CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 037 (P247526)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Lexical 000001, ex. 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P247526 |
| Museum no. | Ist Š 0357 + Ist Š 0376a-k |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) |
| Coordinates | 31.8383, 45.4810 |
English translation
By Veldhuis, Niek · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| surface a1 col 1 3 | crippled sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 4 | fattened sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 5 | good quality fattened sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 6 | fattened sheep of the cowherd |
| surface a1 col 1 7 | breeder ram |
| surface a1 col 1 8 | "roof" sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 9 | trimmed sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 10 | sheep of the maszdaria payment |
| surface a1 col 1 11 | sheep of the diviner |
| surface a1 col 1 12 | long-haired sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 13 | fallen sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 14 | sheep separated from the herd |
| surface a1 col 1 15 | sheep eaten by a god |
| surface a1 col 1 16 | sheep eaten by a lion |
| surface a1 col 1 18 | expended sheep |
| surface a1 col 1 20 | sheep herded for its owner |
| surface a1 col 1 21 | sheep of the oath |
| surface a1 col 2 8 | pot-bellied sheep |
| surface a1 col 2 9 | pot-bellied sheep |
| surface a1 col 2 11 | sheep for the terzum ritual |
| surface a1 col 2 13 | plucked sheep |
| surface a1 col 2 14 | plucked mountain sheep |
| surface a1 col 2 19' | sheep of the cult place of the moon |
| surface a1 col 2 21' | sheep with wool |
| surface a1 col 2 27' | sheep for an offering |
| surface a1 col 3 2' | female lamb |
| surface a1 col 3 5' | female lamb plucked once |
| surface a2 col 1 2' | wolf skin |
| surface a2 col 1 3' | dog skin |
| surface a2 col 1 4' | hyena skin |
| surface a2 col 1 5' | tiger skin |
| surface a2 col 1 6' | jackal? skin |
| surface a2 col 1 7' | gazelle skin |
| surface a2 col 1 8' | skin of a young gazelle |
| surface a2 col 1 9' | lion skin |
| surface a2 col 1 10' | leopard skin |
| surface a2 col 1 11' | fox skin |
| surface a2 col 1 12' | skin of a fox [pup?] |
| surface a2 col 2 2' | whip |
| surface a2 col 2 3' | ... whip |
| surface a2 col 2 4' | sling |
| surface a2 col 2 5' | strap of a sling |
| surface a2 col 2 9' | leather membrane of the balag drum |
| surface a2 col 2 10' | leather membrane of Nansze's balag drum |
| surface a2 col 2 12' | decorative rosette made of leather |
| surface a2 col 2 14' | leather strap |
| surface a2 col 2 15' | kind of leather strap |
| surface a2 col 2 17' | ... shield |
| surface a2 col 2 25' | leather fastened with glue |
| surface a2 col 2 26' | leather with gold inlay, fastened with glue |
| surface a2 col 2 27' | leather shield |
| surface a2 col 2 28' | leather container |
| surface a2 col 2 30' | leather screen |
| surface a2 col 3 7' | white ox |
| surface a2 col 3 8' | black ox |
| surface a2 col 3 9' | brown ox |
| surface a2 col 3 10' | speckled ox |
| surface a2 col 3 11' | yellow ox |
| surface a2 col 3 12' | old ox |
| surface a2 col 3 17' | ox with two horns |
| surface a2 col 3 23' | sick cow |
| surface a2 col 3 24' | cow that is booty |
| surface a2 col 3 25' | white cow |
| surface a2 col 3 26' | black cow |
| surface a2 col 3 27' | brown cow |
