CBS 08801 (P263622)
Lexical, Neo-Babylonian, Nippur · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CBS 08801 |
|---|---|
| ID | P263622 |
| Museum no. | CBS 08801 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By ORACC project dcclt · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1.0–o 1o 1.0 | may they! (Akk.: he) cut off his wings. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22.0–o 22.0 | The one who leans through the window |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33.0–o 33.0 | may they slaughter him by the neck! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44.0–o 44.0 | The one who looks through the side window, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55.0–o 55.0 | where I went, you should not go |
| Obverse [5:6] o 77.0–o 77.0 | where I enter, do not enter. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 99.0–o 99.0 | You (pl.) should not approach my house! |
| Obverse [7:8] o 1010.0–o 1010.0 | He makes the animals drop dead; |
| Obverse [8:9] o 1212.0–o 1212.0 | the living creatures, whatever their name, that are present in the land |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1414.0–o 1414.0 | are handed over to him from sunrise to sunset and he rules over them. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1515.0–o 1515.0 | I am of Namma, I am the man of Nanše! |
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 | pa-ab kap-pi-šu₂ li-kaṣ₃-ṣi-iṣ he₂-en-kud-ru-ne | |
| 2 | ab-ta ša₂ ina ap-ti u₂-šar-ri gu₂ ba-da-la₂-e | |
| 3 | gu₂-bi ki-šad-su liṭ-bu-hu he₂-en-šum-mu-ne | |
| 4 | ab ti-ti ša₂ ina ap-tum ṣe-lu ip-pal-la-su igi mu-un-ši-in-bar-e-de₃ | |
| 5 | ki ŋen-na-ŋu₁₀-še₃ nam-mu-un-ši-in-du-na | |
| 6 | ki ku₄-ku₄-da-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ba-ra-an-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ | |
| 7 | a-šar er-ru-bu la ter-ru-ub | |
| 8 | e₂-a nam-ba-teŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-e-ne | |
| 9 | ana bi-it-ia₂ e ta-aṭ-ha-a | |
| 10 | degₓ(RI)degₓ(RI) maš₂-anše-ke₄ mi-ni-ib₂-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | |
| 11 | niŋ₂-zi-ŋal₂ niŋ-nam mu še₂₁ kalam-ma ŋal₂-la-a | |
| 12 | šik-na-at na-piš-tum ma-la šu-um na-bu-u₂ ina ma-a-tu₂ ba-ša₂-a | |
| 13 | {d}utu e₃-ta {d}utu šuš₂-a-ta šu-a-ni-še₃ ba-an-sig₁₀ nam-en-na ba-ak-eš | |
| 14 | ⸢iš⸣-tu ṣi-it {d}UTU{ši} a-di e-reb {d}UTU{ši} qa-ti-šu₂ u₂-mal₂-lu-u₂ e-bel-ši-na-a-tu₂ | |
| 15 | [en₂] ŋe₂₆ lu₂ {[d]}⸢namma-me-en⸣ ŋe₂₆ lu₂ {d}nanše-me-en | |
| 16 | [... a]-⸢na⸣-ku | |
| 17 | [...]-⸢me⸣-en | |
| 18 | [... a-na]-ku | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[ŋeš]}⸢mes⸣ asal₂ kap-ta-ri | |
| 2 | {ŋeš}mes asal₂ za-an-za-niq-qum | |
| 3 | {ŋeš}il-ru {<MIN(za-an-za-niq-qum)>} | |
| 4 | {ŋeš}il-lu-ru {<MIN(za-an-za-niq-qum)>} | |
| 5 | {ŋeš}za-an-za-nik-kum {<MIN(za-an-za-niq-qum)>} | |
| 6 | {ŋeš}kim₃ hi-le-pu | |
| 7 | {ŋeš}mes kim₃ ṣu-lum {<MIN(hi-le-pu)>} | |
| 8 | {ŋeš}nam-tar pil-lu-u₂ | |
| 9 | {ŋeš}nam-tar-ra {<MIN(pil-lu-u₂)>} | |
| 10 | {ŋeš}nam-tar-re {<MIN(pil-lu-u₂)>} | |
| 11 | {ŋeš}nam-tar il₂-la₂ {<MIN(pil-lu-u₂)>} | |
| 12 | {ŋeš}bil-la₂ {<MIN(pil-lu-u₂)>} | |
| 13 | {ŋeš}{u₂}bil-la₂ {<MIN(pil-lu-u₂)>} | |
| 14 | {ŋeš}gu-za gar₃-ba zabar gu₂ <ŋar>-ra ku-us-u₂ ša₂ kar-ru-šu₂ si-par-⸢re⸣ uh-hu-zu | |
| 15 | {ŋeš}gu-za gar₃-ba ŋeš-kin₂ gu₂ ŋar-ra {<MIN(ku-us-u₂)>} ša₂ {<MIN(kar-ru-)>}šu₂ kiš-ka-nu-u₂ {<MIN(uh-hu-zu)>} | |
| 16 | {ŋeš}gu-za gar₃-ba kuš sig₉-ga {<MIN(ku-us-u₂)>} ša₂ {<MIN(kar-ru-)>}šu₂ maš-ku ar-mu | |
| 17 | {ŋeš}gu-za {ŋeš}taškarin {<MIN(ku-us-u₂)>} tas-ka-rin-<<in>>-ni | |
| 18 | {ŋeš}gu-za {ŋeš}mes ša₂ me-e-[si] | |
| 19 | {ŋeš}gu-za {ŋeš}esi ša₂ u₂-šu-[u₂] | |
| 20 | {ŋeš}gu-za {ŋeš}ha-lu-⸢ub₂⸣ ša₂ hu-lu-[up-pi] | |
| 21 | {ŋeš}gu-za {ŋeš}šag₄-kal ša₂ šak-[kul-li] | |
| 22 | {[ŋeš]}gu-za {ŋeš}mes [...] | |
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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