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BVW, M (P282451)
Recipe or Instruction, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | BVW, M |
|---|---|
| ID | P282451 |
| Museum no. | Ist A 00093 |
| 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' | [... 2{⸢šu⸣} i+[na še-ru-di-ka] U₂-[MEŠ tu-šar-ra] | 2nd time in your wrath you will bring forth the plants. |
| 2' | [...] a-di [...] 3{šu} i+na še-⸢ru⸣-[di-ka] | ... up to ... 3 times in your extispicy |
| 3' | ta-[se-ar ...] tu-še-⸢la⸣-[a] I₃ tu-ṣa-a-[ap] | You will rub (them) with oil. |
| 4' | I₃-MEŠ tu-šar-ra a-na hu-li ta-ra-[kas ...] | You will harness the oil for the road. |
| 5' | ⸢iš-tu hu-šu-ki⸣-i ša KASKAL{ni} ta-la-bi ta-pa-ṭar i-na-[pu-šu ...] | “The ḫuškû-demon of the road you will ride, you will unharness (them), they will scream |
| 6' | ⸢ta⸣-ra-kas 7{šu} i+na hu-li tu-⸢ka⸣-ša-ad 2{šu} 1/2 ma-zi-a-ni] | Seven times you will harness (them) from the road. Two hundred and a half (you will harness them). |
| 7' | te-pa-aš₂ ta-pa-ṭar u₃ šam-šu ⸢tu⸣-uš-ga-ra-[ar ...] | You perform (the ritual), you wipe it clean, and his name is etu-eušgarar |
| 8' | U₂-[MEŠ] ṣa-pi-u₂-te tu-šar-[ra ...] | You ... the high plants |
| r | ||
| 1'' | [... i+na si-ma-an] hu-li ta-⸢ra⸣-[kas ...] | ... at the time of the road you will harness (them) |
| 2'' | [... ma-la si-ip-sa]-te te-pa-aš₂ ⸢ta⸣-[pa-ṭar ...] | ... you will do as many doors as you will make. Eta-epatbar ... |
| 3'' | 2⸢TA⸣.AM₃ i+na up-ni qa-li-[a-te x-TA.AM₃ še-am] | 20 each, (measured) by the small arrows, [x] each, barley |
| 4'' | ⸢ta⸣-šap-[pa]-⸢ka⸣-šu-nu e-ku-lu [i+na si-ma]-an na-i-⸢la⸣-[te] | they will eat at the time of the na'ī-ala-e-te. |
| 5'' | ⸢il-lu⸣-ku ka-na-ma-ri U₂-MEŠ [tu-šar-ra] | “Illû-eku-plant is a kalamāru-plant, you bring out the plants. |
| 6'' | [i+na še-er-te] sa-a-am-te a-na ⸢ba⸣-[a-be] tu-še-ṣa-šu-nu tu-[ṣa-rah] | At the beginning of the morning you will bring (them) down to the quay and you will make them rise. |
| 7'' | [tu]-⸢ṣa-ap⸣ IR u₃ ši-na-te ta-na-qi | You will unharness (them) and you will give them to drink. |
| 8'' | A-MEŠ ta-ša-qi I₃-MEŠ tu-šar-ra | You will give water to drink, you will give oil to drink |
| 9'' | [...] 1 be-er IKU A.ŠA₃ a-di ta-[hap-še il-lu-ku] | ... 1 double hour of field they will run with felt |
| 10'' | [...] 7 IKU A.ŠA₃ [te-pa-aš₂ ...] | ... you will do 7 iku field |
| 11'' | [...] 7 IKU A.ŠA₃ [...] | ... 7 iku field |
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