NBC 07696 (P286488)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | NBC 07696 |
|---|---|
| ID | P286488 |
| Museum no. | NBC 07696 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
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| Line | English |
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| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | [“The furrow] will decrease (?) [its yield]” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 2?): … means […]. |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | [… “(in) Šebuti (an Elamite month name)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 3)] (means) “in the month of Araḫsamna (VIII)”; “[(in)] Šer’i-ebūri (another Elamite month name)” means “[(in) the month of Simānu (III)].” |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | […]; “unripe date(s)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 3) refers to the imḫur-līm-plant (?), (the logogram) ŠÀ.SUD (= Šumma Ālu LIX 4) denotes nebrītu (“hunger”). |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | [(…) “it (the acacia) bears beyond measure” (?) (= Šumma Ālu LIX 5?): “measure (minâtu)” (?) refers to] “few (mīṣātu)” (?); alternatively, (it means): it is abundant beyond measure. |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | […; “the ground] will become confused” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 6) means: the ground will be disturbed, |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | (because) “to confuse” [means “to disturb.” …] …. “Fall of the army” (?) (= Šumma Ālu LIX 10) [(…) means that(?)] there will be many illnesses. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | “Fox-grape” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 10) means … […] … will not approach (?) [his(?)] god(?). |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | The …-plant (= Šumma Ālu LIX 12?) corresponds to the “reed-apple-plant” […] … regarding a disturbance (dilḫu, perhaps explaining “diʾu-disease” in Šumma Ālu LIX 12); |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | (it means that) a disturbance will take place in the land. “ušû-tree (Dalbergia melanoxylon?)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 19) refers to […] …. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | “The god Ea will become obscured in the Apsû” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 20) means that the waters(?) […] … and(?) |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | the waters of the river will be yellowish and disturbed; an eclipse […] …. KURUN (“alcoholic beverage”) means “grapevine (giš.GEŠTIN)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 21); |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | KURUN (also) means “blood,” because of the (Sumerian) line “d.nin-giš-zi-da a-ri d.[a-n]u(?),” (which) means (in Akkadian) “ditto (i.e., Ningizzida) (= Šumma Ālu LIX 21), engendered (lit., poured out) by Anu.” |
| Obverse [13:14] 1414–1414 | Secondly, (Emesal) MU.TIN (“wine”) means “grapevine”; MU.TIN (also) means “alcoholic drink (šikaru)”; (it can also be written) “mu₆(PA)-te-en,” (which refers to (?)) the one who holds (mukil, cf. aklu) the first fruits (nisakku); |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | (regarding) the wine (mu₆(PA)-tin-ni) for the libation, mu₆(PA)-tin-nu refers to Ningizzida, because UGULA (= PA) means “overseer (aklu)” |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | (and) TIN means “alcoholic drink” (and because, consequently, the Sumerian line) “d.siráš(ŠIM×A) kaš-kaš-bi-ir sig₅,” (which means in Akkadian) “the (divine) brewer whose alcoholic drink is good,” |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | is said with reference to Ningizzida. |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | “If (DIŠ UD) a white shoot appears” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 30): UD (is to be read as) šumma (“if”). “If the kassību-plant becomes thick” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 32): (this) means, |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | the kasīya-plant (mustard?) has gathered; for “to be thick” means “to gather” – (a plant) that is overly plentiful and abundant; |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | [alternatively, (it means), it has become] thick (?); it has …. “That field will be full of weeds” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 33) means: that field will be plundered. