HS 1814 (P229972)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | HS 1814 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229972 |
| Museum no. | HS 1814 |
| 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 Column i [2:3] o i' 3'3'–o i' 3'3' | House: Brickwork worthy of the Me's (temple of Inana at Isin) |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i' 5'5'–o i' 5'5' | House, Mountain range of the Land (Temple of Inana at Kiš) |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i' 6'6'–o i' 6'6' | Temple of Inana at Ulmaš |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i' 7'7'–o i' 7'7' | House of Joy (a temple of Inana) |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i' 8'8'–o i' 8'8' | House, Dais of the Throne (Temple of Inana at Nippur) |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i' 9'9'–o i' 9'9' | House: Bond of Heaven and Netherworld (Temple of Inana at Nippur) |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i' 10'10'–o i' 10'10' | House of the True Me's (Temple of Enki) |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i' 11'11'–o i' 11'11' | House of Heaven (temple of An and Inana at Uruk) |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i' 12'12'–o i' 12'12' | House of Seven Niches (part of the Eana at Uruk) |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i' 13'13'–o i' 13'13' | House of the Happy Heart (Temple of Inana at Kazallu) |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii' 1'1'–o ii' 1'1' | water clock |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii' 2'2'–o ii' 2'2' | drawer of water |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii' 3'3'–o ii' 3'3' | running water |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii' 4'4'–o ii' 4'4' | its running water |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii' 5'5'–o ii' 5'5' | water running above |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii' 6'6'–o ii' 6'6' | sweat |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii' 7'7'–o ii' 7'7' | sweat = excrement |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii' 8'8'–o ii' 8'8' | water side |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii' 10'10'–o ii' 10'10' | furious water |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii' 11'11'–o ii' 11'11' | drinking furious water |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii' 12'12'–o ii' 12'12' | pure water |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1 | a disease |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | fish roe |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33 | derision |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 44–r i 44 | to deride |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66 | water that passes during the day |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 77–r i 77 | to irrigate |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 88–r i 88 | water of a claim |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 99–r i 99 | to irrigate (by flooding) |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1010–r i 1010 | not irrigated |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1r ii 1–r ii 1r ii 1 | drawing water for the third time |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | river water |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55 | water of the ordeal river |
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' | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢an⸣-na | |
| 3' | [e₂-šeg₁₂]-⸢me⸣-še₃-tum₃ | |
| 5' | [e₂] ⸢hur⸣-saŋ-galam-ma | |
| 6' | ⸢e₂⸣-ul-maš | |
| 7' | ⸢e₂⸣-kiri₃-⸢zal⸣ | |
| 8' | ⸢e₂⸣-barag-dur₂-ŋar-ra | |
| 9' | ⸢e₂⸣ dur-an-ki | |
| 10' | e₂-me-zid-da | |
| 11' | e₂-an-na | |
| 12' | e₂-ub-imin | |
| 13' | e₂-šag₄-hul₂-la | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢a la₂ {{ ma⸣-al-⸢ta⸣ }} | |
| 2' | a ⸢la₂⸣-e {{ ša }} | |
| 3' | a du-u₃ {{ ha-ba }} | |
| 4' | a du-u₃-bi | |
| 5' | a du-u₃ an-ta | |
| 6' | a-bar-ra {{ SU }} | |
| 7' | a-bar-ra {{ zu-um }} | |
| 8' | a bar-ra {{ sa₃ }} | |
| 9' | a-ra-an-gi₄ | |
| 10' | a huš | |
| 11' | a huš ⸢naŋ⸣ | |
| 12' | a gub₂-ba | |
| 13' | a ⸢x-x⸣ | |
| 14' | a ⸢x-x⸣ | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | a-ri-[a] | |
| 2 | a-ŋar-ŋar | |
| 3 | a-tar | |
| 4 | a-tar dug₄-dug₄ | |
| 5 | er₂ LI-ma | |
| 6 | a ud zal-la | |
| 7 | a dug₄-ga | |
| 8 | a inim-ŋal₂ | |
| 9 | ⸢a⸣ de₂ | |
| 10 | [a] ⸢nu⸣-de₂ | |
| 11 | [...]-ta | |
| 12 | [...]-⸢ta⸣ | |
| 13 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [a] šu eš₅ bala | |
| 2 | [a] ⸢im⸣ bar-ra | |
| 3 | [a] ⸢im⸣ bar-ra | |
| 4 | [a] ⸢id₂⸣-da | |
| 5 | [a id₂-lu₂-ru]-⸢gu₂⸣ | |
| 6 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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