OIP 011, 016 (P229352)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OIP 011, 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229352 |
| Museum no. | CBS 06042 (+) CBS 06491 + N 6042 |
| 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
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 1' | soup made with zaḫan |
| obverse col 1 2' | soup made with zaḫan (...) |
| obverse col 1 3' | soup made with zaḫan and bird (meat? |
| obverse col 1 4' | Lullubean soup |
| obverse col 1 5' | soup for (daily) need? |
| obverse col 1 6' | soup of the heart |
| obverse col 1 7' | black soup(?) |
| obverse col 1 8' | soup of bird |
| obverse col 2 3' | emmer beer |
| obverse col 2 4' | emmer beer |
| obverse col 2 5' | premium emmer beer |
| obverse col 2 6' | beer exposed to double sunlight? |
| obverse col 2 7' | beer exposed to a narrow sunlight? |
| obverse col 2 8' | ... beer |
| obverse col 3 2' | yeast |
| obverse col 3 3' | beer mash/dough |
| obverse col 3 4' | dough and herbs used for making beer |
| obverse col 3 5' | ... dough and herbs used for making beer |
| obverse col 3 6' | soaked dough and herbs used for making beer |
| obverse col 3 7' | good quality |
| obverse col 4 1' | filtered bran? |
| obverse col 4 2' | (...) filtered bran? |
| obverse col 4 3' | whole grain flour? |
| obverse col 4 4' | fine emmer flour? |
| obverse col 4 5' | coarse flour |
| obverse col 4 6' | fine flour |
| obverse col 4 7' | good quality fine flour |
| obverse col 4 8' | ordinary quality fine flour |
| obverse col 4 9' | second quality fine flour |
| obverse col 4 10' | barley flour |
| obverse col 4 11' | poor quality flour |
| obverse col 4 12' | flour made from roasted barley |
| obverse col 4 13' | flour used for ritual purposes |
| obverse col 5 1' | good quality pastry |
| obverse col 5 2' | ordinary quality pastry |
| obverse col 5 3' | pastry made with oil |
| obverse col 5 4' | pastry made with ghee |
| obverse col 5 5' | pastry made with pig lard |
| obverse col 5 6' | pastry made with sheep tallow |
| obverse col 5 7' | pastry made with honey/syrup |
| obverse col 5 8' | white pastry |
| obverse col 5 9' | black pastry |
| obverse col 5 10' | red-brown pastry |
| obverse col 5 11' | pastry with combined contents? |
| reverse col 1 2 | bread for a funerary ritual |
| reverse col 1 3 | bread for a ki (...) ceremony |
| reverse col 1 4 | bread for an igi An ceremony |
| reverse col 1 5 | bread made with sesame/oilseed |
| reverse col 1 6 | bread for a banquet |
| reverse col 1 7 | type of pastry |
| reverse col 1 8 | pandunum bread |
| reverse col 1 9 | pannigu bread |
| reverse col 1 10 | bread for (daily) need? |
| reverse col 1 11 | ... bread |
| reverse col 1 12 | (...) bread made with dates? |
| reverse col 1 13 | bread made with ripe grain |
| reverse col 1 14 | bread made with old grain |
| reverse col 1 15 | bread made with musz barley |
| reverse col 1 16 | bread made with carobs |
| reverse col 2 3 | bread for a garza rite? |
| reverse col 2 4 | cake made with honey |
| reverse col 2 5 | bread for a ration |
| reverse col 2 6 | bread for a nidba offering |
| reverse col 2 7 | tabulated bread? |
| reverse col 2 8 | substitute bread |
| reverse col 2 9 | bread for the nu'esz official |
| reverse col 2 10 | bread for a gift |
| reverse col 2 11 | boiled bread |
| reverse col 3 2 | aromatic |
| reverse col 3 3 | aromatic |
| reverse col 3 4 | aromatic |
| reverse col 3 5 | aromatic substance |
| reverse col 3 6 | aromatic substance |
| reverse col 3 7 | ... aromatic |
| reverse col 3 8 | various aromatics |
| reverse col 3 9 | juniper resin |
| reverse col 3 10 | resin from juniper seeds |
| reverse col 3 11 | resin of the good reed |
| reverse col 3 12 | resin of the gurum tree |
| reverse col 3 13 | resin of the gurum tree |
| reverse col 3 14 | conifer resin |
| reverse col 3 15 | resin of the damšilum plant |
| reverse col 4 4 | innuha barley |
| reverse col 4 5 | harvested grain |
| reverse col 4 6 | grain that is not harvested |
| reverse col 4 7 | treaded grain |
| reverse col 4 8 | grain that is not treaded |
