PKT pl. 6-8 (P282519)
Recipe or Instruction; Scholarly or scientific, Middle Assyrian, Assur · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | PKT pl. 6-8 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282519 |
| Museum no. | VAT 09659 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Recipe or Instruction; Scholarly or scientific |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [...] you process oil, may you [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] you pour out 3 times [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] is poured out [...]. From [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...] as much you remove [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] oil? 2 ... you [...] *** |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] 2 qû of ṣumlalû-spice, ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] you pour out 3 times [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] ... šupuhru-cedar ... [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] crushed [...], 1(sūtu) [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...], 5 qû of hamēmu-plant, 5 minas of [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] the cypress that is crushed ... [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] ... that is smeared into a ...-vessel [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] its pouring out, you raise [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...]. You wash its crushed aromatics [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] You throw away the sediment from it ... [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] ... and you repeat. You discard (it). [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] ... large and small [...] |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] and you pour out [...]. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] grain gleanings, seeds of samīdu-plant, [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | ... [...] into each other that is smeared |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | lustration ... [...] you wash in [...]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | into water for lustration [...] ... [...] ... |
| Obverse [22:25] o 2323–o 2525 | You return (it) to the vat. The water [...] which you poured these aromatics, the aromatics which [...] .... Thereafter [...] to yarzibnu-aromatic [...] .... |
| Obverse [25:29] o 2626–o 2929 | You pound 1 mina of myrrh, 1 mina of perṣaduhhu-balsam, 1 qû of [...] of reeds, 1/2 shekel of myrtle, 1/3 shekel of šanātu-plant, [...] to ... whatever *** that is gathered, myrrh (and) perṣaduhhu-balsam. You soak (them) in yārutu-aromatic water [...]. |
| Obverse [29:31] o 3030–o 3131 | You pour (it) into the oil. From [...] this you pound 1/2 shekel of *** and 1/2 shekel of [...]. |
| Obverse [31:33] o 3232–o 3333 | If [...] oil of yarzibnu-aromatic: you set out for it these (same) aromatics. You pour out 10 minas of [...] šappatu-vessel. |
| Obverse [33:36] o 3434–o 3636 | [...] myrtle, [...] perṣaduhhu-balsam, myrrh that amongst the aromatics [...]. You set this ... out for it. From in [...] *** you bring it out. |
| Obverse [36:38] o 3737–o 3838 | Its recipe is like this. |
| Obverse [37:38] o 3838–o 3838 | If you are preparing myrtle oil [...] ... |
| Obverse [38:39] o 3939–o 3939 | 1/2 ... in 1 talent of myrtle [...] ... |
| Obverse [39:40] o 4040–o 4040 | knots from myrtle [...] |
| Obverse [41:42] o 4242–o 4242 | [...] oil of šanātu-aromatic [...] |
| Obverse [42:43] o 4343–o 4343 | [...] talent(s) of šanātu-aromatic [...] |
| Obverse [43:44] o 4444–o 4444 | [...] ... in [...] |
| Obverse [44:45] o 4545–o 4545 | into water for lustratration [...] |
