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BVW, Ab (P282439)
Recipe or Instruction, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BVW, Ab |
|---|---|
| ID | P282439 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00698 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Recipe or Instruction |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
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 | ||
| 1' | [...] 10 IKU A.ŠA₃ [i-lu-ku ...] | ... 10 ikû field they went ... |
| 2' | ta-pa-ṭar u-lu ṣa-ap-tu [A-MEŠ ta-ša-qi] | You will unharness (them) and you will give plenty of water. |
| 3' | tu-šar-ra 2TA.AM₃ [i+na up-ni še-am ta-ša-pa-ka-šu-nu] | You will pour (the mixture) 2 times in a libation bowl. |
| 4' | e-ku-lu i+na si-ma-[an hu-li ta-ra-kas ...] | At the time of the road you will harness ... |
| 5' | 80 IKU A.ŠA₃ i-lu-ku [...] | 80 ikû field they will run |
| 6' | ta-pa-ṭar tu-⸢ša₂⸣-ra-ah [...] | You open (the door), you open the door |
| 7' | ka-na-ma-ri U₂-MEŠ [e-ku-lu i+na na-ma-ri ta-ra-kas] | At dawn they will eat grass. At dawn you will harness (them). |
| 8' | 1 bi-ir IKU A.ŠA₃ [i-lu-ku ...] | 1 ikû field, they will run ... |
| 9' | ta-pa-ṭar [A-MEŠ ta-ša-qi ...] | You will unharness (them), you will pour water |
| 10' | i+na x u₄-mi [...] | On the day |
| 11' | i+na 1/2 [...] | From 1/2 ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | 2TA.AM₃ i+na] up-ni [še-am ta-ša-pa-ka-šu-nu e-ku-lu a-na A-MEŠ ur-ru-du] | They will eat two each with a censer and they will go down to the water. |
| 2' | [...] i+na še-⸢ru⸣-[di ...] | ... in the morning ... |
| 3' | le-u₂ [x a-šu-u₂-tu ma-gu-tu] | The ... of the hands is a curse. |
| 4' | ša ANŠE.⸢KUR⸣.[RA-MEŠ ša ku-ṣi] | of the horses of Kušbu |
| 5' | ŠU [x ... su-sa-ni] | Hand of ... Susani |
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- 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)
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