NMSI — (P245216)
Lexical, Ebla, Ebla · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | NMSI — |
|---|---|
| ID | P245216 |
| Museum no. | NMSI — |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Idlib, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Ebla · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Ebla (mod. Tell Mardikh) |
| Coordinates | 35.7990, 36.7983 |
English translation
By Pettinato, Giovanni · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i' 1'1'–r i' 1'1' | probably (a kind of strap) |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i' 2'2'–r i' 2'2' | probably (a kind of rope or of strap as part of the yoke of the plough) |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 3'3'–r i' 3'3' | strap; nerve |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i' 4'4'–r i' 4'4' | water |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i' 5'5'–r i' 5'5' | raising of the eyes |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i' 8'8'–r i' 8'8' | span, palm; half cubit |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r i' | ||
| 1' | [e-saŋ]-⸢kešda⸣ | |
| 2' | [e]-⸢dur-saŋ⸣-ab₂(KAK) | |
| 3' | ⸢e⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢a⸣ | |
| 5' | [igi]-⸢ila₂⸣ | |
| 6' | [a]-⸢HI⸣ | |
| 7' | [šu]-⸢munu₄⸣ | |
| 8' | [šu]-⸢pah⸣ | |
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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