| reverse col 4 9 | winnowed grain |
| reverse col 4 10 | grain that is not winnowed |
| reverse col 5 4 | dwarf apple |
| reverse col 5 5 | apple of the kurdillum plant |
| reverse col 5 6 | apple of the damszilum plant |
| reverse col 5 7 | salt |
| reverse col 5 8 | produce |
| reverse col 6 3 | fresh black dates |
| reverse col 6 4 | fresh brown dates |
| reverse col 6 5 | fresh green dates |
| reverse col 6 6 | fresh dates (...) in the evening? |
| reverse col 6 7 | fresh yell0w-green dates |
| reverse col 6 8 | fresh cooked dates |
| reverse col 6 9 | ... fresh dates |
| reverse col 6 10 | ... fresh dates |
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] o i 1'o i 1'–o i 1'o i 1' | soup made with the zahan plant |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | soup made with the zahan plant (...) |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3' | soup made with the zahan plant and bird meat |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | Lullubean soup |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | soup for (daily) need |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | soup of the heart |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | black soup |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | soup made with birds |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | emmer beer |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | emmer beer |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | premium emmer beer |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | beer exposed to a lot of sunlight |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | beer exposed to a little sunlight |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8' | (...) beer |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] o iii 2'2'–o iii 2'2' | yeast |
| Obverse Column iii [2:3] o iii 3'3'–o iii 3'3' | beer mash/dough |
| Obverse Column iii [3:4] o iii 4'4'–o iii 4'4' | dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Obverse Column iii [4:5] o iii 5'5'–o iii 5'5' | (...) dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Obverse Column iii [5:6] o iii 6'6'–o iii 6'6' | soaked dough and herbs used for making beer |
| Obverse Column iii [6:7] o iii 7'7'–o iii 7'7' | good quality |
| Obverse Column iv [0:1] o iv 1'o iv 1'–o iv 1'o iv 1' | filtered bran |
| Obverse Column iv [1:2] o iv 2'2'–o iv 2'2' | (...) filtered bran |
| Obverse Column iv [2:3] o iv 3'3'–o iv 3'3' | whole grain flour |
| Obverse Column iv [3:4] o iv 4'4'–o iv 4'4' | fine emmer flour |
| Obverse Column iv [4:5] o iv 5'5'–o iv 5'5' | coarse flour |
| Obverse Column iv [5:6] o iv 6'6'–o iv 6'6' | fine flour |
| Obverse Column iv [6:7] o iv 7'7'–o iv 7'7' | good quality fine flour |
| Obverse Column iv [7:8] o iv 8'8'–o iv 8'8' | ordinary quality fine flour |
| Obverse Column iv [8:9] o iv 9'9'–o iv 9'9' | second quality fine flour |
| Obverse Column iv [9:10] o iv 10'10'–o iv 10'10' | barley flour |
| Obverse Column iv [10:11] o iv 11'11'–o iv 11'11' | poor quality flour |
| Obverse Column iv [11:12] o iv 12'12'–o iv 12'12' | flour made from roasted barley |
| Obverse Column iv [12:13] o iv 13'13'–o iv 13'13' | flour used for ritual purposes |
| Obverse Column v [0:1] o v 1'o v 1'–o v 1'o v 1' | good quality pastry |
| Obverse Column v [1:2] o v 2'2'–o v 2'2' | ordinary quality pastry |
| Obverse Column v [2:3] o v 3'3'–o v 3'3' | pastry made with oil |
| Obverse Column v [3:4] o v 4'4'–o v 4'4' | pastry made with ghee |
| Obverse Column v [4:5] o v 5'5'–o v 5'5' | pastry made with pig lard |
| Obverse Column v [5:6] o v 6'6'–o v 6'6' | pastry made with sheep tallow |
| Obverse Column v [6:7] o v 7'7'–o v 7'7' | pastry made with honey/syrup |
| Obverse Column v [7:8] o v 8'8'–o v 8'8' | white pastry |
| Obverse Column v [8:9] o v 9'9'–o v 9'9' | black pastry |
| Obverse Column v [9:10] o v 10'10'–o v 10'10' | brown pastry |