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | [“urânu-plant” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 34) is (another name form of)] the arantu-plant, (which) is (identical with) the a(n)damatu-plant. “It has appeared” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 34) means: it has become abundant. |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | [“sassu-plant” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 36) is (another name form of) the] sassatu-plant. “amiranu-plant” is (another name form of) the anamiru-plant (= Šumma Ālu LIX 37); |
| Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323 | […] the amiranu-plant is (identical with?) the mirgirēnu-plant; like … asḫar-plant(?) …. |
| Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424 | “It has become thick” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 37/38) means: it has …; alternatively, (it means) it has gathered. “It has appeared” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 39ff.) means: it has become abundant. |
| Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525 | (The logogram) ú.IM.MAN.DU (= Šumma Ālu LIX 41) is (to be read as) sumādu/suādu (a plant name). The iptu-plant (= Šumma Ālu LIX 42) is (identical with) the a(n)damatu-plant. |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | “[Its owner] will not approach it (the field)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 42) means: its owner will not come near to it. The alapû-plant (seaweed?)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 45) is (identical with) the ḫammu-plant (algae?); |
| Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727 | (it means the field) is draped in anapû (= alapû)-plants. i-ma-du (lit., “they will be abundant”) can (also) be (written) i-ma-a-du (apparently a commentarial misunderstanding of bēlšu i-ma-at “its owner will die” in Šumma Ālu LIX 45). išbabtu-grass (= Šumma Ālu LIX 46) is (identical with) |
| Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828 | (salty) ma/ullaḫtu-grass (and with) lardu-grass. “Its (the field’s) owner will close (lit., “will cover,” i-kat₇(ŠU)-tam(UD), apparently misunderstood by the commentator as i-šu-uṭ) his eye(s)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 46) means: “he(?) will pull(?) (them)” (i-šu-uṭ-ṭu). |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | “Its owner will … (i-tál(PI)tal-li) his face” (cf. Šumma Ālu LIX 47, which has bēlšu īn(ē)šu i-pe-te? “its owner will open his eye(s)”; the commentator seems to have misunderstood the last word, reading it as i-tál(PI)-la): talālu (“to stretch out”?) means “to be high” (or: “to irrigate”?). The a-ra-KI-ra-nu-plant (mistake for arariyānu in Šumma Ālu LIX 48) is (identical with) the |
| Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030 | za?/a?-lu/ur?-zi-lu-zu-plant. “The …(ŠU) of its (the field’s) owner will not turn back (?)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 48) means: the yield (?) will not pay back (?) its owner, |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | [(because) ŠU] means “yield,” of a garden; alternatively, (it means): the hand(s) of its owners will not turn back (?); that is (?), the garden will not hold back |
| Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232 | [(…)] its yield from him. “If (DIŠ UD) the tuddumum-plant” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 49?) means: “If (šumma) the ṭuṭṭum(-plant)”; |
| Obverse [32:33] 3333–3333 | the ṭuṭṭum(-plant) is (identical with) the daddaru(-plant); the ṭuṭṭum(-plant) is a bitter (plant). |
