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MSL 08/1, 082 V56 (P228359)

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

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DesignationMSL 08/1, 082 V56
IDP228359
Museum no.N 5061 + N 5081
CollectionPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLexical
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

By Gordon, Edmund J. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2'thick bread made with whole grain flour
Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3'thick bread made with fine emmer flour
Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4'thick bread made from coarse flour
Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5'thick bread made with (...) flour
Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6'thick bread made with (...) flour
Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7'thick bread made with (...) flour
Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8'thick bread made with barley flour
Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9'thick bread made with bad quality flour
Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10'thick bread (...)
Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11'thick pastry
Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12'thick pastry
Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 13'13'–o i 13'13'type of pastry
Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14'pandunum bread
Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15'pannigum bread
Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16'bread made with mustard/dodder
Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17'bread made with carobs
Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 18'18'–o i 18'18'(...) bread
Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 19'19'–o i 19'19'(...) bread

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse col 1
2'[ninda gur4]-ra zi3-kum
3'[ninda gur4]-ra zi3 gu2-nida
4'ninda# gur4-ra zi3-sig15
5'ninda gur4-ra zi3 [...]
6'[ninda] gur4-ra zi3 [...]
7'[ninda] gur4-ra zi3 [...]
8'[ninda] gur4#-ra dabin
9'[ninda] gur4-ra zi3-milla#
10'[ninda gur4]-ra MU#?
11'[ninda gur4]-ra# i3# de2#-a#
12'[ninda gur4]-ra# i3 de2#-a#
13'[ninda] hi-ib-[za ...]
14'ninda# pa-an-du-nu-um
15'ninda# pa-na-ni-kum
16'[ninda] gazi-ta
17'[ninda] harub-ba
18'[ninda ...]-da
19'[ninda sag]-gar

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