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BVW, A (P282438)
Recipe or Instruction, Middle Assyrian, Aššur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BVW, A |
|---|---|
| ID | P282438 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10450 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Recipe or Instruction |
| Find spot | Aššur (mod. Qalʿat Sherqat) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 | ||
| 1 | šum-ma ANŠE.KUR.RA-[MEŠ ...] | If horses ... |
| 2 | e-tak₂-lu IR u₃ [ši-na-te ta-na-qi] | You will measure the lead, sweat and urine. |
| 3 | 3{šu} 1/2 ma-zi-a-ni [te-pa-aš₂ še-am] | 3 1/2 maziānu you will do the barley |
| 4 | ta-ša-pa-ka-šu-nu e-ku-lu [a-di] ta-[hap-še il-lu-ku] | They will eat, until you make a felt they will go. |
| 5 | ta-pa-ṭar tu-ṣa-rah tu-ṣa-ap A-MEŠ ta-[ša-aq-qi] | You will unharness (it), you will rub (it) and you will give (them) water to drink. |
| 6 | 2TA.AM₃ i+na up-ni še-am ta-ša-pa-ka-šu-nu e-[ku-lu] | They will eat 2 each with a censer of barley. |
| 7 | 1/2TA.AM₃ i+na up-ni qa-li-a-te 1/2TA.AM₃ še-⸢am⸣ [ta-ša-pa-ka-šu-nu e-ku-lu] | You will pour half a mina (of wool) on the tops of the qalû-vessels, half ... (and) they will eat. |
| 8 | [ka]-⸢na⸣-ma-ri U₂-MEŠ e-ku-lu i+na na-ma-ri ta-ra-[kas ...] | You will harness (them) at sunrise. |
| 9 | ta-pa-ṭar A-MEŠ ta-ša-aq-qi | You will unharness (them), you will pour water |
| 10 | [šum-ma] ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA-MEŠ a-na še-er-te {sa}pa-gu-me a-na ⸢bi⸣ [...] | If the ēšu-houses in the middle of the sagû-tree to the temple |
| 11 | [...] {sa}pa-gu-um bur-ki-šu-[nu] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ 3{šu} lu-u₂ [x{šu} ...] | ... a sagûm-vessel, a burkišunu-bowl, three or ... |
| 12 | [...] ta-ha-la₂-la₂ tu-us-ga-[ra]-⸢ar⸣ tu-ṣa-ap [...] | ... you will unharness (them), you will make them rise up (and) you will rub |
| 13 | [x x še-am] ta-ša-pa-ka-šu-nu e-ku-lu ⸢šum⸣-[ma] ANŠE.KUR.RA-[MEŠ ...] | ... barley you sent to them, they will eat. If the horses |
| 14 | 1/2TA.AM₃ i+na up-ni] qa-li-a-te 1/2TA.AM₃ ⸢su⸣ [...] | Half a mina (measured) by the small mina and half a shekel of esû-plant |
| 15 | [i+na si]-ma-an hu-li ta-ra-kas 2{šu} 1/2 [ma-zi-a-ni te-pa-aš₂ ...] | At the time of the road you will harness (them). You will do 1/2 maziānu. |
| 16 | [ta-ra]-kas šum-ma 2{šu} šum-ma 3{šu} 1TA.AM₃ i+na up-ni] | You will harness (them). If 2 or 3 each with a harness |
| 17 | [qa-li-a]-te 1TA.AM₃ še-am [ta-ša-pa-ka-šu-nu e-ku-lu ...] | They will eat each of the qalītu-offerings (and) they will pay back. |
| 18 | [i+na na]-⸢ma⸣-ri ta-ra-kas [lu-u₂ 2{šu} ...] | You will harness (them) at the nā-ēru. |
| 19 | [lu-u₂] 3{šu} i+na [...] | or 3rd in |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ru ša {sa}⸢pa⸣-[gu-me ...] | ... of the sa-egûm-plant |
| 2' | [i]+⸢na⸣ še-er-te sa-[a-am-te a-na ba-a-be tu-še-ṣa-šu-nu] | When you bring the first-fruit offerings to the gate, |
| 3' | [še]-ru-[di ...] | I smote ... |
| 4' | [le-u₂] 2{u₂} ⸢x x 34 šu [...] | 2 male lambs ... 34 ... |
| 5' | [ŠU {m}...]-ke-ni su-sa-ni DUMU [...] | Hand of ...-kēni, Susani, son of |
| 6' | ša KA{i} le-[i ...] | of the mouth of the writing-board |
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