HS 1772 (P229942)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | HS 1772 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229942 |
| Museum no. | HS 1772 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | field at a canal that may be crossed on foot |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | field of the shovel |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | true hand of An field |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | small field |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | field behind the small field |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | field at the great reed thicket |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | long-sided field |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | field at the brackish inlet |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i' 2'2'–r i' 2'2' | termite |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 3'3'–r i' 3'3' | fly |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i' 4'4'–r i' 4'4' | dust fly |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i' 5'5'–r i' 5'5' | lion fly |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i' 6'6'–r i' 6'6' | lioness fly |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i' 7'7'–r i' 7'7' | wolf fly |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i' 8'8'–r i' 8'8' | domestic dog fly |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i' 9'9'–r i' 9'9' | badger fly |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i' 10'10'–r i' 10'10' | cub fly |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i' 11'11'–r i' 11'11' | star fly |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i' 12'12'–r i' 12'12' | womb fly |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii' 2'2'–r ii' 2'2' | turtle |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii' 4'4'–r ii' 4'4' | turtle |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii' 5'5'–r ii' 5'5' | turtle |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii' 6'6'–r ii' 6'6' | pig |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii' 7'7'–r ii' 7'7' | wild pig |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii' 8'8'–r ii' 8'8' | daily pig |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii' 9'9'–r ii' 9'9' | fattened pig |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii' 10'10'–r ii' 10'10' | Magan pig |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii' 11'11'–r ii' 11'11' | oath pig |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii' 12'12'–r ii' 12'12' | pig owned by a lord |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii' 13'13'–r ii' 13'13' | piglet |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii' 14'14'–r ii' 14'14' | sow |
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 | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x-x⸣ | |
| 2' | [a-šag₄ id₂] ⸢ŋir₃⸣-ta ⸢bala⸣ | |
| 3' | [a-šag₄] ⸢mar-ra⸣ | |
| 4' | [a-šag₄ šu] zid an-⸢na⸣ | |
| 5' | [a-šag₄] ⸢ban₃⸣-da | |
| 6' | [a-šag₄] ⸢egir⸣ ban₃-da | |
| 7' | [a-šag₄] ŋeš-gi mah | |
| 8' | [a-šag₄] us₂ gid₂-da | |
| 9' | [a-šag₄] ⸢ka⸣ mun₄ | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | umanₓ(|HI×AŠ₂|) [...] | |
| 2' | umanₓ(|HI×AŠ₂|) ŋeš-⸢ur₃⸣-[ra] | |
| 3' | [nim] | |
| 4' | nim sahar-[ra] | |
| 5' | nim ur-[mah] | |
| 6' | nim ur-[nig] | |
| 7' | nim ur-bar-[ra] | |
| 8' | nim ur-[gi₇] | |
| 9' | nim ur-[ki] | |
| 10' | nim ur-[dib] | |
| 11' | nim ⸢mul⸣ | |
| 12' | nim bi₂-[bi₂-a] ⸢IGI@g-EN⸣-[IGI@g-EN] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x⸣ maš-⸢maš⸣ | |
| 2' | [niŋ₂]-⸢bun₂-na⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢eme⸣-ŠID | |
| 4' | uh | |
| 5' | [ba]-al-gi₄ | |
| 6' | šah₂ | |
| 7' | ⸢šah₂⸣ ŋeš-gi | |
| 8' | [šah₂] ⸢ud⸣-šu₂-uš | |
| 9' | [šah₂] niga | |
| 10' | [šah₂ ma₂]-⸢gan⸣ | |
| 11' | [šah₂ nam]-⸢erim₂⸣ | |
| 12' | [šah₂ nam-en]-⸢ak⸣ | |
| 13' | [šah₂] ⸢tur⸣ | |
| 14' | megidaₓ(KUN) | |
Sources & licences
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