| Obverse [33:34] 3434–3434 | “The field — there will be a reed-bed during cultivation (?) and plants will return (?)” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 49?) means: a cultivated field |
| Obverse [34:35] 3535–3535 | will turn into a swamp and will be ruined. |
| Obverse [35:36] 3636–3636 | Lemmata, oral explanations, and (materials for) a “questioning” by a (master-)scholar |
| Obverse [36:37] 3737–3737 | relating to (the text with the incipit) “If vegetables are plentiful and the ḫuratu-tree grows very well” (= Šumma Ālu LIX 1). |
| Obverse [37:38] 3838–3838 | 59th “lecture” of “If a City is Set on a Height,” not finished. (Catchline:) “If the soil of the land exudes blood” (= Šumma Ālu LX). |
| Obverse [38:39] 3939–3939 | Single-column tablet of Naʾid-Enlil, son of Šamaš-aḫḫē-iddin, descendant of m.DIR-d.UTU. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [... i-har]-⸢ra⸣-aṣ [x] x ⸢su-u₂ [x x] | |
| 3 | [... ina {iti}še-bu-ti] ina {iti}⸢APIN⸣ ina)] {iti}ši-ir-⸢i-BURU₁₄⸣ [(ina) {iti}SIG₄] | |
| 4 | [...] u₂-hi-nu x [x] IGI ŠA₃.SUD ne₂-eb-⸢ri-tu₂⸣ | |
| 5 | [... UGU mi-na-ti-šu₂ iš-ši mi-na-tu₂ ⸢mi⸣-ṣa-tu₄ ⸢ša₂-niš UGU⸣ mi-na-ti-šu₂ a-tar | |
| 6 | [... KI{ti₃} in-neš]-ši KI{⸢ti₃} id⸣-dal-lah₃ | |
| 7 | e-šu-⸢u₂⸣ da-la-hu x x x] x ⸢ŠUB⸣{ti₃} ⸢ERIM⸣{[ni} (x x) GIG-MEŠ i-man-du | |
| 8 | {giš}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A {giš}GEŠTIN.KA₅.A x [x] x [x x x x] x ⸢DINGIR⸣-[šu₂/x] NU TE | |
| 9 | {u₂}x (x x) {u₂}HAŠHUR-{giš}⸢GI⸣ {u₂}HAŠHUR-{giš}⸢GI⸣ [x x] x x ⸢aš⸣-šum di-il-hu | |
| 10 | ⸢di⸣-il-hu ina KUR GAR{an} {giš}ESI [x x x x x] ku ki an x x x | |
| 11 | {d}⸢IDIM⸣ ina ABZU ia-a-dar ⸢A-MEŠ⸣ [x x (x)] hab-me-ma | |
| 12 | A-MEŠ ID₂ SIG₇ u dal-ha AN.⸢GE₆⸣ [x x] x x ⸢KURUN⸣ {giš}GEŠTIN | |
| 13 | KURUN da-me aš-šum {d}nin-giš-zi-da a-⸢ri {d⸣}[a]-⸢nu⸣ {d}{<MIN({d}nin-giš-zi-da)>} ša₂ ri-hu-ut {d}a-nu | |
| 14 | ša₂-niš MU.TIN {giš}GEŠTIN MU.TIN ši-kar mu₆(PA)te-en mu-⸢kil⸣ {ni}NISAG{ga} ni-sag-ga | |
| 15 | mu₆(PA)tin-ni ša₂ ni-qi₂-i mu₆(PA)tin-nu {d}nin-giš-zi-da UGULA(PA) ak-lu | |
| 16 | TIN ši-ka-ri {d}siraš₂(|ŠIM×A|) kaš-kaš-bi-ir sig₅ si-ra-šu-u₂ ša₂ ši-kar-šu₂ dam-qa | |
| 17 | a-na {d}nin-giš-zi-da iq-ta-bi | |
| 18 | [UD] {⸢u₂⸣}[ha]-⸢ab⸣-bu-ru pe-⸢ṣe⸣-e it-tab-ši UD šum-ma UD {u₂}kas₃-si-bi i-te-bi | |
| 19 | {[u₂}ka]-⸢si⸣-ia ik-te-ṣir e-bu-u₂ ka-ṣa-ri ša₂ i-ti-ru-ma i-mi-du | |
| 20 | [x x x] x bi ⸢in⸣-de-ʾi-IZ A.ŠA₃ BI i-wa-bi-iʾ ⸢A.ŠA₃⸣ BI im-⸢maš⸣-ša₂-aʾ | |
| 21 | {[u₂}u₅-ra-nu {u₂}a-ra-an-tu₂ an-da-ma-tu₄ it-tab-ši in-de-ʾi-id | |
| 22 | {[u₂}sa-as-su {u₂}sa]-⸢as⸣-sa-tu₄ {u₂}a₃(PI){a}mi-ra-nu {u₂}a-na-mi-ru | |
| 23 | [x x x x x x] {⸢a⸣}a₃(PI)⸢mi-ra⸣-nu {u₂}me₂-er-gi-re-e-nu ki-ma hu x as-⸢har du⸣ | |
| 24 | [i]-te-bi in-de⸣-ʾi-IZ ⸢ša₂-niš ik⸣-te-ṣir it-tab-ši im-te-du | |
| 25 | {[u₂]}⸢IM⸣.MAN.⸢DU⸣ {u₂}su-⸢ma⸣-[du {u₂]}⸢ip⸣-tu₄ {u₂}an-da-ma-tu₄ | |
| 26 | [EN-šu₂ NU] ⸢TE⸣-šu₂ EN-šu₂ ul i-qar-ru-ba-aš₂-šu₂ {u₂}a-la-pu-u₂ {u₂}ha-am-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 27 | {[u₂]}⸢a⸣-na-pa-a il-lab-ba-aš₂ i-ma-du i-ma-a-du ⸢iš-bab-tu₄⸣ | |
| 28 | mul-lah₃-tu₄ {u₂}la-ar₂-du EN-šu₂ IGI-šu i-kat₇(ŠU)tam(UD) i-šu-uṭ-ṭu | |
| 29 | EN-šu₂ IGI-šu i-tal₂(PI){tal}li ta-la-lu ša₂-qu-u₂ {u₂}a-ra-KI-ra-nu | |
| 30 | {⸢u₂⸣}za/⸢a⸣-lu/ur-zi-lu-zu ŠU EN-šu₂ NU GUR{ar₂} bil-tu₂ be-li-šu₂ ul u₂-ta-ri | |
| 31 | [ŠU] bil-tu₄ ša₂ {giš}KIRI₆ ša₂-niš ŠU-MIN EN-šu₂ ul GUR{ar₂} {giš}KIRI₆ GU₂.UN-su | |
| 32 | [(x)] ⸢ul⸣ i-kil-la-aš₂-šu₂ UD {u₂}tu-ud-du-mu-um šum-ma ṭu-uṭ-ṭu-um | |
| 33 | [ṭu-uṭ]-ṭu-um da-ad-da-ri ṭu-uṭ-ṭu-um mar-ru-tu | |
| 34 | A.ŠA₃ ⸢a-{pi⸣}pu-um ina me₂-re-šu u U₂-HI.A i-ta-ri A.ŠA₃ me₂-re-šu₂ | |
| 35 | a-na ap-pa-ri i-tar-ma in-na-an-di | |
| 36 | ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-ut pi-i u₃ maš-a-a-al-tu₂ ša₂ KA um-man-nu | |
| 37 | ša₂ ŠA₃ KIRI₆ ma-du-u {giš}HAB ma-gal i-te-ši-ir | |
| 38 | 59 mal₂-su-ut URU ina SUKUD GAR{in} NU AL.TIL KI KUR UŠ₂ i-hi-il | |
| 39 | {im}GI₂.DA {m}I-{d}en-lil₂ A-šu₂ {m}{d}UTU-ŠEŠ-MEŠ-MU A {m}DIR-{d}UTU |
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