| surface a2 col 3 28' | speckled cow |
| surface a2 col 3 29' | yellow cow |
| surface a2 col 3 34' | cow that has given birth |
| surface a2 col 3 35' | calf |
| surface a3 col 3 2' | nanny-goat |
| surface a3 col 3 3' | nanny-goat with kid that is unable to walk |
| surface a3 col 3 4' | nanny-goat with kid that walks |
| surface a3 col 3 5' | nanny-goat that has given birth |
| surface a3 col 3 6' | nanny-goat that has not given birth |
| surface a3 col 3 8' | white nanny-goat |
| surface a3 col 3 9' | black nanny-goat |
| surface a3 col 3 10' | brown nanny-goat |
English translation
By Kienast, Burkhart · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| a Column i [0:1] a i 03'03'–a i 03'03' | crippled sheep |
| a Column i [1:2] a i 04'04'–a i 04'04' | fattened sheep |
| a Column i [2:3] a i 05'05'–a i 05'05' | good quality fattened sheep |
| a Column i [3:4] a i 06'06'–a i 06'06' | fattened sheep of the cowherd (low quality grain-fed sheep) |
| a Column i [4:5] a i 07'07'–a i 07'07' | breeder ram |
| a Column i [5:6] a i 08'08'–a i 08'08' | "roof" sheep |
| a Column i [6:7] a i 09'09'–a i 09'09' | trimmed sheep |
| a Column i [7:8] a i 10'10'–a i 10'10' | sheep of the mašdaria payment |
| a Column i [8:9] a i 11'11'–a i 11'11' | sheep of the diviner |
| a Column i [9:10] a i 12'12'–a i 12'12' | long-haired sheep |
| a Column i [10:11] a i 13'13'–a i 13'13' | fallen sheep |
| a Column i [11:12] a i 14'14'–a i 14'14' | sheep separated from the herd |
| a Column i [12:13] a i 15'15'–a i 15'15' | sheep eaten by a god |
| a Column i [13:14] a i 16'16'–a i 16'16' | sheep eaten by a lion |
| a Column i [15:16] a i 18'18'–a i 18'18' | expended sheep |
| a Column i [17:18] a i 20'20'–a i 20'20' | prime quality sheep |
| a Column i [18:19] a i 21'21'–a i 21'21' | sheep of the oath |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] ii 0808–ii 0808 | pot-bellied sheep |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] ii 0909–ii 0909 | pot-bellied sheep |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] ii 1111–ii 1111 | sheep for the terzum ritual |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] ii 1313–ii 1313 | plucked sheep |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] ii 1414–ii 1414 | plucked mountain sheep |
| Obverse Column ii [15:16] ii 2626–ii 2626 | sheep of the cult place of the moon |
| Obverse Column ii [17:18] ii 2828–ii 2828 | sheep with wool |
| Obverse Column ii [21:22] ii 3'3'–ii 3'3' | sheep for an offering |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] iii 3'3'–iii 3'3' | female lamb |
| Obverse Column iii [4:5] iii 6'6'–iii 6'6' | female lamb plucked once |
| b Column i [0:1] b i 2'2'–b i 2'2' | wolf skin |
| b Column i [1:2] b i 3'3'–b i 3'3' | dog skin |
| b Column i [2:3] b i 4'4'–b i 4'4' | hyena skin |
| b Column i [3:4] b i 5'5'–b i 5'5' | tiger skin |
| b Column i [4:5] b i 6'6'–b i 6'6' | jackal skin |
| b Column i [5:6] b i 7'7'–b i 7'7' | gazelle skin |
| b Column i [6:7] b i 8'8'–b i 8'8' | skin of a young gazelle |
| b Column i [7:8] b i 9'9'–b i 9'9' | lion skin |
| b Column i [8:9] b i 10'10'–b i 10'10' | leopard skin |
| b Column i [9:10] b i 11'11'–b i 11'11' | fox skin |
| b Column i [10:11] b i 12'12'–b i 12'12' | skin of a fox [pup?] |
| b Column ii [0:1] b ii 2'2'–b ii 2'2' | whip |
| b Column ii [1:2] b ii 3'3'–b ii 3'3' | ... whip |
| b Column ii [2:3] b ii 4'4'–b ii 4'4' | sling |
| b Column ii [3:4] b ii 5'5'–b ii 5'5' | strap of a sling |
