PKT pl. 5 (P282518)
technical procedure, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | PKT pl. 5 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282518 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08711 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | technical procedure |
| Find spot | Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By Ebeling, Erich · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1'o 1'–o i 1'o 1' | You ignite [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [1:3] o i 2'2'–o i 3'3' | [...] they have merged, [...] strongly [...]. You cover the top of the vat. |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i 4'4'–o i 5'5' | [...] the scum from inside the vat [...] you wipe clean. |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | [...] *** into fresh water |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | [...] you pour into a harû-vessel. |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | [...] the harû-vessel onto the topof the water |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | [...] it will become soft. In the brightening of |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | [...] these [...] that were left overnight with the reeds |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11' | [...] you sieve. You clear. 4(sūtu) of water |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12' | [...] you measure out. Your pour (it) into the vat. |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 13'13'–o i 13'13' | [...] you measure out the sieved [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 14'14'–o i 14'14' | You ignite [...]. (When) the water for |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15' | you pour [...]. With a stirring-implement |
| Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16' | [...] they have merged (with) one another |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17' | [...]. For 2 days, for 3 days |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 18'18'–o i 18'18' | [...] a fire on the underside of the vat |
| Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 19'19'–o i 19'19' | [...] they have merged |
| Obverse Column i [19:20] o i 20'20'–o i 20'20' | [...] you cover [...] of the vat. |
| Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 21'21'–o i 21'21' | [...] from inside the vat |
| Obverse Column i [21:23] o i 22'22'–o i 23'23' | [...] you wipe clean. |
| Obverse Column i [22:26] o i 23'23'– | [...] until |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o 1'–o ii 1'o 1' | With a stirrer [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | into each other [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | fire on the underside of [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | For 2 days, for 3 [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | of pitru, you ignite a fire [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | they have merged [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | You cover (it). You cool (it). [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [7:9] o ii 8'8'–o ii 9'9' | You throw away [...] from the inside of the vat. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:10] o ii 9'9'–o ii 10'10' | The washing [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:11] o ii 10'10'–o ii 11'11' | [...] the 10th time of pouring out, you heat up the water. Your continuation is like the ninth stage. [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | On the 11th time of pouring out [...] high-quality water. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | 4 minas of high-quality šanātu-plant ... [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [13:14] o ii 14'14'–o ii 14'14' | You wash (it) [...] from a well (or) from a bucket. |
| Obverse Column ii [14:15] o ii 15'15'–o ii 15'15' | You put [...]. You repeat. šanātu-plant [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [15:16] o ii 16'16'–o ii 16'16' | You wash [...] from a bucket. Very [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [16:19] o ii 17'17'–o ii 19'19' | You dry (it). You choose. You throw away the bad ones among them and you put the good ones [...]. Inside 1 hundred 40 gullu-bowls [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [19:20] o ii 20'20'–o ii 20'20' | of nušhu-nut to the number 7 1/2 [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [20:21] o ii 21'21'–o ii 21'21' | You pound [...]. 2 cups of [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [21:22] o ii 22'22'–o ii 22'22' | dried out [...] from 20 giriṣtu-fruits [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [22:23] o ii 23'23'–o ii 23'23' | You fill [...]. 4 cups of [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [23:24] o ii 24'24'–o ii 24'24' | into the giraṣītu-fruit [...] |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] tu-ša-ha-az | |
| 2' | [... it-ta-nab-la]-⸢ku⸣-tu dan-ni-iš | |
| 3' | [... pa]-ni UTUL₂ tu-ka-tam | |
| 4' | [... še]-lu-ta ša ŠA₃ UTUL₂ | |
| 5' | [...] ta-kap-par | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢aš₂⸣-šu-ni ana A-MEŠ GIBIL-MEŠ | |
| 7' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃ ha-re-e ta-tab-bak | |
| 8' | [...] ha-re-e a-na UGU A-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [... i-la]-⸢bi⸣-ik i+na na-ma-ri | |
| 10' | [... an-nu]-⸢ti⸣ ša iš-tu GI be-du-ni | |
| 11' | [... ta-ša]-⸢hal⸣ tu-zak-ka 4(BAN₂) A-MEŠ | |
| 12' | [... ta-ma]-⸢da⸣-ad a-na ŠA₃ UTUL₂ ta-tab-bak | |
| 13' | [...] na-ah-la ta-ma-da-ad | |
| 14' | [... tu-ša-ha]-az A-MEŠ ki-i | |
| 15' | [...] ta-tab-bak i+na mu-be-še | |
| 16' | [... a-ha]-⸢iš⸣ it-ta-nab-la-ku-tu | |
| 17' | [...] i+na 2 u₄-me i+na 3 u₄-me | |
| 18' | [...] IZI ⸢i⸣-[na] ⸢ša⸣-pal UTUL₂ | |
| 19' | [... it-ta]-nab-la-ku-tu | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢UTUL₂⸣ tu-ka-tam | |
| 21' | [...] ša ŠA₃ UTUL₂ | |
| 22' | [... ta]-kap-par | |
| 23' | [...] a-di | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | i+na mu-be-[še ...] | |
| 2' | a-na ŠA₃ a-ha-[iš ...] | |
| 3' | IZI iš-tu ša-⸢pal⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | i+na 2 u₄-me i+na 3 [...] | |
| 5' | ša pit-ri IZI tu-[ša-ha-az ...] | |
| 6' | it-ta-nab-la-ku-tu [...] | |
| 7' | tu-ka-tam tu-ka-aṣ-[ṣa ...] | |
| 8' | ša ŠA₃ UTUL₂ tu-na-kar [...] | |
| 9' | ma-su-u₂-tu [...] | |
| 10' | [... 10-šu ta-ba-ki A-MEŠ ⸢ta⸣-[ṣa-ra-ah] | |
| 11' | [me]-⸢er⸣-du-ka ki-i ša 9-⸢šu⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | i+na 11-šu ta-ba-ki A-MEŠ ⸢SIG₅⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 13' | 4 MA.NA ša-na-a-tu SIG₅-MEŠ be-[...] | |
| 14' | ša PU₂ ša pi-i da-li ta-ma-[si ...] | |
| 15' | ta-kar-ra-ar ta-tu-ar ⸢ša⸣-[na-a-tu ...] | |
| 16' | ša pi-i da-li ta-ma-si dan-niš [...] | |
| 17' | tu-ša-bal ta-bi-ar ma-as₂-[ka-te-ši-na] | |
| 18' | tu-na-kar u₃ SIG₅-MEŠ-ši-na [...] | |
| 19' | ta-kar-ra-ar ⸢ŠA₃⸣ 1 ME 40 gul-li [...] | |
| 20' | ša nu-uš-hi a-na mi-nu-te 7 1/2 [...] | |
| 21' | ta-su-ak 2 ka-sa-a-te ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| 22' | ha-am-ri ša pi-i 20 gi-ra-[ṣi-te ...] | |
| 23' | tu-ša-ba 4 ka-sa-a-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 24' | [a]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃ gi-ra-ṣi-te [...] | |
| 25' | [...]-u₂-ni ⸢ka⸣-[...] | |
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