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HS 1671 (P229879)

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

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DesignationHS 1671
IDP229879
Museum no.HS 1671
CollectionHilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLexical
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

By ORACC project dcclt · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2'bird wing
Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8'spreading branches
Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9'bud
Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10'cut branch
Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11'cut branch
Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14'en priest
Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15'lagar priest
Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16'nuʾeš priest
Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17'purification priest
Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1skin
Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22ox skin
Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33sheep skin
Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 44–r i 44fat-tailed sheep skin
Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 55–r i 55male goat skin
Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66female goat skin
Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 77–r i 77female kid skin
Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 88–r i 88wild bull skin
Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 99–r i 99elephant skin
Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1010–r i 1010camel skin
Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 1111–r i 1111wild cow skin
Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 1212–r i 1212hyena skin
Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 1313–r i 1313wild goat skin
Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 1414–r i 1414wild ram skin
Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1r ii 1–r ii 1r ii 1gazelle skin
Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22gazelle young skin
Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33cat skin
Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44wild cat skin
Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55fox skin
Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66kuda skin
Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77chameleon skin
Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88lion skin
Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99lioness skin
Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010wolf skin
Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111dog skin
Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 1212–r ii 1212dog skin
Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 1313–r ii 1313lion cub skin
Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 1414–r ii 1414puppy skin
Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 1r iii 1field mouse skin
Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 22–r iii 22speckled-face mouse skin
Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 33–r iii 33niŋgilima rodent skin
Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 44–r iii 44niŋgilima rodent skin
Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 55–r iii 55shrew skin
Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 66–r iii 66mongoose skin
Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 77–r iii 77mongoose-like rodent skin
Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 88–r iii 88leather straps
Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 99–r iii 99ring for straps
Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 1010–r iii 1010leather sack
Reverse Column iii [10:11] r iii 1111–r iii 1111leather water skin

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o i
1'⸢x x⸣-[...]
2'pa-⸢mušen-na⸣ [...]
3'|PA.X|
4'|PA.X|
5'|PA.PA|⸢ŋa₂⸣
6'|PA.PA|⸢ŋa₂⸣
7'pa ⸢x-x⸣
8'pa-⸢mul⸣
9'⸢pa⸣-pa-al
10'pa ⸢kud⸣
11'pa kud
12'pa kug SUD
13'pa mu-su₃
14'en
15'lagar
16'nu-eš₃
17'gudug
r i
1⸢kuš⸣
2kuš gud
3kuš udu
4kuš gukkal
5kuš maš₂
6⸢kuš⸣ uzud
7kuš {munus}⸢aš₂-gar₃⸣
8kuš am
9kuš am-si
10kuš am-si kur-ra
11⸢kuš⸣ sumun₂
12⸢kuš⸣ kir₄
13⸢kuš durah⸣
14⸢kuš durah-maš⸣
r ii
1⸢kuš maš-da₃⸣
2kuš ⸢amar⸣ maš-⸢da₃⸣
3⸢kuš⸣ su-a
4kuš su-a-ri
5⸢kuš⸣ ka₅-a
6kuš kud-da
7⸢kuš⸣ ban₂-HU
8kuš ur-⸢mah⸣
9kuš ur-nig
10kuš ur₂-bar-ra
11kuš ⸢ur⸣-gi₇
12kuš ur-ki
13[kuš] ⸢ur⸣-di
14[kuš ur]-⸢tur⸣
r iii
1⸢kuš peš₂-a-šag₄-ga⸣
2kuš peš₂-igi-⸢gun₃⸣
3kuš peš₂-niŋ₂-gilim-ma
4kuš peš₂-niŋ₂-gilim-gilim-⸢ma⸣
5⸢kuš⸣ peš₂-{⸢dug}sila₃-gaz⸣
6kuš {d}nin-ka₆
7⸢kuš⸣ {d}nin-⸢ka₆⸣-maš-maš
8{kuš}⸢x⸣ la₂-la₂
9{⸢kuš}har⸣ la₂-la₂
10{⸢kuš}a-ŋa₂-la₂⸣
11{⸢kuš}ummud⸣
12{[kuš]}⸢x⸣-la₂

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