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BVW, I (P282448)
Recipe or Instruction, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BVW, I |
|---|---|
| ID | P282448 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00670 |
| 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' | [x]-TA.AM₃ [i+na up-ni qa-li-a-te x-TA.AM₃ še-am] | [x] each from the reed bundles, [x each] barley |
| 2' | ta-šap-pa-⸢ka⸣-[šu-nu e-ku-lu ...] | you send to them, they will eat |
| 3' | A-MEŠ ta-ša-⸢qi⸣ [... i+na še-er-te] | You will give water to drink in the morning. |
| 4' | sa-a-am-te a-na [ba-a-be tu-še-ṣa-šu-nu tu-ṣa-rah tu-ṣa-a-ap] | You will bring the sāmtu-flour to the quay, you will rub (it), you will wipe (it) clean |
| 5' | IR u₃ ši-na-[te ta-na-qi I₃-MEŠ] | You will give urine and blood. Oil |
| 6' | tu-šar-ra ta-pa-[ṭar tu-ṣa-rah tu-ṣa-ap 1 be-er A.ŠA₃] | You will unharness (them), you will rub it, (and) you will wipe it clean. 1 double-hour of field |
| 7' | il-lu-ku 7 [IKU A.ŠA₃] te-pa-aš₂ U₂-MEŠ tu-šar-ra [ma-la ṣi-ib-te] | You will do 7 iku field. You will give plenty grass as much as there is. |
| 8' | tu-ra-da-šu-nu 1/2 ma-zi-a-ni te-pa-aš₂ [...] | You will harness them. You will do 1/2 maziānu |
| 9' | [ta]-pa-ṭar tu-uš-ga-ra-ar tu-ṣa-[rah tu-ṣa-ap] | You will unharness (them), you will make them grow tall, you will rub (with them). |
| 10' | [...] A-MEŠ ta-⸢ša⸣-[qi i]+na ma-šar₂-te a-na [...] | ... you will give water to drink. In the king’s assembly to |
| r | ||
| 1' | ta-pa-ṭar [...] | you will unharness (it) |
| 2' | tu-ṣa-rah tu-ṣa-ap [...] | You will rub, you will rub |
| 3' | ta-šap-pa-ka-šu-nu [...] | you will send to them |
| 4' | ša ŠIT MEŠ ⸢tu⸣ [...] | (Property) of the ŠIT-songs etu-e23 |
| 5' | ta-ra-kas 2{šu} [...] | You will harness (them). The second |
| 6' | ta-kal-la ta-hap-še [tu-pa-ta ...] | you will hold, you will unharness (them), you will rub ... |
| 7' | i+na hu-li la-[a tu-ka-šad ...] | On the road you will not go ... |
| 8' | tu-ša₂-aš₂-ku tu-[...] | You are pure, you are ... |
| 9# | [i]+⸢na⸣ [...] | When he enters ... |
Sources & licences
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