| b Column ii [7:8] b ii 9'9'–b ii 9'9' | leather membrane of the balaŋ drum |
| b Column ii [8:9] b ii 10'10'–b ii 10'10' | leather membrane of Nanše's balaŋ drum |
| b Column ii [10:11] b ii 12'12'–b ii 12'12' | decorative rosette made of leather |
| b Column ii [12:13] b ii 14'14'–b ii 14'14' | leather strap |
| b Column ii [13:14] b ii 15'15'–b ii 15'15' | kind of leather strap |
| b Column ii [15:16] b ii 17'17'–b ii 17'17' | ... shield |
| b Column ii [21:22] b ii 25'25'–b ii 25'25' | leather fastened with glue |
| b Column ii [22:23] b ii 26'26'–b ii 26'26' | leather with gold inlay, fastened with glue |
| b Column ii [23:24] b ii 27'27'–b ii 27'27' | leather shield |
| b Column ii [24:25] b ii 28'28'–b ii 28'28' | leather container |
| b Column ii [26:27] b ii 30'30'–b ii 30'30' | leather screen |
| b Column iii [5:6] b iii 7'7'–b iii 7'7' | white ox |
| b Column iii [6:7] b iii 8'8'–b iii 8'8' | black ox |
| b Column iii [7:8] b iii 9'9'–b iii 9'9' | brown ox |
| b Column iii [8:9] b iii 10'10'–b iii 10'10' | speckled ox |
| b Column iii [9:10] b iii 11'11'–b iii 11'11' | yellow ox |
| b Column iii [10:11] b iii 12'12'–b iii 12'12' | old ox |
| b Column iii [15:16] b iii 17'17'–b iii 17'17' | ox with two horns |
| b Column iii [21:22] b iii 23'23'–b iii 23'23' | sick cow |
| b Column iii [22:23] b iii 24'24'–b iii 24'24' | cow that is booty |
| b Column iii [23:24] b iii 25'25'–b iii 25'25' | white cow |
| b Column iii [24:25] b iii 26'26'–b iii 26'26' | black cow |
| b Column iii [25:26] b iii 27'27'–b iii 27'27' | brown cow |
| b Column iii [26:27] b iii 28'28'–b iii 28'28' | speckled cow |
| b Column iii [27:28] b iii 29'29'–b iii 29'29' | yellow cow |
| b Column iii [32:33] b iii 34'34'–b iii 34'34' | cow that has given birth |
| b Column iii [33:34] b iii 35'35'–b iii 35'35' | calf |
| b Column iii [0:1] b iii frg.e 2'2'–b iii frg.e 2'2' | nanny-goat |
| b Column iii [1:2] b iii frg.e 3'3'–b iii frg.e 3'3' | nanny-goat with kid that is unable to walk |
| b Column iii [2:3] b iii frg.e 4'4'–b iii frg.e 4'4' | nanny-goat with kid that walks |
| b Column iii [3:4] b iii frg.e 5'5'–b iii frg.e 5'5' | nanny-goat that has given birth |
| b Column iii [4:5] b iii frg.e 6'6'–b iii frg.e 6'6' | nanny-goat that has not given birth |
| b Column iii [6:7] b iii frg.e 8'8'–b iii frg.e 8'8' | white nanny-goat |
| b Column iii [7:8] b iii frg.e 9'9'–b iii frg.e 9'9' | black nanny-goat |
| b Column iii [8:9] b iii frg.e 10'10'–b iii frg.e 10'10' | brown nanny-goat |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a1 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [udu] ku5-ku5-ra2# | |
| 4 | udu# niga | |
| 5 | udu# niga saga | |
| 6 | udu# niga gu4-us2-sa | |
| 7 | udu# gesz-du3-a | |
| 8 | udu# ur3-ra | |
| 9 | [udu] szu#? ur3-ra | |
| 10 | [udu masz2]-da#-ri-a | |
| 11 | [udu] masz2#-szu-gid2-gid2 | |
| 12 | [udu] zulumhi!(|SIK2.BU|) | |
| 13 | [udu] de5-de5-ga | |
| 14 | [udu] na de5-ga | |
| 15 | [udu] dingir-e gu7-[a] | |
| 16 | [udu] ur-mah gu7#-[a] | |
| 17 | [udu] te-x | |
| 18 | [udu] zi-ga# | |
| 19 | udu#-[...] | |
| 20 | [udu] nam-urunx(EN)-[na] | |
| 21 | [udu] nam-erim2#-[ma] | |
| 22 | [...] | |
| 23 | [...] | |
| 24 | [...] | |
| 25 | [udu ...]-ra# | |
| 26 | [udu ...]-ra | |
| 27 | [udu ...]-ra | |
| 28 | [udu ...]-x-ra | |
| 29 | [udu ...]-ra | |
| 30 | [udu ...] dingir-ra | |
| 31 | [udu ...]-ra | |
| surface a1 col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | udu [...] | |
