NMSI — (P242220)
Lexical, Ebla, Ebla · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | NMSI — |
|---|---|
| ID | P242220 |
| Museum no. | NMSI — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Ebla · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh) |
| Coordinates | 35.7990, 36.7983 |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse col 4 3' | (a kind of bat) |
| obverse col 4 4' | bat |
| obverse col 4 5' | probably a kind of crab |
| obverse col 5 1 | (a kind of lizard) |
| obverse col 5 2 | (a kind of reptile) |
| obverse col 5 3 | (a kind of reptile) |
| obverse col 5 4 | nurse |
| obverse col 6 1 | viper |
| obverse col 6 2 | (a kind of snake) |
| obverse col 6 3 | horned viper |
| obverse col 6 4 | (a kind of snake) |
| obverse col 6 5 | (a kind of snake) |
| obverse col 6 6 | (a kind of reddish snake) |
| obverse col 7 2' | a kind of mollusc with a shell |
| obverse col 7 3' | moth |
| obverse col 7 4' | flying insect |
| obverse col 7 5' | a kind of flying insect living in the k–su-reeds |
| obverse col 7 6' | a kind of parasite of the donkey, probably horse-fly |
| obverse col 7 7' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| obverse col 7 8' | cricket |
| obverse col 7 9' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| obverse col 7 10' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| obverse col 7 11' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 1 1 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 1 2 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 1 3 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 1 4 | (a kind of big fly) |
| reverse col 1 5 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 1 6 | (a kind of parasite of the donkey, probably) horse-fly |
| reverse col 1 7 | (a kind of flying insect living in the k–su-reeds) |
| reverse col 1 8 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 1 9 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 1 10 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| reverse col 2 1 | (a kind of small louse) |
| reverse col 2 2 | (a kind of louse) |
| reverse col 2 3 | (a kind of pest (who feeds on) figs) |
| reverse col 2 4 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 2 5 | wood-worm |
| reverse col 2 6 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 2 7 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 2 8 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 2 9 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 2 10 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 2 11 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 3 1 | mite infesting the flour |
| reverse col 3 2 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 3 3 | (a kind of insect) |
| reverse col 3 4 | medusa (?) |
| reverse col 3 5 | (a kind of (acquatic) animal (living in colonies?) |
English translation
By Pettinato, Giovanni · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column iv [2:3] o iv 66–o iv 66 | (a kind of bat) |
| Obverse Column iv [3:4] o iv 77–o iv 77 | bat |
| Obverse Column iv [4:5] o iv 3'3'–o iv 3'3' | probably (a kind of crab) |
| Obverse Column v [0:1] o v 1'o v 1'–o v 1'o v 1' | (a kind of lizard) |
| Obverse Column v [1:2] o v 2'2'–o v 2'2' | (a kind of reptile) |
| Obverse Column v [2:3] o v 3'3'–o v 3'3' | (a kind of reptile) |
| Obverse Column v [3:4] o v 4'4'–o v 4'4' | nurse |
| Obverse Column vi [0:1] o vi 1'o vi 1'–o vi 1'o vi 1' | viper |
| Obverse Column vi [1:2] o vi 2'2'–o vi 2'2' | (a kind of snake) |
| Obverse Column vi [2:3] o vi 3'3'–o vi 3'3' | horned viper |
| Obverse Column vi [3:4] o vi 4'4'–o vi 4'4' | (a kind of snake) |
| Obverse Column vi [4:5] o vi 5'5'–o vi 5'5' | (a kind of snake) |
| Obverse Column vi [5:6] o vi 6'6'–o vi 6'6' | (a kind of reddish snake) |
| Obverse Column vii [1:2] o vii 2'2'–o vii 2'2' | (a kind of mollusc with a shell) |
| Obverse Column vii [2:3] o vii 3'3'–o vii 3'3' | moth |
| Obverse Column vii [3:4] o vii 4'4'–o vii 4'4' | flying insect |
| Obverse Column vii [4:5] o vii 5'5'–o vii 5'5' | (a kind of flying insect living in the k–su-reeds) |
| Obverse Column vii [5:6] o vii 6'6'–o vii 6'6' | (a kind of parasite of the donkey, probably) horse-fly |