| Obverse Column v [10:11] o v 11'11'–o v 11'11' | pastry with combined contents |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 22–r i 22 | bread for a funerary ritual |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 33–r i 33 | bread for a ki (...) ceremony |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 44–r i 44 | bread for an igi An ceremony |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 55–r i 55 | bread made with sesame seeds |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 66–r i 66 | bread for a banquet |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 77–r i 77 | type of pastry |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 88–r i 88 | pandunum bread |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 99–r i 99 | pannigu bread |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 1010–r i 1010 | bread for (daily) need |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1111–r i 1111 | (...) bread |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 1212–r i 1212 | (...) bread made with dates |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 1313–r i 1313 | bread made with ripe grain |
| Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 1414–r i 1414 | bread made with old grain |
| Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 1515–r i 1515 | bread made with muš barley |
| Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 1616–r i 1616 | bread made with carobs |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 33–r ii 33 | bread for a ŋarza rite |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 44–r ii 44 | cake made with honey |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 55–r ii 55 | bread for a ration |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 66–r ii 66 | bread for a nidba offering |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 77–r ii 77 | tabulated bread |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 88–r ii 88 | substitute bread |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 99–r ii 99 | bread for the nu'eš official |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 1010–r ii 1010 | bread for a gift |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 1111–r ii 1111 | boiled bread |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 22–r iii 22 | aromatic |
| Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 33–r iii 33 | aromatic |
| Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 44–r iii 44 | aromatic |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 55–r iii 55 | aromatic substance |
| Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 66–r iii 66 | aromatic substance |
| Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 77–r iii 77 | (...) aromatic |
| Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 88–r iii 88 | various aromatics |
| Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 99–r iii 99 | juniper resin |
| Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 1010–r iii 1010 | resin from juniper seeds |
| Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 1111–r iii 1111 | resin of the good reed |
| Reverse Column iii [10:11] r iii 1212–r iii 1212 | resin of the gurum tree |
| Reverse Column iii [11:12] r iii 1313–r iii 1313 | resin of the gurum tree |
| Reverse Column iii [12:13] r iii 1414–r iii 1414 | conifer resin |
| Reverse Column iii [13:14] r iii 1515–r iii 1515 | resin of the damšilum plant |
| Reverse Column iv [0:1] r iv 44–r iv 44 | innuha barley |
| Reverse Column iv [1:2] r iv 55–r iv 55 | harvested grain |
| Reverse Column iv [2:3] r iv 66–r iv 66 | grain that is not harvested |
| Reverse Column iv [3:4] r iv 77–r iv 77 | treaded grain |
| Reverse Column iv [4:5] r iv 88–r iv 88 | grain that is not treaded |
| Reverse Column iv [5:6] r iv 99–r iv 99 | winnowed grain |
| Reverse Column iv [6:7] r iv 1010–r iv 1010 | grain that is not winnowed |
| Reverse Column v [0:1] r v 44–r v 44 | dwarf apple |
| Reverse Column v [1:2] r v 55–r v 55 | apple of the kurdillum plant |
| Reverse Column v [2:3] r v 66–r v 66 | apple of the damšilum plant |
| Reverse Column v [3:4] r v 77–r v 77 | salt |
| Reverse Column v [4:5] r v 88–r v 88 | produce |
| Reverse Column vi [0:1] r vi 33–r vi 33 | fresh black dates |