| 5 | udu [...] | |
| 6 | udu du7#-[du7] | |
| 7 | udu saga#-[...] | |
| 8 | udu gur4-[gur4] | |
| 9 | udu gur4-[gur4] | |
| 10 | udu x-x-[...] | |
| 11 | udu# ti-ri2#-[zum] | |
| 12 | udu# USZ-[...] | |
| 13 | udu# zu2-si-[ga] | |
| 14 | udu# zu2-si-ga kur-[ra] | |
| 15 | udu# zu2-si-ga-x-[...] | |
| 16 | [udu x] ga [...] | |
| 17 | [udu x] gig?-[...] | |
| 18 | [udu x] dingir#-ra | |
| 19' | udu ki {d}suen-[na] | |
| 20' | udu sag-[...] | |
| 21' | udu bar-gal2?-la# | |
| 22' | udu min a2#?-[...] | |
| 23' | udu gal-[...] | |
| 24' | x x-[...] | |
| 24' | x x-[...] | |
| 25' | [...] | |
| 26' | udu x-[...] | |
| 27' | udu gesz [tag-ga] | |
| 28' | [...] | |
| 29' | [...] x [...] | |
| 30' | [...] A2? | |
| surface a1 col 3 | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | kir11 | |
| 3' | [...] gal2 | |
| 4' | kir11# gesz3 nu-zu | |
| 5' | kir11#? ASZ-ur4 | |
| surface a2 col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | [kusz ur-bar]-ra | |
| 3' | [kusz ur]-gi7-ra | |
| 4' | [kusz] kir4 | |
| 5' | [kusz ur]-szub5 | |
| 6' | [kusz ur]-szub5-gu4 | |
| 7' | [kusz] masz#-da3 | |
| 8' | [kusz amar] masz-da3 | |
| 9' | [kusz] pirig | |
| 10' | [kusz] nemurx(|PIRIG.TUR|)# | |
| 11' | [kusz] ka5-a | |
| 12' | [kusz x] ka5#-a# | |
| surface a2 col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | {kusz}usan3-[...] | |
| 3' | {kusz}usan3 zi#-um? | |
| 4' | {kusz}dal-usz2 | |
| 5' | {kusz}a2# dal-usz2 | |
| 6' | {kusz}sag si | |
| 7' | {kusz}sag si-sa2 | |
| 8' | {kusz}a-gan | |
| 9' | kusz balag | |
| 10' | kusz balag {[d?]}na-zi | |
| 11' | {kusz#}sag-ti | |
| 12' | {kusz#}ul | |
| 13' | {kusz#}ul szu-numun-na-ab? | |
| 14' | {kusz#}a2#-si | |
| 15' | {kusz#}a2-si da-ba | |
| 16' | {kusz#}LU2#?-KI? | |
| 17' | {kusz#}gur21# erin2 | |
| 18' | {kusz#}gur21# [...] | |
| 19' | {kusz#}gur21# [...] | |
| 20' | {kusz#}gur21 [...] | |
| 21' | {kusz#}gur21 [...] | |
| 22' | [...] | |
| 23' | [...] | |
| 24' | [kusz ...]-x-szu-[...] | |
| 25' | [kusz] sze-gin2 | |
| 26' | kusz# sze-gin2 ku3-sig17 | |
| 27' | {kusz}ga-ba-bu-um | |
| 28' | {kusz}pa-ti-ha-tum | |
| 29' | {kusz}GISZ-LU-[...] | |
| 30' | {kusz}ma-ri-nu#-um# | |
| surface a2 col 3 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | gu4# [...] | |
| 3' | gu4# [...] | |
| 4' | gu4# x-[...] | |
| 5' | gu4# [...] | |
| 6' | gu4# [...] | |
| 7' | gu4# babbar# | |
| 8' | gu4# giggi# | |
| 9' | [gu4] su13-a | |
| 10' | gu4# [gun3]-a | |
| 11' | gu4 [sig7]-sig7# | |
| 12' | gu4 szu-gi4# | |
| 13' | gu4 x-x | |
| 14' | gu4 KA-min | |
| 15' | gu4 ba?-da | |
| 16' | gu4# [...]-BU#? | |
| 17' | gu4 si min gal2 | |
| 18' | gu4 al#-gesz-ra | |
| 19' | gu4# al#-hul-a | |
| 20' | gu4# x-x | |
| 21' | ab2# [...]-x | |
| 22' | ab2 us2#?-sag-x | |
| 23' | ab2 tur5-ra | |
| 24' | ab2 nam-ra# | |
| 25' | ab2 [babbar] | |
| 26' | ab2 [giggi] | |
| 27' | ab2 su13-[a] | |
| 28' | ab2 gun3-[a] | |
| 29' | ab2 sig7-sig7# | |
| 30' | ab2 gu4 | |
| 31' | ab2 x-[...] | |
| 32' | ab2 x-[...] | |
| 33' | ab2 x-[...] | |
| 34' | ab2 u3-[tu] | |
| 35' | [amar] | |
| 36' | amar [...] | |
| 37' | amar [...] | |
| 38' | amar [...] | |
| 39' | amar [...] | |
| surface a3 col 3 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | ud5 | |
| 3' | ud5 masz2 nud-a | |
| 4' | ud5 masz2 du3-a | |
| 5' | ud5 u3-tu | |
| 6' | ud5 nu-u3-tu | |
| 7' | ud5 KA-gal | |
| 8' | ud5 babbar | |
| 9' | ud5# giggi# | |
| 10' | [ud5] su13#-[a] | |
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