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OIP 011, 076 (P227909)

Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	OIP 011, 076
ID	P227909
Museum no.	CBS 03842 (+) N 3755 (+) UM 29-16-225
Collection	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Lexical
Find spot	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

By Chiera, Edward · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

Line	English
Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4'	lapis lazuli figurine of a lamassu deity
Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5'	lapis lazuli eye
Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6'	lapis lazuli eyebrow
Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7'	lapis lazuli beard
Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8'	lapis lazuli figurine
Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9'	lapis lazuli figurine of the monster Huwawa
Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10'	lapis lazuli frog
Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11'	lapis lazuli (bird-shaped) vessel
Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12'	lapis lazuli seal
Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 13'13'–o i 13'13'	block of lapis lazuli
Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14'	bead of lapis lazuli
Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15'	... lapis lazuli
Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16'	carnelian
Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17'	veined carnelian
Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 19'19'–o i 19'19'	long piece of carnelian
Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 1o ii 1	type of stone
Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 22–o ii 22	seal of durul stone
Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 33–o ii 33	block of durul stone
Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 44–o ii 44	a precious stone
Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 55–o ii 55	seal of anzugulme stone
Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 66–o ii 66	block of anzugulme stone
Obverse Column iii [0:1] o iii 1o iii 1–o iii 1o iii 1	one gun (sixty mina) stone weight
Obverse Column iii [1:2] o iii 22–o iii 22	30 mina stone weight
Obverse Column iii [2:3] o iii 33–o iii 33	twenty mina stone weight
Obverse Column iii [3:4] o iii 44–o iii 44	15 mina stone weight
Obverse Column iii [4:5] o iii 55–o iii 55	ten mina stone weight
Obverse Column iii [5:6] o iii 66–o iii 66	five mina stone weight
Obverse Column iii [6:7] o iii 77–o iii 77	three mina stone weight
Obverse Column iii [7:8] o iii 88–o iii 88	two mina stone weight
Obverse Column iii [8:9] o iii 2929–o iii 2929	n grain stone weight
Obverse Column iii [9:10] o iii 3030–o iii 3030	n grain stone weight
Obverse Column iii [10:11] o iii 3131–o iii 3131	plant
Obverse Column iii [11:12] o iii 3232–o iii 3232	a type of plant
Obverse Column iv [1:2] o iv 22–o iv 22	harvest plant
Obverse Column iv [2:3] o iv 33–o iv 33	rushes
Obverse Column iv [3:4] o iv 44–o iv 44	grass
Obverse Column iv [4:5] o iv 55–o iv 55	a type of plant
Obverse Column iv [5:6] o iv 66–o iv 66	licorice
Obverse Column iv [6:7] o iv 77–o iv 77	web-like plant
Obverse Column iv [7:8] o iv 88–o iv 88	a plant
Obverse Column iv [8:9] o iv 99–o iv 99	a plant
Obverse Column iv [16:17] o iv 3737–o iv 3737	a plant product for aromatics
Obverse Column iv [17:18] o iv 3838–o iv 3838	a plant
Obverse Column iv [18:19] o iv 3939–o iv 3939	plant of giving birth
Obverse Column iv [19:20] o iv 4040–o iv 4040	plant of not giving birth
Obverse Column iv [20:21] o iv 4141–o iv 4141	dudin-plant
Obverse Column v [0:1] o v 1o v 1–o v 1o v 1	garden
