N 3957 (P230586)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 3957 |
|---|---|
| ID | P230586 |
| Museum no. | N 3957 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1 | (...) beer |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | (...) beer |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33 | (...) beer |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1r ii 1–r ii 1r ii 1 | bread with its head (...) |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33 | sweet ghee |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | (...) ghee |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55 | (...) oil |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66 | cedar oil |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | almond extract |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 1r iii 1 | resin of the gurum tree |
| Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 22–r iii 22 | conifer resin |
| Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 33–r iii 33 | resin of the damšilum plant |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | kasz# [...] | |
| 2 | kasz# [...] | |
| 3 | kasz# [...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | i3 sag-bi x | |
| 2 | i3-nun | |
| 3 | i3-nun du10-ga | |
| 4 | i3-nun la2 | |
| 5 | i3 [...] | |
| 6 | i3 {gesz}[erin] | |
| 7 | i3 szi#-ig#-dum# | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | szim# gam-[...] | |
| 2 | szim ar!-ga-nu-um | |
| 3 | szim# dam-szi-lum | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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