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Emar 6/1, p. 344 and Emar 6/1, p. 428, Msk 74137a + Msk 74171a (P271671)
Lexical, Middle Babylonian, Emar · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | Emar 6/1, p. 344 and Emar 6/1, p. 428, Msk 74137a + Msk 74171a |
|---|---|
| ID | P271671 |
| Museum no. | NMSA — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Aleppo, Syria |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Emar (mod. Tell Meskene) |
| Coordinates | 35.9876, 38.1126 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | {<[MIN(muš)>} x]-⸢x⸣-[x] [...] | Ditto by ...! |
| 6' | {<[MIN(muš])>} ⸢izi⸣ [...] | ditto ešû-plant |
| 7' | {<[MIN(muš)>} saŋ]-ŋal₂ [...] | “If he slips through the cracks of the door frame, |
| 8' | {<[MIN(muš])>} MI ṣa-[...] | DITTO, the woman of |
| 9' | {<[MIN(muš])>} kukku₂(|MI.MI|) ṣa-⸢la⸣-[am-tum] | ditto of kukku, ša-ela-e-amtum |
| 10' | {<[MIN(muš])>} ŋi₆ MUŠ ⸢mu⸣-[ši] | (If) ditto a snake |
| 11' | {<[MIN(muš])>} nu₂-a ṣa-la-lu | DITTO, lying down, slackening |
| 12' | {<[MIN(muš])>} babbar pe₂-ṣu-u | white ebony |
| 13' | {<[MIN(muš])>} giggi ṣa-al-mu | black ṣalmu-stone |
| 14' | {<[MIN(muš])>} sa₅ sa₃-a-mu | (As for) the one who reddishly |
| 15' | {<[MIN(muš)>} gun₃-gun₃] ⸢bu-ru-mu⸣ | speckled reddish ešum plant |
| 16' | {<[MIN(muš)>} sig₇-sig₇] ar-qu | yellow-green sulphur |
| 17' | {<[MIN(muš)>} kur]-⸢ra⸣ MUŠ HUR.SAG | (If) ditto a snake: the land of Hursag. |
| 18' | {<[MIN(muš)>} maš]-⸢da₃⸣ ṣa-bi-ta-nu | DITTO, maš-e22da-e23, ṣabitanu |
| 19' | {<[MIN(muš)>} u₂ nu]-mu₂-a MUŠ ku-su-ba-ni | (If) ditto a snake does not eat grass: he will kill the snake. |
| 20' | [muš DU-DU] aš-qu-du | snake that goes around |
| 21' | [DU-DU] aš-qu-du | ... asqudu |
| 22' | [(...)] ⸢x⸣ ⸢x-x-DU⸣-bu | “(...) e’ebu-plant |
| 23' | [...] [...] | |
| 24' | [...] [...] | |
| 25' | [...] [...]-⸢tum⸣ | ... ...-etum |
| 26' | [...] [...] | |
| 27' | [...] [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 28' | [...] [...] | |
| 29' | [...] [...] | |
| 30' | [...] [... x]-⸢x-da-x⸣ | ... ... |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [amar kir₄] ⸢mu-ra⸣-[nu] | calf with horns |
| 2' | [sa-a-ri] mu-ra-šu | he dedicated it (this statue). |
| 3' | [sa-a] šu-ra-nu | sa šuranu |
| 4' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ap-ša₂-sa-tum | ... the Apsatum |
| 5' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ap-sa-sa-tum | ... Apsasatum |
| 6' | [...] pi₂-gu | ... of the pigu-tree |
| 7' | [...] pi₂-gi(ZI-)tum | ... of the pi₂-gitum-vessel |
| 8' | az a-su za-ba-u₂ | “Az, asu, zabû, |
| 9' | ug <ug>-gu-u | |
| 10' | ⸢piriŋ⸣ pi₂-ri-ig-lu-u | “Piriglû-plant |
| 11' | ⸢piriŋ⸣ ne₂-šu | “Piri-ešu-disease |
| 12' | piriŋ la-ab-<bu> | (a kind of container) |
| 13' | nemur₂(|PIRIG.TUR|) ni-im-ru | wild nemur demon |
| 14' | šeg₈(|SI.SUM|) <a>-tu₃-dum | |
| 15' | sa-bar sa-pa₂-ru | (a kind of sabar plant) |
| 16' | ⸢lu⸣-lim lu-li-im-mu | “Lullim, I want to say lulimmu! |
| 17' | a-lim li-ša₂-nu | a bison may exist |
