OIP 011, 018 (P229304)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OIP 011, 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229304 |
| Museum no. | CBS 06580 |
| 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 [0:1] i 1'i 1'–i 1'i 1' | dried dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] i 3'3'–i 3'3' | dough and herbs used for making beer exposed to a lot of sunlight |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] i 4'4'–i 4'4' | dough and herbs used for making beer mixed with beer mash |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] i 5'5'–i 5'5' | beer mash infused with water |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] i 6'6'–i 6'6' | beer mash infused with water |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] i 7'7'–i 7'7' | strained beer mash |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] i 8'8'–i 8'8' | cooked beer mash |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] i 9'9'–i 9'9' | malt flour |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] i 11'11'–i 11'11' | soaked/ripe (...) |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] i 12'12'–i 12'12' | dried (...) |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] ii 1'ii 1'–ii 1'ii 1' | fine emmer flour |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] ii 2'2'–ii 2'2' | coarse flour |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] ii 3'3'–ii 3'3' | fine flour |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] ii 4'4'–ii 4'4' | good quality fine flour |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] ii 5'5'–ii 5'5' | good quality fine flour |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] ii 6'6'–ii 6'6' | second quality fine flour |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] ii 7'7'–ii 7'7' | third quality fine flour |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] ii 8'8'–ii 8'8' | baked flour |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] ii 9'9'–ii 9'9' | bad quality flour |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] ii 10'10'–ii 10'10' | flour made from roasted barley |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] ii 11'11'–ii 11'11' | flour used for ritual purposes |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] ii 12'12'–ii 12'12' | madŋa flour |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] ii 13'13'–ii 13'13' | flour for an edadi offering |
| Obverse Column ii [13:14] ii 14'14'–ii 14'14' | sifted flour |
| Obverse Column ii [14:15] ii 15'15'–ii 15'15' | flour mixed with honey/syrup |
| Obverse Column ii [15:16] ii 16'16'–ii 16'16' | bread made with whole grain flour |
| Obverse Column ii [16:17] ii 17'17'–ii 17'17' | bread made with fine emmer flour |
| Obverse Column ii [17:18] ii 18'18'–ii 18'18' | bread made from coarse flour |
| Obverse Column iii [0:1] iii 1'iii 1'–iii 1'iii 1' | pastry with combined contents |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] iii 2'2'–iii 2'2' | bread made with oil |
| Obverse Column iii [2:3] iii 3'3'–iii 3'3' | bread made with milk |
| Obverse Column iii [3:4] iii 4'4'–iii 4'4' | bread for a barber |
| Obverse Column iii [4:5] iii 5'5'–iii 5'5' | bread for a šuila prayer |
| Obverse Column iii [5:6] iii 6'6'–iii 6'6' | bread on a tray |
| Obverse Column iii [6:7] iii 7'7'–iii 7'7' | bread of a funerary offering |
| Obverse Column iii [7:8] iii 8'8'–iii 8'8' | bread for the ki An ceremony |
| Obverse Column iii [8:9] iii 9'9'–iii 9'9' | bread for the ki Utu ceremony |
| Obverse Column iii [9:10] iii 10'10'–iii 10'10' | bread for the ki Iškur ceremony |
| Obverse Column iii [10:11] iii 11'11'–iii 11'11' | bread for a ration |
| Obverse Column iii [14:15] iii 15'15'–iii 15'15' | bread crumbs |
| Obverse Column iii [15:16] iii 16'16'–iii 16'16' | nidba offering |
| Obverse Column iii [16:17] iii 17'17'–iii 17'17' | nidba offering |
| Obverse Column iv [0:1] iv 1'iv 1'–iv 1'iv 1' | bread of (...) |
| Obverse Column iv [1:2] iv 2'2'–iv 2'2' | bread of (...) |
| Obverse Column iv [2:3] iv 3'3'–iv 3'3' | bread of a banquet |
| Obverse Column iv [3:4] iv 4'4'–iv 4'4' | (...) bread |
| Obverse Column iv [4:5] iv 5'5'–iv 5'5' | (...) bread |