Obverse Column v [1:2] o v 22–o v 22	garlic
Obverse Column v [2:3] o v 33–o v 33	onion
Obverse Column v [3:4] o v 44–o v 44	Tuba onion
Obverse Column v [4:5] o v 55–o v 55	... onion
Obverse Column v [6:7] o v 77–o v 77	a kind of garlic
Obverse Column v [7:8] o v 88–o v 88	wild garlic?
Obverse Column v [10:11] o v 1111–o v 1111	leek
Obverse Column v [16:17] o v 3737–o v 3737	tabba vegetables
Obverse Column v [17:18] o v 3838–o v 3838	barbar vegetables
Obverse Column v [18:19] o v 3939–o v 3939	HI.a vegetables
Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1	a plant
Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22	a medicinal plant
Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33	coriander
Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 44–r i 44	shade coriander
Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 55–r i 55	fenugreek
Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66	a spice
Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 77–r i 77	a plant
Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 99–r i 99	a plant
Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 3030–r i 3030	sandal fish
Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 3131–r i 3131	a fish
Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 3232–r i 3232	fattened gir fish
Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 3333–r i 3333	a long kind of gir fish
Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 3434–r i 3434	sea gir fish
Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 3535–r i 3535	a kind of fish
Reverse Column i [15:16] r i 3636–r i 3636	carp
Reverse Column i [16:17] r i 3737–r i 3737	a kind of carp
Reverse Column i [17:18] r i 3838–r i 3838	raven fish
Reverse Column i [18:19] r i 3939–r i 3939	a kind of fish
Reverse Column i [19:20] r i 4040–r i 4040	a type of fish
Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22	fox fish
Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33	scribe fish
Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44	a fish
Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55	a fish
Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 3030–r ii 3030	a bird
Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 3131–r ii 3131	a bird
Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 3232–r ii 3232	a type of swan
Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 3333–r ii 3333	eel bird
Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 3434–r ii 3434	wild dove
Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 3535–r ii 3535	domesticated dove
Reverse Column ii [15:16] r ii 3636–r ii 3636	pigeon
Reverse Column ii [16:17] r ii 3737–r ii 3737	a bird
Reverse Column ii [17:18] r ii 3838–r ii 3838	partidge
Reverse Column ii [18:19] r ii 3939–r ii 3939	royal partridge
Reverse Column ii [19:20] r ii 4040–r ii 4040	zizi partridge
Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 3333–r iii 3333	fly
Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 3434–r iii 3434	locust
Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 3535–r iii 3535	swallow
Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 3636–r iii 3636	a bird
Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 3737–r iii 3737	a bird
Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 3838–r iii 3838	a bird
Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 3939–r iii 3939	vine-eyed bird
Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 4040–r iii 4040	magpie
Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 4141–r iii 4141	magpie
Reverse Column iv [2:3] r iv 3333–r iv 3333	raven
Reverse Column iv [3:4] r iv 3434–r iv 3434	a song bird
Reverse Column iv [4:5] r iv 3535–r iv 3535	bat

