TMH 08, 08 (P229902)
Lexical; Mathematical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 08, 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229902 |
| Museum no. | HS 1703 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical; Mathematical |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Proust, Christine · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1'1'–o i 1'1' | grandfather |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | ancestor |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3' | offshoot |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | adviser |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | to take counsel |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | millstone |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | to advance |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | to hurry |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | to discuss |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | response |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11' | herald |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12' | registrar for houses |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 13'13'–o i 13'13' | city herald |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14' | chief herald |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15' | herald of the weavers |
| Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16' | Amurru herald |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17' | mayor |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 18'18'–o i 18'18' | general |
| Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 19'19'–o i 19'19' | general commanding troops |
| Obverse Column i [19:20] o i 20'20'–o i 20'20' | general over employable troops |
| Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 21'21'–o i 21'21' | general of Amurru troops |
| Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 22'22'–o i 22'22' | general in charge of the palace |
| Obverse Column i [22:23] o i 23'23'–o i 23'23' | general in charge of the palace gate |
| Obverse Column i [23:24] o i 24'24'–o i 24'24' | overseer |
| Obverse Column i [24:25] o i 25'25'–o i 25'25' | overseer of ox-teams |
| Obverse Column i [25:26] o i 26'26'–o i 26'26' | ox driver |
| Obverse Column i [26:27] o i 27'27'–o i 27'27' | mustered ox driver |
| Obverse Column i [27:28] o i 28'28'–o i 28'28' | rent for an ox |
| Obverse Column i [28:29] o i 29'29'–o i 29'29' | drover |
| Obverse Column i [29:30] o i 30'30'–o i 30'30' | drover |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [ad-ad]-⸢da⸣ | |
| 2' | [pa₄]-⸢bil₂⸣-ga | |
| 3' | ⸢bil₃⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢ad⸣-gi₄-gi₄ | |
| 5' | šag₄ kuš₂-u₃ | |
| 6' | saŋ-ŋar | |
| 7' | saŋ ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | |
| 8' | saŋ šum₂-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 9' | inim šar₂-šar₂ | |
| 10' | ba-an-gi₄ | |
| 11' | niŋir | |
| 12' | ka-ki | |
| 13' | niŋir ⸢iri⸣ | |
| 14' | niŋir ⸢mah⸣ | |
| 15' | niŋir uš-bar | |
| 16' | niŋir mar-tu | |
| 17' | ha-za-nu-um | |
| 18' | šagina | |
| 19' | šagina erin₂ | |
| 20' | šagina erin₂ ⸢sa⸣ gi₄-a | |
| 21' | šagina mar-tu | |
| 22' | šagina e₂-gal | |
| 23' | šagina kan₄ e₂-⸢gal⸣ | |
| 24' | nu-⸢banda₃⸣ | |
| 25' | nu-banda₃ gud | |
| 26' | šag₄-gud | |
| 27' | šag₄-gud(BI) zig₃-ga | |
| 28' | ⸢a₂⸣ gud | |
| 29' | gud-ra₂-us₂ | |
| 30' | ⸢gud⸣-da-ri-⸢a⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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