MSL 11, 111 F (P228726)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MSL 11, 111 F |
|---|---|
| ID | P228726 |
| Museum no. | UM 29-16-266 |
| 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 Reiner Erica & Civil, Miguel · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 1'o i 1' | soup made with good quality barley groats |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | soup made with turnips |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3' | soup made with the dunla plant |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | soup made with the ganše plant |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | soup made with the maš plant |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | soup made with the mašgurum plant |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | soup made with the adara plant |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | soup made with the lubšir plant |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | porridge |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | good quality porridge |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11' | soup made with flour |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12' | soup made with flour |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o ii 1'–o ii 1'o ii 1' | (...) soup |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | (...) beer |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | (...) beer |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | (...) beer |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | (...) beer |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | (...) beer |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8' | (...) sweetened beer |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 9'9'–o ii 9'9' | (...) sweetened beer |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 10'10'–o ii 10'10' | (...) sweetened beer |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | (...) sweetened beer |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | (...) sweetened beer |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | beer |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1'r i 1'–r i 1'r i 1' | (...) fresh dates |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 2'2'–r i 2'2' | (...) fresh dates |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 3'3'–r i 3'3' | (...) fresh dates |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4' | (...) fresh dates |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 5'5'–r i 5'5' | (...) fresh dates |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 6'6'–r i 6'6' | (...) fresh dates |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 7'7'–r i 7'7' | (...) fresh dates |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 8'8'–r i 8'8' | dates |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 9'9'–r i 9'9' | (...) dates |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1'r ii 1'–r ii 1'r ii 1' | salt |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 2'2'–r ii 2'2' | produce |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 3'3'–r ii 3'3' | product of the šimbirida plant |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 4'4'–r ii 4'4' | cooked salt |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 5'5'–r ii 5'5' | crushed salt |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 6'6'–r ii 6'6' | alkaline plant |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 7'7'–r ii 7'7' | horned alkalai |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 8'8'–r ii 8'8' | soaked/ripe alkaline plant |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 9'9'–r ii 9'9' | dried alkaline plant |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 10'10'–r ii 10'10' | branch of an alkaline plant |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 11'11'–r ii 11'11' | (...) of an alkaline plant |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | tu7# ar#-za#-na# saga# | |
| 2' | tu7 lu-ub2{sar} | |
| 3' | tu7 dun3-la2 | |
| 4' | tu7 GAN2-sze | |
| 5' | tu7 {gesz}masz | |
| 6' | tu7 {gesz}mas-gur2 | |
| 7' | tu7 a-dar{sar} | |
| 8' | tu7 {kusz}|(LU.ESZ2)&(LU.ESZ2)|-szir{sar} | |
| 9' | tu7 ba-ba-da | |
| 10' | tu7 ba-ba-da saga | |
| 11' | [tu7] zi3-da | |
| 12' | [...] zi3#?-da | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | tu7# [...] | |
| 2' | kasz# [...] | |
| 3' | kasz# [...] | |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | kasz# [...] | |
| 6' | kasz [...] | |
| 7' | kasz [...] | |
| 8' | {kasz}dida# [...] | |
| 9' | {kasz}dida x [...] | |
| 10' | {kasz}dida x [...] | |
| 11' | {kasz}dida [...] | |
| 12' | {kasz}dida# [...] | |
| 13' | {kasz#}[...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | u4-[hi-in ...] | |
| 2' | u4-hi-[in ...] | |
| 3' | u4-hi-in# [...] | |
| 4' | u4-hi-in# [...] | |
| 5' | u4-hi-in x [...] | |
| 6' | u4-hi-[in ...] | |
| 7' | u4-hi-[in ...] | |
| 8' | zu2-[lum] | |
| 9' | zu2-lum [...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [mun] | |
| 2' | mun-gazi# | |
| 3' | mun u2 kur | |
| 4' | mun al-szeg6-ga2 | |
| 5' | mun al-gaz-za | |
| 6' | naga | |
| 7' | [naga] si e3-a | |
| 8' | [naga] duru5 | |
| 9' | [naga] had2 | |
| 10' | pa# naga | |
| 11' | [...] naga | |
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