| Reverse Column vi [1:2] r vi 44–r vi 44 | fresh brown dates |
| Reverse Column vi [2:3] r vi 55–r vi 55 | fresh green dates |
| Reverse Column vi [3:4] r vi 66–r vi 66 | fresh dates (...) in the evening |
| Reverse Column vi [4:5] r vi 77–r vi 77 | fresh green dates |
| Reverse Column vi [5:6] r vi 88–r vi 88 | fresh cooked dates |
| Reverse Column vi [6:7] r vi 99–r vi 99 | selected fresh dates |
| Reverse Column vi [7:8] r vi 1010–r vi 1010 | (...) fresh dates |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | tu7 zahan# | |
| 2' | tu7 zahan x | |
| 3' | tu7 zahan muszen | |
| 4' | tu7 lu-lu-bu-um | |
| 5' | tu7 szu-kam!(HI)-ma | |
| 6' | tu7 sza3-ga | |
| 7' | tu7 ge6 | |
| 8' | tu7# muszen | |
| 9' | [...] HI# | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | {[kasz]}uluszin3# | |
| 4' | {kasz}uluszin3# | |
| 5' | {kasz}uluszin3 mah# | |
| 6' | kasz u4 tab-ba# | |
| 7' | kasz u4 sal-[la] | |
| 8' | kasz# [...] | |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1' | [...] x USZ#? | |
| 2' | [sa]-hi#-in | |
| 3' | agarin4 | |
| 4' | bappir2 | |
| 5' | bappir2# SI-A | |
| 6' | bappir# duru5 | |
| 7' | bappir2# saga# | |
| obverse col 4 | ||
| 1' | [duh] ha#-ha#-la# | |
| 2' | duh# ha!-ha-la!(TUG2) du8 | |
| 3' | zi-kum | |
| 4' | zi gu2-nida | |
| 5' | zi-sig15 | |
| 6' | zi-gu | |
| 7' | zi-gu saga | |
| 8' | zi-gu gen | |
| 9' | zi-gu us2 | |
| 10' | dabin | |
| 11' | zi#-milla | |
| 12' | [zi] sze# sa-a | |
| 13' | [zi]-dub#-dub#-bu# | |
| 14' | [...]-gi# | |
| obverse col 5 | ||
| 1' | ninda-i3-de2-a saga | |
| 2' | ninda-i3-de2-a gen | |
| 3' | ninda-i3-de2-a i3-gesz | |
| 4' | ninda-i3-de2-a i3-nun | |
| 5' | ninda-i3-de2-a i3 szah2 | |
| 6' | ninda-i3-de2-a i3 udu!(LU) | |
| 7' | ninda-i3-de2-a lal3 | |
| 8' | ninda-i3-de2-a babbar | |
| 9' | ninda-i3-de2-a kukku5 | |
| 10' | ninda-i3-de2-a su4-a | |
| 11' | ninda-i3-de2-a tesz2-a se3#-[...] | |
| 12' | ninda [...] | |
| 13' | ninda# [...] | |
| 14' | ninda# x [...] | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] x | |
| 2 | [ninda ki]-se3-[ga] | |
| 3 | [ninda] ki# {d}[...] | |
| 4 | ninda igi an-[na] | |
| 5 | ninda sze gesz-[...] | |
| 6 | ninda geszbun# | |
| 7 | ninda hi-ib-sa2#? | |
| 8 | ninda pa-an-du-nu#-[um] | |
| 9 | ninda pa-na-ni-kum | |
| 10 | ninda szu-kam-ma | |
| 11 | ninda RU | |
| 12 | ninda RU zu2-lum-ma | |
| 13 | ninda sze gibil!(NE) | |
| 14 | ninda sze sumun | |
| 15 | [ninda] sze-musz5 | |
| 16 | [ninda] harub#?-ba | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | ninda# garza | |
| 4 | ninda gi-izi-esz-ta | |
| 5 | ninda kurum6 | |
| 6 | ninda nindaba | |
| 7 | ninda# nig2-gu-la | |
| 8 | ninda dah-hu-um | |
| 9 | ninda nu-esz3 | |
| 10 | ninda szu tak4-a | |
| 11 | ninda# zi#-il#-kum# | |
| 12 | [...]-TE? | |
| 13 | [...] x | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | {+szi-[...]}[szim] | |
| 3 | {+szi-im#}[szim] | |
| 4 | {+szi-im}szim# | |
| 5 | {+mu-lu-ug}SZIM | |
| 6 | {+nu-ug}SZIM | |
| 7 | szim hi-ib | |
| 8 | szim hi-a | |
| 9 | szim li | |
| 10 | szim sze-li | |
| 11 | szim gi du10-ga | |
| 12 | szim GAM-GAM | |
| 13 | szim GAM-GAM-ma | |
| 14 | szim ar-ga-nu-um | |
| 15 | szim dam-szi#-[lum] | |
| reverse col 4 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [sze in-nu]-ha# | |
| 5 | [sze ku5]-da# | |
| 6 | [sze nu-ku5]-da | |
| 7 | [sze us2]-sa | |
| 8 | [sze nu]-us2#-sa | |
| 9 | [sze nir]-ra | |
| 10 | [sze nu-nir]-ra | |
| 11 | [...] x | |
| 12 | [...] x | |
| 13 | [...] x | |
| reverse col 5 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | haszhur!(MA) ba-za | |
| 5 | haszhur!(MA) kur-di-lum | |
| 6 | haszhur!(MA) dam-szi-lum | |
| 7 | mun# | |
| 8 | mun#-gazi#? | |
| 9 | [...] x | |
| 10 | [...] x | |
| 11 | [...] x | |
| reverse col 6 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [u4-hi]-in# kukku5 | |
| 4 | [u4-hi]-in# su4-a | |
| 5 | [u4-hi]-in sig7-sig7 | |
| 6 | [u4-hi-in] TU?-te du11-ga | |
| 7 | u4#-hi#-in# sig7#-sig7# | |
| 8 | [u4-hi]-in# al-sze6#-[ga2] | |
| 9 | u4-hi-in bar-tam# | |
| 10 | u4#-hi#-in# x x | |
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