CUSAS 12, 3.3.1 (P253246)
Lexical, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 12, 3.3.1 |
|---|---|
| ID | P253246 |
| Museum no. | MS 4148 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By Civil, Miguel · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | ewe |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | pregnant ewe |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | sheep with lying lamb |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | ewe with lamb that is able to stand |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | fait-tailed ewe |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | standing female lamb (designation of maturity) |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | female kid |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | standing (male) lamb (designation of maturity) |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | lamb born in the fall |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | plucked lamb |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | goat kid |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | nanny goat |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | standing nanny goat |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | mature nanny goat |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | kid of the chest (designation of maturity) |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | fat-tailed sheep |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | mature fat-tailed sheep |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | sheep for a gabaria offering |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | sheep for a mašdarea payment |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | u₈ | |
| 2 | u₈ peš₄(|ŠA₃.A|) | |
| 3 | u₈ sila₄(DAGAL) nu-a | |
| 4 | u₈ sila₄(DAGAL) du₃-a | |
| 5 | u₈ gukkal | |
| 6 | kir₁₁ gub | |
| 7 | kir₁₁ uzud | |
| 8 | sila₄ gub | |
| 9 | sila₄ ⸢nim⸣ | |
| 10 | sila₄ ur₄ | |
| 11 | ⸢sila₄ uzud⸣ | |
| 12 | ⸢uzud⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢uzud⸣ gub | |
| 14 | ⸢uzud⸣ mah₂ | |
| 15 | maš₂ ⸢gaba⸣ | |
| 16 | ⸢maš₂⸣ [...] | |
| 17 | ⸢maš₂⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢maš₂ x⸣-[...] | |
| 2 | udu [x] | |
| 3 | ⸢udu gukkal⸣ | |
| 4 | udu ⸢gukkal⸣ mah₂ | |
| 5 | udu A-IGI-x | |
| 6 | udu ⸢gaba⸣-[ri-a] | |
| 7 | udu maš₂-da-[ri-a] | |
| 8 | ⸢udu⸣ a-⸢x⸣ | |
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