| Obverse [45:46] o 4646–o 4646 | are poured out ... [...] |
| Obverse [46:47] o 4747–o 4747 | on top of the garment ... [...] |
| Obverse [47:48] o 4848–o 4848 | 2 qû of myrrh-water [...] |
| Obverse [48:49] o 4949–o 4949 | 5 qû of oil that is poured out [...] |
| Obverse [49:50] o 5050–o 5050 | [...] qû of myrrh, 1 qû of [...] |
| Obverse [50:54] o 5151– | [...] qû of perṣaduhhu-balsam [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 33–r 33 | lying on the right [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 44–r 44 | for šanātu-aromatic [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 55–r 55 | [...] myrrh [...] |
| Reverse [3:7] r 66–r 99 | (too fragmentary to translate) |
| Reverse [7:8] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] that he cleaned [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] of yarūtu-aromatic [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1212–r 1212 | ... 1(sūtu) of oil ... [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1313–r 1313 | each other, trees from [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1414–r 1414 | After you have removed it ... [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1515–r 1515 | You pour it out five times [...] crushed [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1616–r 1616 | You crush 2(sūtu) of [...] ... From 1/2 mina you [...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1717–r 1717 | You soften it repeatedly in water. Twice into [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1818–r 1818 | You pour (it) into the oil. 2 minas of cedar-wood, [...], |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1919–r 1919 | 1 qû of ṣumlalû-spice, 1 qû of kanaktu-resin, [...] ..., |
| Reverse [17:18] r 2020–r 2020 | 5 minas of reeds, 5 minas of myrtle, 5 minas of [...], of cedar-wood, |
| Reverse [18:20] r 2121–r 2222 | 1/2 shekel of šupruhu-cedar, 7 qû of emdu-wood [...] — you set out these various [...] for it. Thereafter [...] yārutu-aromatic. |
| Reverse [20:22] r 2323–r 2424 | You pour it out. To 1(sūtu) of oil for tabiltu-vessels [...] yārutu-aromatic you go. With this yārutu-aromatic: 2 minas of ..., 2 qû of nāsu***, |
| Reverse [22:23] r 2525–r 2525 | 2 minas of šanātu-aromatic, [...] of perṣaduhhu-balsam, 2 minas of asanītu-plant, |
| Reverse [23:25] r 2626–r 2727 | 1 qû of honey, 1 mina of myrrh [...] yārutu-aromatic were poured out. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 2727–r 2727 | If you are preparing oil of asanītu-plant, its recipe is like that of yārutu-aromatic. |
| Reverse [25:28] r 2828–r 3030 | 1 talent of asanītu results 1(sūtu) of oil. 3 minas of perṣaduhhu-balsam, 1 mina of reeds, 1 mina of yārutu-aromatic, 1 mina of myrrh, (and) 1 qû of honey go with the asanītu [...]. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 3131–r 3131 | [...] excerpted (from) [...]-ninu, female perfume maker. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] tu-ra-qa lu [...] | |
| 2 | [...] 3TA.AM₃ ta-tab-[ba-ak ...] | |
| 3 | [...] i-tab-ba-ak iš-tu [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ma-la tu-na-sa-[hu ...] | |
| 5 | [...]-ni 2šu qa-meš tu-[...]. | |
| 6 | [...] 2 SILA₃ ṣu-um-la-li iṣ-[...] | |
| 7 | [...] 3TA.AM₃ ta-tab-ba-[ak ...] | |
| 8 | [...] 1 su-pu-uh-ru 10 [...] | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢ha⸣-ap-pu-u₂-tu maš-[...] | |
| 10 | [...] 5 SILA₃ ha-me-mu 5 MA.NA [...] | |
| 11 | [...] šur-mi-nu i-ha-šu-lu [...] | |
| 12 | [...] 1 i-la-pu-tu a-na {dug}BAN₂ [...] | |
| 13 | [...] ta-ba-qi₂-ša ta-na-aš₂-ši [...] | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢ŠIM⸣-MEŠ-ša ha-aš₂-lu-te ta-ma-si [...] | |
| 15 | [... ṭi₂-iš-ṭi₂]-ša ša lib₃-be tu-na-kar a-[...] | |
