HS 1831 (P229983)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | HS 1831 |
|---|---|
| ID | P229983 |
| Museum no. | HS 1831 |
| 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 [5:6] o i' 6'6'–o i' 6'6' | silty water |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i' 7'7'–o i' 7'7' | water deposited on the bank (of a river) |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i' 22–r i' 22 | star fly |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i' 33–r i' 33 | ghee fly |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 44–r i' 44 | womb fly |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii' 1r ii 1–r ii' 1r ii 1 | sow |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii' 22–r ii' 22 | ant |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii' 33–r ii' 33 | winged ant |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii' 44–r ii' 44 | red ant |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii' 55–r ii' 55 | green anr |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii' 66–r ii' 66 | type of insect |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii' 77–r ii' 77 | type of insect |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 1' | [a] ⸢x⸣-[x] | |
| 2' | ⸢a⸣ [x] | |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣-gar₅ | |
| 4' | a gu₂ SAL | |
| 5' | a gu₃ SAL | |
| 6' | a gu₂-en-na | |
| 7' | a gu₂ niŋ₂ ŋar-ŋar | |
| r i' | ||
| 2 | nim [...] | |
| 3 | nim ⸢i₃⸣-[nun] | |
| 4 | nim ⸢bi₂⸣-[bi₂-a IGI@g-EN];-IGI@g-⸢EN⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | megidaₓ(KUN) | |
| 2 | ⸢kiši₈⸣ | |
| 3 | ⸢kiši₈⸣ dal-dal | |
| 4 | ⸢kiši₈⸣ su₄-a | |
| 5 | ⸢kiši₈⸣ sig₇-sig₇ | |
| 6 | ⸢mul⸣-da-mul | |
| 7 | [da]-⸢da-mul⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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