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'	{na₄}[...]
2'	{na₄}[...]
3'	{na₄}niŋ₂-[...]
4'	{na₄}{d}[lama za-gin₃]
5'	{na₄}igi [za-gin₃]
6'	{na₄}sig₇-igi [za-gin₃]
7'	{na₄}sum₄ [za-gin₃]
8'	{na₄}alan ⸢za⸣-[gin₃]
9'	{⸢na₄}hu⸣-wa-wa za-gin₃
10'	{na₄}bi₂-za-za za-gin₃
11'	{na₄}{d}bibra za-gin₃
12'	{na₄}kišib za-gin₃
13'	{na₄}lagab za-gin₃
14'	{na₄}ellaŋ₂ za-gin₃
15'	{na₄}za-<gin₃> ⸢dur⸣
16'	{na₄}⸢gug⸣
17'	{na₄}gug ⸢gazi⸣
18'	{[na₄]}⸢gug⸣ šu-me-[...]
19'	{[na₄}gug] ⸢gid₂⸣-[da]
o ii
1	{na₄}dur-ul₃
2	{na₄}kišib dur-ul₃
3	{na₄}lagab dur-ul₃
4	{na₄}an-zu-gul-me
5	{na₄}kišib an-zu-gul-me
6	{⸢na₄}lagab⸣ an-zu-gul-me
o iii
1	na₄ aš gun₂
2	na₄ ušu₃ ma-na
3	na₄ niš ma-na
4	na₄ 15 ma-na
5	na₄ u ma-na
6	na₄ ia₂ ma-na
7	na₄ eš₅ ma-na
8	[na₄] ⸢min⸣ ma-na
29	[na₄ n] še
30	[na₄ n] še
31	u₂
32	{[u₂}li]-⸢gi₄⸣
33	{[u₂}...]-⸢gu⸣
34	{[u₂}...]-x
35	{[u₂}...]-⸢še⸣
o iv
1	{u₂}\|ZI&ZI.ŠE₃\|
2	{u₂}buru₁₄
3	{u₂}ninni₅
4	{u₂}\|KI.KAL\|
5	{u₂}rib-ba
6	{u₂}munzer
7	{u₂}pe-ze₂-er
8	{u₂}aš-tal₂-tal₂
9	{⸢u₂}am⸣-ha-ru
10	[...]-⸢ru⸣
31	{⸢u₂⸣}[...]
32	{u₂}x
33	{u₂}muš
34	{u₂}ur-gir₁₅-ra
35	{u₂}NUMUN
36	{u₂}nu-ug
37	{u₂}saŋ hirinₓ(KWU318)na
38	{u₂}ŋiri₃-mu₂-a
39	u₂ u₃-tu
40	u₂ nu-u₃-tu
41	{⸢u₂⸣}du₆-⸢din⸣
o v
1	sar
2	šum₂{sar}
3	šum₂-sikil{sar}
4	šum₂-sikil tu-tu-ba{sar}
5	šum₂-el-lum{sar}
6	šum₂ šir-dili{sar}
7	šum₂-saŋ{sar}
8	šum₂ gaz-za{sar}
9	šum₂ sa{sar}
10	⸢ŠIR{sar⸣}
11	[ga]-raš{⸢sar⸣}
32	nu-⸢luh⸣-[ha{sar]}
33	ŋeš nu-luh-[ha{sar]}
34	HI-HI{sar}
35	HI-HI-ur-bar-ra{sar}
36	da-pu₂{sar}
37	nisig tab-ba{sar}
38	nisig bar-ba{sar}
39	nisig HI-a{sar}
r i
1	gana₂-še{sar}
2	a-dar{sar}
3	še-lu₂{sar}
4	še-lu₂ ⸢ŋissu⸣{[sar]}
5	{u₂}sullim{sar}
6	{u₂}sullim-šu-⸢gub⸣-[ba{sar]}
7	{ŋeš}maš-gurum{[sar]}
8	gurum{⸢sar⸣}
9	⸢teme⸣{[sar]}
30	e-[sir₂{ku₆]}
31	gir{⸢ku₆⸣}
32	gir niga{ku₆}
33	gir-gid₂{ku₆}
34	gir ab-ba{ku₆}
35	ninda₂{ku₆}
36	ab-suhur{ku₆}
37	ninda₂-ab-suhur{ku₆}
38	uga{ku₆}
39	SAL-SAL{ku₆}
40	niŋ₂-gu₇-gu₇{ku₆}
r ii
1	LUL{ku₆}
2	⸢ka₅⸣-a{ku₆}
3	⸢dub⸣-sar{ku₆}
4	niŋ₂-ki{ku₆}
5	gu₃-sur(PAD){ku₆}
6	[...]-NUN{ku₆}
7	[...]-⸢kar⸣{ku₆}
8	[...]-x{ku₆}
9	[...]{⸢ku₆⸣}
30	⸢mi-sa⸣-az{mušen}
31	muš-gu₇{mušen}
32	u₅-bi₂{mušen}
33	gu₂-bi₂{mušen}
34	tum₁₂{mušen}
35	tum₁₂-gur₄{mušen}
36	ir₇-saŋ{mušen}
37	piš₁₀-bal{mušen}
38	dar{mušen}
39	dar-lugal{mušen}
40	dar-[zi]-zi-i{mušen}
41	dar ⸢me-luh⸣-ha{[mušen]}
r iii
32	⸢LAGAB⸣{mušen}
33	nim{mušen}
34	bir₅{mušen}
35	sim{mušen}
36	gud-te{mušen}
37	gud-du₇{mušen}
38	igi-gud-du₇{mušen}
39	igi-ŋeštin-na{mušen}
40	[niŋ₂-gur₁₁]-mu-du-um{mušen}
41	[ba]-an-tum₂{mušen}
r iv
31	[...]{mušen}
32	[...]{mušen}
33	uga{mušen}
34	ti-gi₄-lu{mušen}
35	arkab{mušen}
36	[...]{mušen}
r v
3'	⸢gada⸣ [...]
4'	gada [...]
5'	gada šu-[...]
6'	gada [...]
7'	⸢gada⸣ [...]
8'	⸢gada⸣ [...]

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