| 16 | [...]-ma tu-ta-ar ta-kar-⸢ra⸣-[ar ...] | |
| 17 | [...]-⸢ak⸣ si-ir GAL{e} u₃ ṣe-ha-[ar ...] | |
| 18 | [...] u₃ ta-ta-ba-[ak ...] | |
| 19 | [...] li ga te NUMUN sa-mi-[...] | |
| 20 | [...] ⸢ina⸣ a-ha-iš [...] | |
| 21 | si-il-a ni-[...]-a-te i+na [... ta]-⸢ma⸣-si | |
| 22 | a-na A-MEŠ ša si-il-e [ta-tab-ba-ak la-bu-ku]-te | |
| 23 | a-na {dug}UTUL₂ tu-ta-ar A-MEŠ [ša i+na lib₃-be-šu-nu] ŠIM-MEŠ | |
| 24 | an-nu-te tu-ta-bi-ku-ni ⸢ŠIM⸣-[MEŠ i+na lib₃-bi-šu-nu be-du]-u₂-ni | |
| 25 | ha-ra-ma-ma a-na ia-a-ar si-mat [ta-tab-ba-ak ...]-šu | |
| 26 | 1 MA.NA mur-ra 1 MA.NA pe-er-[ṣa-du]-ha 1 SILA₃ [I₃] ša GI-MEŠ | |
| 27 | 1/2 GIN₂ a-sa 1/3 GIN₂ ša-na-a-[te 1/3 GIN₂ a]-⸢na⸣-za-⸢ku⸣-[u₂-i]-⸢šu⸣ e-im ṣi-a-ra | |
| 28 | i-ka-mi-ṣu-u₂-ni mur-ra [pe-er-ṣa]-du-ha [...] LAL₃ iš-tu a-ha-iš | |
| 29 | ta-su-ak i+na A-MEŠ ša ia-a-ru-[ut-te ...] ta-ma-ha-ah | |
| 30 | a-na ŠA₃ I₃ ta-tab-ba-ak i+na ŠA₃ [... mi-ih]-hi an-ni-e | |
| 31 | 1/2 GIN₂ a-na-za-ku-u₂-i-ši u₃ 1/2 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [...] ta-su-ak | |
| 32 | šum₂-ma I₃ ša ia-a-ar si-[mat tu-raq-qa ŠIM]-MEŠ an-nu-te-ma | |
| 33 | ta-ra-ad-di-šu 10 MA.[NA ... a-na {dug}šap]-pe-te | |
| 34 | ta-tab-ba-ak a-sa [...] pe-er-ṣa-du-ha | |
| 35 | mur-ra ša ŠA₃ ŠIM-MEŠ [lab-ku-u₂-ni ...]-ri an-ni-e | |
| 36 | ta-ra-di-šu i+na ŠA₃ [...]-ia-ar ki-BIŠ tu-še-ṣa-šu | |
| 37 | ta-aš₂-qi₂-su ki-[i an-ni-im]-ma | |
| 38 | šum₂-ma I₃ ša a-si tu-ra-aq-qa [...]-u₂-tu | |
| 39 | 1/2 BI i+na 1 GUN a-[si ...]-na-te | |
| 40 | ki-iṣ-ru-te iš-tu a-[si ...] | |
| 41 | [...] ⸢li⸣-ka-ša-ga [...] | |
| 42 | [šum₂-ma] I₃ ša ša-na-[a-te tu-raq-qa ...] | |
| 43 | ⸢x⸣ GUN ša-na-a-te [...] | |
| 44 | ⸢x⸣-sa-pu-nu i+na [...]. | |
| 45 | [a]-⸢na⸣ A-MEŠ ša si-⸢il⸣-[e ...] | |
| 46 | i-lab-bu-ku ši na i [...] | |
| 47 | i+na UGU lu-be-ri ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| 48 | 2 SILA₃ A-MEŠ ša mur-[ri ...] | |
| 49 | 2 SILA₃ I₃ i-tab-bu-ku [...] | |
| 50 | ⸢x⸣ SILA₃ mur-ra 1 SILA₃ [...] | |
| 51 | ⸢x⸣ SILA₃ pe-er-ṣa-du-[ha ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | im ni i [...] | |
| 4 | [a]-na ša-na-a-[te ...] | |
| 5 | [...] ha ra [...] | |
| 6 | [...] em-di [...] | |
| 7 | [...] ša₂ ta a [...] | |
| 8 | [...] lu ši i [...] | |
| 9 | [...] šap-nu [...] | |
| 10 | [...] u₂-zak-ku [...] | |
| 11 | [...] ša ṣi-e-ru [...] | |
| 12 | [...] še-im 10 SILA₃ I₃ 10 [...] | |
| 13 | a-[x]-mi-iš GIŠ-MEŠ i+na [...] | |
| 14 | iš-tu tu-ut-ta-si-hu šu ni [...] | |
| 15 | hap-pu-u₂-tu 5šu ta-⸢tab-ba⸣-ak-šu [...] | |
| 16 | ⸢GU₄⸣{ar₂} ta-ha-ša-al ša 1/2 MA.NA tu-[...] | |
| 17 | i+na [A]-MEŠ tu-ul-ta-ba-ak 2šu a-na lib₃-⸢be⸣ [...] | |
| 18 | a-na ŠA₃ I₃ ta-tab-ba-ak 2 MA.NA e-⸢re⸣-[nu ...] | |
| 19 | 1 SILA₃ ṣu-um-la-li-u₂ 1 SILA₃ ka-na-ak-tu [...]-ah | |
| 20 | 5 MA.NA GI-MEŠ 5 MA.NA a-su [... e]-⸢ri⸣-i-nu | |
| 21 | 1/2 GIN₂ su-pu-uh-ru 7 SILA₃ em-du [... ŠIM sa]-mu-hu-te | |
| 22 | [an-nu]-u₂-te ta-ra-di-šu ha-ra-ma-[ma ... ia]-a-ru-ut-te | |
| 23 | ⸢ta⸣-tab-ba-ak-šu a-na 10 SILA₃ I₃ ša ⸢ta⸣-bi-la-⸢ti⸣ [... ia]-a-ru-ut-ta | |
| 24 | ta-lak iš-tu ia-a-ru-ut-te an-ni-te 2 MA.NA [GI]-MEŠ 2 SILA₃ na-a-su | |
| 25 | 2 MA.NA ša-na-a-tu [x MA.NA pe]-er-ṣa-du-hu 2 MA.NA a-sa-ni-a-tu | |
| 26 | 1 SILA₃ LAL₃ 1 MA.NA mur-[ru x MA.NA] ia-a-ru-ut-te i-tab-bu-ku | |
| 27 | šum₂-ma I₃ ša a-sa-ni-[a-te tu-raq]-qa ki-i ša ia-a-ru-ut-te tar-qi-su | |
| 28 | a-na 10 SILA₃ I₃ 1 GUN a-sa-ni-a-tu il-la-ka 3 MA.NA pe-er-ṣa-du-hu | |
| 29 | 1 MA.NA GI-MEŠ 1 MA.NA [... MA.NA ia-a-ru]-ut-tu 1 MA.NA mur-ru 1 SILA₃ LAL₃ | |
| 30 | iš-tu a-sa-ni-[a-te ...] il-la-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 31 | [tar-qi-tu ... i+na pi-i {f}...]-ni-nu mu-ra-qi-te na-as₂-ha-at | |
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