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BVW, E (P282444)
Recipe or Instruction, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BVW, E |
|---|---|
| ID | P282444 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09561 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| 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' | [... i+na 1/2 u₄-me] | ... in 1/2 day |
| 2' | [... tu]-⸢ka⸣-ṣa | ... of Tu'eka’eša |
| 3' | [i+na hu-li tu-ka-šad ta-pa-ṭar tu-uš]-⸢ga⸣-ra-a-ar | You will ride (them) on the road, you will unharness (these) and you will make it straight for you. |
| 4' | [... U₂]-⸢MEŠ⸣ tu-šar-ra | ... you will bring forth the ēmû-plants |
| 5' | [...] tu-ṣa-a-ap | ... you will rub |
| 6' | [...] ta-ra-kas | ... you will harness (them). |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma-la si-ip-sa-te ta-la-bi ta-pa-ṭar] i-na-pu-šu ta-ra-kas | You will cover as much as the poles, you will unharness (them), they will scream, and you will harness them. |
| 2 | [... u₂ ra-si]-ni te-pa-aš₂ | You perform ... and rasinnu-plant |
| 3 | [ma-la hu-la i+na] ⸢ṭu⸣-be-ka 2{šu}ma si-ip-sa-te | As much as there is, in your chamber there are 2 doors. |
| 4 | [ta-la-bi ...] i+na hu-li tu-ka-⸢šad⸣ | You will harness (them) on the road. |
| 5 | [ta-pa-ṭar ... tu-ṣa-rah tu]-ṣa-a-ap IR u₃ ši-na-[te] | You will unharness (them) ... you will rub, you will wipe clean the sweat and the urine |
| 6 | [ta-na-qi ... qa]-⸢li⸣-a-te ma-la su-ʾa-⸢li⸣ | you will pour. ... the qālītu-vessels as much as the šala-elî (vessel) |
| 7 | [tu-ra-da-šu-nu e-ku-lu ... a]-⸢di⸣ ta-hap-še | they will eat. You will rub (them). |
| 8 | [ta-ra-kas ... ma-la si-ip]-sa-te | You will harness ... as many poles as there are. |
| 9 | [ta-la-bi ... i+na hu-li tu]-ka-šad | You will ride (them) on the road. |
| 10 | [... U₂]-MEŠ | ... plants |
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)
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