| 18' | u-du-⸢ti⸣-il udu-til bi-i-bu | Udu-etī-e-il, finished sheep, |
| 19' | dara₃ tu-ra-hu | wild calf |
| 20' | ⸢dara₃⸣-maš a-ia-lu i-la-nu | Edaraemaš, ayyalu, ilanu |
| 21' | [dara₃ maš]-⸢da₃⸣ na-lu {<MIN(i-la-nu)>} | wild goat, gazelle, alu-disease |
| 22' | [dara₃ maš-hal]-⸢la⸣ na-al-tum | (a kind of tree) |
| 23' | [maš]-⸢da₃⸣ ṣa-bi-tum | |
| 24' | [amar maš-da₃] u₂-za-lu ar-wu | calf of the goat's offspring, suckling |
| 25' | [...] ⸢da⸣-bu-u | ... the eda’ebû |
| 26' | [...] [hur]-⸢ba⸣-bil₂-lu | ... mountain range |
| 27' | [...] [...]-⸢ru⸣-u₂ | ... ...-e’u |
| 28' | [...] [...]-⸢a⸣-šu | ... his |
| 29' | [...] [... ...]-⸢la⸣-tu₃ | ... ...-elatu |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...] |X.X.X| [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] [...] [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢x⸣-bu [...] [x]-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | up-pi [...] [...] | ... bricks ... |
| 5' | ([HI.AŠ.HU]) [kal]-ma-⸢tum⸣ | kalmātum plant |
| 6' | (HI.AŠ.HU) [a] [kal]-ma-⸢at⸣ [...] | (His word) is a kalmātu-plant |
| 7' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} a-⸢šag₄⸣-[ga] {<⸢MIN⸣(kal-ma-at)>} eq-[li] | ditto, “the āšag-ega-plant, the e‘ditto kalma’-plant |
| 8' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} {[ŋiš]}⸢kiri₆⸣ {<MIN(kal-ma-at)>} ki-[ri]-⸢i⸣ | ditto ēšû-plant, kīri-e23-plant |
| 9' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} še {<MIN(kal-ma-at)>} ŠE | Ditto: barley, ditto kalmat |
| 10' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} še ⸢i₃⸣-ŋiš | ditto: barley of the ē2e3-ibbiš plant |
| 11' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} ⸢zu₂⸣-[lum]-ma | ditto: ešû-plant |
| 12' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} zid₂-da {<MIN(kal-ma-at)>} ZID₂.DA{meš} | ditto flour, kalmat flour, flour |
| 13' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} ⸢tug₂⸣ {<MIN(kal-ma-at)>} ṣu-⸢ba⸣-ti | ditto: ēšû-garment, ṣumma-plant |
| 14' | {<[MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} saŋ]-⸢du⸣ {<MIN(kal-ma-at)>} ⸢qa⸣-qa-di₃ | ditto sa’edu-plant, kalmâtu-plant |
| 15' | {<⸢MIN⸣((HI.AŠ.HU))>} [nisig] {<[MIN(kal-ma-at])>} ⸢ar-qi₂⸣ | ēšû-plant, nisig-plant |
| 16' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} [...] [...] | Ditto ... ... |
| 17' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} ku₆ [(...)] [...] | Ditto: fish |
| 18' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} [...] [...] | Ditto ... ... |
| 19' | {<MIN((HI.AŠ.HU))>} [...] [...] | Ditto ... ... |
| 20' | za-[na (...)] [...] | Zāna |
| 21' | za-⸢na mah⸣ [...] | The exalted one of heaven |
| 22' | |HI+AŠ₂| ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... e’e23 |
| 23' | su-⸢din⸣ [...] | Su-edin-e23 |
| 24' | su-din ⸢x⸣ [...] | Sudin ... e’e23 |
| 25' | uš kun-na [...] | Establishing a firm foundation |
| 26' | ⸢kun⸣ [x] [...] | ... eškun plant |
| 27' | ur [...] [...] | Dog |
| 28' | ur [...] [...] | Dog |
Sources & licences
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