SAA 19 190 (X190190)
Administrative Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nimrud (Kalhu) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 19 190 |
|---|---|
| ID | X190190 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. The very best of health to the king, my lord! |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55–o 1010 | Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Be at Calah on the 1st of Nisan (I)" – we are clearing the roads, but it is snowing and snow is filling them up. There is very much snow. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] the 3rd of Shebat (XI) |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1414–o 1515 | [...] he se[n]t the first 20 horses. |
| Obverse [14:23] o 1616– | The year before last, (when) there was as much snow, rivers were frozen and the men and horses who were with me died in the snow. I shall be in the king my lord's presence on the 6th or 7th of Nisan. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The men and horses should come with you" – hither[to] the ca[pti]ves |
| Reverse [7:8] r 99–r 99 | the son [of NN ...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1010–r 1010 | will not g[o ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1111–r 1111 | to them, (and) "they will not come [...] |
| Reverse [10:15] r 1212–r 1616 | We shall buy the horses and bring them. The mule express of Aššur-da''inanni should alert the equipment of the Arzuhinaeans. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 2 | ARAD-ka {1}{d}PA—⸢EN—GIN⸣-in | |
| 3 | lu DI-mu a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 4 | a—dan-niš a—dan-niš | |
| 5 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 6 | ma-a UD 01-KAM₂ ša {iti}BARAG | |
| 7 | a-na {uru}kal-ha er-ba | |
| 8 | hu-la-a-ni ni-pat-ti | |
| 9 | i-šak-kan ku-pu-u u₂-ma-la | |
| 10 | ku-pu-u i-di-in a—dan-niš | |
| 11 | [x x x UD] 03-KAM₂ ša {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 12 | [x x x x x]-qu-ul | |
| 14 | [x x]+⸢x 20 {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ⸣ | |
| 15 | pa-ni-u₂\m-te u₂\m-se-⸢bi⸣-[la] | |
| 16 | ina ša-lu-ši-ni ki an-⸢ni⸣-[ma] | |
| 17 | ku-pu-u i-di-in | |
| 18 | ID₂-MEŠ i-dan-na {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 19 | {⸢anše⸣}KUR.RA-⸢MEŠ ša⸣ i-si-ia | |
| 20 | ina ku-pe-e ⸢mi⸣-e-tu₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢šum-ma UD 06-KAM₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | šum-ma UD 07-KAM₂ ⸢ša {iti}BARAG⸣ | |
| 2 | ina IGI LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-na-ku | |
| 3 | ša LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-ni | |
| 4 | ma-a {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {anše}<KUR>-MEŠ | |
| 5 | i-si-ka lil-li-ku-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 6 | hu-⸢ub⸣-tu a-⸢da-ka⸣-[ni] | |
| 8 | ⸢i⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | DUMU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | la ⸢il⸣-[x x x x]+⸢x di⸣ | |
| 11 | ina pa-ni-šu₂-nu ⸢ma-a⸣ [x x] ⸢la⸣-a | |
| 12 | DU-ku-ni {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 13 | ni-laq-qi nu-bal kal-li-u₂ | |
| 14 | ša {1}aš-šur—KALAG-an-ni ša-⸢aṣ⸣-bu-tu₂ | |
| 15 | ša {uru}ar₂-zu-hi-na-a.a | |
| 16 | lu-ti-ki | |
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