| Obverse Column vii [6:7] o vii 7'7'–o vii 7'7' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Obverse Column vii [7:8] o vii 8'8'–o vii 8'8' | cricket |
| Obverse Column vii [8:9] o vii 9'9'–o vii 9'9' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Obverse Column vii [9:10] o vii 10'10'–o vii 10'10' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Obverse Column vii [10:11] o vii 11'11'–o vii 11'11' | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 44–r i 44 | (a kind of big fly) |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 55–r i 55 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66 | (a kind of parasite of the donkey, probably) horse-fly |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 77–r i 77 | (a kind of flying insect living in the k–su-reeds) |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 88–r i 88 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 99–r i 99 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1010–r i 1010 | (a kind of flying insect) |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1r ii 1–r ii 1r ii 1 | (a kind of small louse) |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22 | (a kind of louse) |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33 | (a kind of pest (who feeds on) figs) |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55 | wood-worm |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 1r iii 1 | mite infesting the flour |
| Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 22–r iii 22 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 33–r iii 33 | (a kind of insect) |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 44–r iii 44 | medusa (?) |
| Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 55–r iii 55 | (a kind of (acquatic) animal (living in colonies?) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | gu4:du7 | |
| 2' | gu4:sumun2 | |
| 3' | ab2:sumun2 | |
| 4' | ab2!(GU4):ga | |
| 5' | ab2 | |
| 6' | ab2:|GAR.UD| | |
| 7' | ab2:peszx(|SZA3xMUNUS|) | |
| 8' | ab2:amar-gaba | |
| 9' | ab2:pesz | |
| 10' | gu4:|E2.GEME2| | |
| 11' | gu4-nig2-ZUM | |
| 12' | gu4:niga | |
| 13' | gu4:2(disz) | |
| 14' | amar:1(disz) | |
| 15' | amar munus | |
| 16' | |GU4xBAD| | |
| 17' | [...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | sila4#-[zi-li] | |
| 2' | masz2 | |
| 3' | masz2:nim | |
| 4' | masz2:sig | |
| 5' | udu-szu-ki-DU# | |
| 6' | udu-nig2-ki-za | |
| 7' | [...] | |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1' | [masz-si]-da3 | |
| 2' | dara3 | |
| 3' | szegbarx(LAK263){+bar!} | |
| 4' | lulim#? | |
| 5' | az | |
| 6' | giri17-ma | |
| obverse col 4 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | pirig-bar | |
| 3' | su-ansze! | |
| 4' | su{muszen} | |
| 5' | ku5#-da | |
| obverse col 5 | ||
| 1 | nin#-hu-da | |
| 2 | za-ri2-HUL2 | |
| 3 | HUL2 | |
| 4 | me#-da-gir2 | |
| obverse col 6 | ||
| 1 | musz#:[AMA] | |
| 2 | musz:[ba]-dur# | |
| 3 | musz:mah | |
| 4 | musz:AN | |
| 5 | musz:URUDU | |
| 6 | musz:gesztin | |
| obverse col 7 | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-[...] | |
| 2' | [ba]-{+a}arinax(|MUSZ:MUSZ|){na} | |
| 3' | za-zu2 | |
| 4' | bir5 | |
| 5' | bir5-gi-<zi> | |
| 6' | bir5-ansze | |
| 7' | bir5-zi-zi-nu | |
| 8' | bir5-zum | |
| 9' | bir5-zi-du-zi-tum | |
| 10' | bir5-dal-dal | |
| 11' | bir5-kur | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | bir5-sa-um | |
| 2 | bir5-PI-zi-LUM | |
| 3 | bir5-armanux(LAK263){+ma-nun} | |
| 4 | bir5-sahar | |
| 5 | bir5-de3 | |
| 6 | bir5-ansze | |
| 7 | bir5-gi-<zi> | |
| 8 | bir5-DAR | |
| 9 | bir5-ditanx(ELLES160) | |
| 10 | bir5-lu2-A | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | uman-tur | |
| 2 | uman-DU | |
| 3 | zi-zi-pesz3 | |
| 4 | uduax(LAK777)-<dara4> | |
| 5 | uman-gesz-ur3 | |
| 6 | IM | |
| 7 | NIN-TAG | |
| 8 | {nin}sa-ba | |
| 9 | NIN-GIR2@g-LUM | |
| 10 | szika-udu-mes | |
| 11 | sahar-NE:NE-tum | |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | sze-a-sa | |
| 2 | MA-DI | |
| 3 | MA-DAR | |
| 4 | |LAGAR+HUL2| | |
| 5 | |LAGAR+HUL2|-|LAGAR+HUL2| | |
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