa]-⸢al⸣ liš-pu-ra | |
| 10 | ⸢ma-a⸣ al-⸢ka⸣ ina GIR₃.2-ME-ia | |
| 11 | al-la-ka la-a {giš}GIGIR | |
| 12 | la u₂-ra-a.a | |
| 13 | ⸢la⸣-a {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ-ia {lu₂v}mu-kil—{kuš}PA-MEŠ-ia | |
Sources & licences
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