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VAT 10243 (P283540)
Lexical, Middle Assyrian, unclear · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE
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| Designation | VAT 10243 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283540 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10243 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Assyrian · c. 1400 BCE–1000 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | unclear |
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 | ⸢ku₁₀{ku}{ku⸣}ku₁₀ e-⸢ṭu-tu⸣ | “It is dark, it is dark! It is bright! |
| 2 | ⸢ku₁₀⸣-ku₁₀ ek-le-⸢tu⸣ | “It is dark, it is dark. |
| 3 | ku₁₀-ku₁₀ ra-ʾa-mu | “It is dark, I want to see it! |
| 4 | ku₁₀-ku₁₀ du-⸢ʾu⸣-mu | “It is dark, it is dark.’ |
| 5 | ⸢ku₁₀-ku₁₀⸣ zalag₂(ERIN₂)⸢še₃⸣ ŋar ⸢ek-le-tu₂⸣ nu-mu-rum | “It is dark, it is bright, it does not have a dark spot. |
| 6 | ⸢ku₁₀-ku₁₀ zalag₂-še₃ zal⸣ {<MIN(ek-le-tu₂)>} ⸢a⸣-[na nu]-ri {<MIN(nu-mu-rum)>} | “It is dark, it is bright, it has elapsed, the light of the ea-e-na-nuri is dim, |
| 7 | {ur}ur₄ ha-⸢ma⸣-mu | |
| 8 | ⸢ur₄⸣ ha{⸢a}ša⸣-šu | |
| 9 | ⸢ur₄⸣ šu-par₂-ru₃-⸢rum⸣ | a šuparrum building |
| 10 | ⸢ur₄⸣ a-ra-⸢rum⸣ | “It is the roof, it is the foundation |
| 11 | ⸢ur₄⸣ ba-qa-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 12 | ur₄-⸢ur₄⸣ ba-ra-rum | “(If) it rains on the roof, it will not be able to carry it.’ |
| 13 | ur₄-⸢ur₄⸣ ⸢e-be⸣-rum | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! |
| 14 | ur₄ ⸢x⸣-[x] [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 15 | ⸢ur₄⸣ [...] [...] | ... e’ur-e23-plant |
| 16 | ⸢ur₄⸣ [...] [...] | ... e’ur-e23-plant |
| 27 | [...] [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 28 | [...] [ki]-⸢in-si-gu⸣ | ... the ... of the Insigu temple |
| 29 | [...] [ki]-⸢in⸣-si-gu par₂-su | ... the ki’einsigu temple |
| 30 | [...] {<⸢MIN⸣([ki]-in-si-gu)>} pa-ra-⸢su⸣ | ... the esagil temple, the parasīsu temple |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢ša⸣ i-na ⸢pa-ra⸣-su DU | ... of the eša’e-plant in its eparsu-plant |
| 2 | [... gub]-⸢ba⸣ ŠU-u₂ | ... is standing ready |
| 3 | kiŋ₂ šip-rum | to the place of the scepter |
| 4 | [...] ⸢ak⸣-a {<MIN(šip-rum)>} ep-šu | ... eak-ea plant, an ecstatic |
| 5 | [... til]-⸢la⸣ ŠU-u₂ | ... it is finished |
| 6 | [... til]-⸢la⸣ šip-rum gam-ru | ... finished, completed scepter |
| 7 | [...] {<⸢MIN⸣(šip-rum)>} la-a {<MIN(gam-ru)>} | ... ešiprum plant, not a ditto plant |
| 8 | [...] ⸢ŠU-u₂⸣ | ... ešû |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x-la⸣-pu | ... a ...-plant |
| 10 | [...] ⸢e⸣-ši-rum | ... the eširum temple |
| 11 | [...] ⸢uš⸣-šu-rum | ... the ešû-demon |
| 12 | [...] [...] ša₂ SAG.⸢DU⸣ | ... of SAG.E22DU |
| 13 | [...] [...]-⸢du⸣ | ... ...-edu-e23 |
| 15 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-[kiŋ₂] [...] | ... E-e-ki |
| 16 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-[kiŋ₂] [...] | ... E-e-ki |
| 17 | ⸢kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂⸣ ⸢x⸣-[...] | E-ki-e-23 |
| 18 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-kiŋ₂ nap-[...] | “I want to dwell in Ezida |
| 19 | kiŋ₂ ⸢ter⸣-[tu] | the place of the terētu |
| 20 | kiŋ₂-gi₄-a {<MIN(ter-[tu])>} | “In the place of reconciliation, ditto, |
| 21 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣ gal ra-bu-[u₂] | the great city E-e-23 |
| 22 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣ gal-gal(|MA.BAR|) ra-ab-bu-[tu] | the great embankments of E-e-23 |
| 23 | kiŋ₂-gal mu-er-rum | the Great Oval |
| 24 | kiŋ₂-gal-ud-da mu-ut-ti-lu | He who dwells in the Great Oval |
| 25 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣ gi₄ ⸢ša⸣-pa-rum | “Emukî, return, Eša-pārum, |
| 26 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣ gi₄ uh-hu-rum | “Emukî, return! Uhḫurum, |
| 27 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-gi₄ ip-pi-rum | Ipparum |
| 28 | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣ gi₄-a a-mu-u₂ | Returning to Ezida, a word |
| 29 | kiŋ₂-gi₄-a ter-tu | Returning to its place |
| 30 | kiŋ₂ gi₄-a ša₂-pa-rum | restored place of Šaparum |
| 31 | saŋ kiŋ₂ se-e-rum | (a kind of grass) |
| 32 | ⸢ŠU⸣ {m}gab-bu-⸢A₂-DAH-ra-x-x⸣ | Hand of Gabbu-ea-daḫara- |
Sources & licences
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