| Obverse Column iv [5:6] iv 6'6'–iv 6'6' | bread of (...) |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 2'2'–r i 2'2' | oil of aromatics |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 3'3'–r i 3'3' | aromatic/aromatic substance |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4' | aromatic/aromatic substance |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 5'5'–r i 5'5' | aromatic/aromatic substance |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 6'6'–r i 6'6' | aromatic/aromatic substance |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 7'7'–r i 7'7' | aromatic/aromatic substance |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 8'8'–r i 8'8' | resin of the gurum tree |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 9'9'–r i 9'9' | resin of the gurum tree |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 10'10'–r i 10'10' | (...) aromatic |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 6'6'–r ii 6'6' | (...) barley |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 7'7'–r ii 7'7' | (...) barley |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 8'8'–r ii 8'8' | (...) barley |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 9'9'–r ii 9'9' | (...) barley |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 10'10'–r ii 10'10' | barley of the furrow |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 11'11'–r ii 11'11' | ripened grain |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 12'12'–r ii 12'12' | reaped grain |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 13'13'–r ii 13'13' | mottled barley |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 14'14'–r ii 14'14' | top quality barley |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 2'2'–r iii 2'2' | grain that is (...) with sunlight |
| Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 3'3'–r iii 3'3' | fall barley |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 5'5'–r iii 5'5' | ear of barley |
| Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 6'6'–r iii 6'6' | stalk |
| Reverse Column v [0:1] r v 1'1'–r v 1'1' | (...) dates |
| Reverse Column v [1:2] r v 2'2'–r v 2'2' | white dates |
| Reverse Column v [2:3] r v 3'3'–r v 3'3' | dates mixed with spring barley |
| Reverse Column v [3:4] r v 4'4'–r v 4'4' | dates mixed with muš barley |
| Reverse Column v [4:5] r v 5'5'–r v 5'5' | (...) dates |
| Reverse Column v [5:6] r v 6'6'–r v 6'6' | (...) dates |
| Reverse Column v [6:7] r v 7'7'–r v 7'7' | dates of Dilmun |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| col 2 | ||
| 1' | [zi3 gu2]-nida | |
| 2' | zi3-sig15 | |
| 3' | zi3-gu | |
| 4' | zi3-gu sag10 | |
| 5' | zi3-gu gen | |
| 6' | zi3-gu <<mu>> us2 | |
| 7' | zi3 3(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 | |
| 8' | zi3 du8 | |
| 9' | zi3-milla | |
| 10' | zi3 sze sa-a | |
| 11' | zi3 dub-dub-bu | |
| 12' | zi3 ma-ad-ga2 | |
| 13' | zi3 e2-da-di | |
| 14' | zi3 sur-ra | |
| 15' | zi3 lal3-la2 | |
| 16' | [ninda?] zi3-kum | |
| 17' | [ninda zi3] gu2-nida | |
| 18' | [ninda zi3]-sig15# | |
| col 3 | ||
| 1' | [...] si3-ga-bi# | |
| 2' | ninda i3 | |
| 3' | ninda ga# | |
| 4' | ninda szu-i | |
| 5' | ninda szu il2-la | |
| 6' | ninda LISZ-da | |
| 7' | ninda ki-si3-ga | |
| 8' | ninda ki an-na | |
| 9' | ninda ki {d}utu | |
| 10' | ninda ki {d}adad | |
| 11' | ninda kur6 | |
| 12' | PAD | |
| 13' | PAD-PAD | |
| 14' | dun3-PAD | |
| 15' | pa3-pa3-ra2 | |
| 16' | |PAD.AN.MUSZ3| | |
| 17' | |PAD.AN.MUSZ3| | |
| 18' | pa3-hal-la | |
| 19' | [...] x# [...] | |
| col 4 | ||
| 1' | ninda# [...] | |
| 2' | ninda x# [...] | |
| 3' | ninda |KI.BI.GAR|# | |
| 4' | ninda ki x | |
| 5' | ninda sze GISZ MA#? | |
| 6' | ninda# x# [...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 2' | i3 szim# | |
| 3' | szim# | |
| 4' | szim# | |
| 5' | szim# | |
| 6' | szim# | |
| 7' | szim# | |
| 8' | szim# GAM-GAM | |
| 9' | szim# gam-gam-ma | |
| 10' | szim# [hi]-ib | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 6' | sze# sze | |
| 7' | sze [...] | |
| 8' | sze [...] | |
| 9' | sze hul?-x | |
| 10' | sze ab-sin2-na | |
| 11' | sze szu-a ak | |
| 12' | sze szu kin-a | |
| 13' | sze gu-nu | |
| 14' | [...] sag#? | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 2' | [sze] u4-de3 ri-a | |
| 3' | [sze] nim | |
| 4' | [...] x# | |
| 5' | an sze | |
| 6' | isin | |
| reverse col 5 | ||
| 1' | zu2#-lum# [...] | |
| 2' | zu2-lum babbar | |
| 3' | zu2-lum sze x# | |
| 4' | zu2-lum sze x | |
| 5' | zu2-lum [...] | |
| 6' | zu2-lum [...] | |
| 7' | zu2-lum dilmun# | |
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