BWL pl. 73 VAT 08573 (P247832)
Lexical, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BWL pl. 73 VAT 08573 |
|---|---|
| ID | P247832 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08573 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By Lambert, Wilfred G. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [2:3] r 6'6'.0–r 6'6'.0 | Utu, the foremost of the gods ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 7'7'.0–r 7'7'.0 | for Šamaš, the foremost one of the gods ... |
| Reverse [4:5] r 8'8'.0–r 8'8'.0 | the one whose stylus is not there ... |
| Reverse [5:6] r 9'9'.0–r 9'9'.0 | whatever clay is in his hands he always lets break off ... secretly |
| Reverse [6:7] r 10'10'.0–r 10'10'.0 | In Ulūlu day 15 the ŠU.PA of Enlil becomes visible. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 11'11'.0–r 11'11'.0 | In Ulūlu day 25 the Furrow becomes visible. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | te8-usz!(HU) ASZ-ur4{muszen} = %a x [...]-szu | |
| 2 | te8#-usz!#(HU) gu#-la{muszen} = %a na-'i-i-ru | |
| 3 | [us]{muszen} = %a u2!(KID)-su | |
| 4 | [tug2 szu] ku5#-da = %a szid-du | |
| 5 | [tug2] ku5#-ku5-da = %a MIN<(szid-du)> | |
| 6 | [tug2] kesz2-da du3-a = %a sza2 ina tap-pisz-ti na-du-u | |
| 7 | [a-szag4] pa-rim4 = %a na-ba-lu | |
| 8 | [a]-szag4# aratta{ki} = %a eq-lu a-rat!(KAL)-te-e | |
| 9 | [a]-szag4# aratta{ki} = %a MIN<(eq-lu)> tam-li-e | |
| 10 | e2# sa-bad = %a bi-it {d}gu-la | |
| 11 | e2# lugal = %a MIN<(bi-it)> szar-ri | |
| 12 | e2# dumu-munus lugal = %a MIN<(bi-it)> ma-rat-te MIN<(szar-ri)> | |
| 13 | i7# mah = %a s,i-ir-tu2 | |
| 14 | {i7#}idigna{{i-di-ig}} = %a i-di-ig-lat | |
| 15 | {i7}buranun = %a pu#-rat-te | |
| 16 | [tu7] a uzu = %a um#-mar# me-e sze-e-ri | |
| 17 | [tu7] a gazi = %a [...] | |
| 18 | [...] sa? [...] = %a [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-ra-x [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-ma-x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] = %a NI-[...] | |
| 4' | [mu] din#-sze3# = %a a-na ba#-lat,# [...] | |
| 5' | pa5# szita3 = %a mi-t,ir-tu2 [...] | |
| 6' | {d}utu sag-kal dingir-re-e-ne-ke4# [...] x x | |
| 7' | %a a-na {d}sza2-masz a-sza2-red |AN.(ME.U.U.U)| [pi-qid]-su | |
| 8' | [...] | |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | %a DISZ ina {iti}KIN UD 1(u) 5(disz)-|HIxBAD| {mul}|SZU.PA| {d}en-lil2 IGI-mar | |
| 11' | %a DISZ ina {iti}KIN UD 2(u) 5(disz)-kam {mul}|AB.NAM| IGI-mar | |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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