SAA 19 173 (X190173)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19 173 |
|---|---|
| ID | X190173 |
| Museum no. | IM 064042 |
| 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 Adda-hati. Good health to the king, m[y] lord! |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44–o 1010 | The silver dues of the prefects and village managers collected from the local population: two talents and 18 minas of silver according to the standard of Carchemish. In addition I have sent to the king, my lord, half a shekel of gold, three togas and three tunics with my messenger. |
| Obverse [10:19] o 1111–o 1919 | Wh[at the ki]ng my lord gave [... to ...], he gave me 2,350 men; now Danâ has given me only 1,950 men, reducing (it) by 400 men. Those who were killed [...; ...] are in good health, the extra [...... |
| Bottom [0:15] b.e. 20b.e. 20– | Should I bring [men] from [...] or A[rgite] to Ṣ[upat and let ...] in their presence. I harvest the sown fields of the city Hi[...], and (in addition) to them I harvest an extra 1,000 (hectares of) the sown fields of the city of Laba'u. Now, let the king my lord give me Assyrian and Itu'ean people so that I can equip them in the desert; there is no Assyrian city-overseer nor any Assyrian gateguards in Ṣupat. |
| Reverse [11:17] r 1212–r 1717 | As to what the king my lord ordered: "The people living on the mounds should come down and build the fort," they have come down; should these ten fortified towns in the desert come down as well? What does the king my lord say? |
| Reverse [17:20] r 1818– | It is constantly hostile (here) in the desert but I am not negligent about (my) guard. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na\t LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 2 | ARAD\d-ka {1}10—ha-ti\t | |
| 3 | ⸢lu⸣ DI-mu a-na\t LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | ⸢KUG⸣.UD ša\ty {lu₂vy}GAR\m-nu-MEŠ-te ša\dm {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ\mm-te {lu₂vy}GAL—URU-MEŠ\mm-te | |
| 5 | ⸢ša\ty⸣ ina UGU UN-MEŠ\mm ⸢KUR⸣ u₂-sa-di\d-na | |
| 6 | 02 ⸢GU₂⸣.UN 18 MA.NA KUG.UD ina ma-ne₂-e | |
| 7 | ⸢ša\dm⸣ {[uru}gar]-⸢ga⸣-mis 1/2 ⸢GIN₂⸣ KUG.GI | |
| 8 | 03 {[tug₂]}⸢šad-din⸣-MEŠ\m 03 {tug₂m}GADA-MEŠ\mm i-⸢se⸣-niš | |
| 9 | ina [ŠU.2 {⸢lu₂vy}DUMU⸣—KIN-⸢ia⸣ {⸢lu₂vy}DUMU⸣—KIN-⸢ia⸣ [ina UGU] ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 10 | ⸢EN-ia u₂-se⸣-bi-[la] | |
| 11 | ⸢ša LUGAL be⸣-li₂ i-di-⸢nu⸣-[ni x] | |
| 12 | 02 ⸢lim 03 me⸣ 50 ⸢ERIM⸣-ME i-ta-⸢na⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢u₂-ma⸣-a {1}da-na\t-a 01 lim 09 me 50 | |
| 14 | i-⸢ta-na 04 me ERIM-MEŠ\m un-⸢ta-ṭi₂⸣ | |
| 15 | ša\dm ⸢GAZ⸣-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ a-⸢na x⸣+[x x] | |
| 16 | ša\dm-al-mu ut-⸢ru\d⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17 | ⸢x di⸣ u₂ i-[x x x x] | |
| 18 | ⸢lu x⸣-a la ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 19 | ⸢x⸣ ri ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 20 | ⸢šum⸣-ma ⸢TA@v\m {kur⸣}[x x šum-ma] | |
| 21 | ⸢TA@v\m⸣ {uru}⸢ar⸣-[gi-te] | |
| 22 | ⸢a-di⸣ {uru}⸢ṣu⸣-[pi-te] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢lu-u⸣-bi-⸢li⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | ina IGI-⸢tu⸣-šu₂-nu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3 | {še}NUMUN\d-MEŠ\m ša\ydm {uru}hi-⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 4 | e-ṣi-⸢di⸣ 01 lim {še}⸢NUMUN\d⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 5 | ša\ydm {uru}la-ba-ʾu-u ut-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 6 | ina UGU-šu₂-nu e\d-ṣi-di u₂-ma-a | |
| 7 | LUGAL be-li₂ UN-MEŠ\mm {kur}aš-⸢šur⸣-a.a | |
| 8 | {lu₂vy}i-tu₂-ʾa-a.a li\y-di-na\t | |
| 9 | ina ⸢mad⸣-bar lu-ša₂-ṣa-bi-ti\t la-a | |
| 10 | {lu₂vy}ša₂—UGU—URU la-a {lu₂vy}I₃.DU₈-MEŠ\m | |
| 11 | {kur}aš-šur-a.a ina {uru}ṣu-pi-te | |
| 12 | ⸢ša\ydm⸣ LUGAL be-li₂ iq-bu-u₂-ni | |
| 13 | ma-a TA@v\m ⸢UGU⸣ ti\t-la-a-ni lu-ri-du-u-ni | |
| 14 | ina ŠAB-šu₂ ⸢li⸣-ir-ṣi-pu i-tu₂-ur-⸢du⸣-u-ni | |
| 15 | 10 URU-MEŠ\mm E₂—BAD₃ E₂—BAD₃ ina mad-bar | |
| 16 | ha-nu-te lu-ri-du-u-ne₂-e | |
| 17 | mi-i-nu ša\ydm LUGAL i-qa-bu-u-ni | |
| 18 | ka-a.a-ma-nu gi-ru-tu₂ | |
| r.e. | ||
| 19 | ⸢ina⸣ mad-bar EN.NUN\m.NA | |
| 20 | [o] ⸢la⸣ a-ši-ia-⸢ṭa⸣ | |
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