Iraq 40, 523 (P010452)
Administrative, ED IIIa, uncertain · c. 2600 BCE–2500 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 40, 523 |
|---|---|
| ID | P010452 |
| Museum no. | IM 081446 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | ED IIIa · c. 2600 BCE–2500 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. Abu Salabikh) |
| Coordinates | 32.2526, 45.0544 |
English translation
By Biggs, Robert D. & Postgate, J. Nicholas · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 33–o i 33 | purification priest of Enlil |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 44–o i 44 | Nippur |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 55–o i 55 | Enlil |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1 | temple |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | probably nostril |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33 | (an anatomical part of the eye) |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66 | guard |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1r ii 1–r ii 1r ii 1 | (an anatomical part of the head) |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22 | tear, shred, laceration |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33 | two heads |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | (an anatomical part of the head) |
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 i | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢x⸣-[...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 3 | išib {d}⸢en-lil₂(E₂) | |
| 4 | nibru{[ki]} | |
| 5 | {d}en-lil₂(E₂) | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | saŋ-ki | |
| 2 | zi-pa | |
| 3 | ⸢igi⸣-kun | |
| 4 | NAGA-DI | |
| 5 | ⸢HA⸣-mul | |
| 6 | uru₁₆-⸢nun⸣-[ak] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | |SAG×GAR| | |
| 2 | birₓ(|SAG×KID₂|) | |
| 3 | min-saŋ | |
| 4 | še-murgu | |
| 5 | saŋ-DI | |
| 6 | saŋ-[x] | |
Sources & licences
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