HS 1442 (P229763)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | HS 1442 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229763 |
| Museum no. | HS 1442 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| 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 ORACC project dcclt · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | crippled sheep |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | limping sheep |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | fallen sheep |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | sheep separated from the herd |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | mountain sheep |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | ... sheep |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | sheep eaten by a god |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | sheep eaten by a lion |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢udu⸣ ad₄ | |
| 2' | udu kud-kud-ra₂ | |
| 3' | ⸢udu⸣ degₓ(RI)degₓ(RI)ga | |
| 4' | ⸢udu⸣ na degₓ(RI)ga | |
| 5' | udu kur-ra | |
| 6' | ⸢udu⸣ HI-gi-na | |
| 7' | ⸢udu⸣ diŋir-e ⸢gu₇⸣-a | |
| 8' | ⸢udu ur-mah⸣-e ⸢gu₇-a⸣ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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