BRM 4, 21 (P296518)
Literary, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 21 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296518 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01867 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3245, 45.6388 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [...] (in) a man's house [...] ... will be seen. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] a wall in a man's house ... [...] .... |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | (If) moths climb up a wall in a man's house ... [...] .... |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | (If) moths, in a man's house, climb the walls up to the top ... [...] .... |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | (If) moths, in a man's house, go down the walls to the bottom ... [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | (If) moths, in a man's house, climb up and go down : dilapidation (or): [...] of the house. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | (If) moths are copulating in a man's house: the mistress of the house will [...] ... her husband's heart. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | (If) moths are seen in a house on top of the bed: the mistress of the house will [...] ... her husband. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | (If) moths fall in a chapel: the owner of that house will [...] ... plentiful food. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | (If) there are moths in an abandoned man's house (and) they become numerous: that house will be inhabited; he will be satisfied .... |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | (If) moths become numerous in a man's house: that house will be full of food; he will be satisfied. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | (If) there are moths in the access way of a man's house: that house will be full of food; he will be satisfied. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | (If) there are moths in the furniture of a man's house: the man's house will be full of food. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | (If) there are moths on the lower part of the grindstone: that house will be full of food. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | (If) moths climb on top of a man: that man will experience satisfaction in his lifetime. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616– | (If) moths [...] |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...] is seen on a man's table: that man ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] there is ... in a man's house: he will prosper. : (If) a moth [...] a man's garment [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] eats a man's hair: he will prosper. : (If) a moth ... [...] clothing ... [...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] eats on the 1st day every month, on the 1st day of (any) month of the year: he will prosper. : (If) there is moth in a man's house: he will prosper. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] eats a man's garment: he will prosper. : (If) ditto (a moth) ditto eats a man's hair: he will prosper. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [...] eats a woman's clothing: she will prosper. : (If) a moth eats monthly the first day (any) month of the year: she will prosper. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | Tablet 36 (of the) series "(If) a city is located on a height"; not completed. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | (If) spiders lie across the oven door (or) the windows [...] the mudbrick of the city houses and a young child sees (them): there will be a famine in that land ; that city will be abandoned. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Nidintu-Anu, chief lamentation-priest of Anu, son of Anu-uballiṭ, descendant of Sin-leqi-unninni, the Tiranaean. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] his son. Uruk, Tašritu (month VII), day 2, 1.24th year of Seleucus, king. |
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 | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢E₂ LU₂⸣ [...] ŠU₂ IGI | |
| 2 | [...] ina E₂ LU₂ IZ.ZI x x MEŠ [...] BI | |
| 3 | UR.ME ina E₂ LU₂ IZ.ZI E₁₁-⸢MEŠ⸣-ni x [...] x | |
| 4 | UR.ME ina E₂ LU₂ IZ.ZI-MEŠ ana ⸢AN.TA⸣{nu} E₁₁-MEŠ x [...] AH | |
| 5 | UR.ME ina E₂ LU₂ iš-tu IZ.ZI-MEŠ ana KI.TA{nu} ur-ra-du-ni x [...] | |
| 6 | UR.ME ina E₂ LU₂ E₁₁-MEŠ u ur-ra-du-ni e-ne-eš [...] E₂ | |
| 7 | UR.ME ina E₂ LU₂ rit-ku-bu NIN E₂ ŠA₃ DAM-⸢sa₃⸣ [...] x x | |
| 8 | UR.ME ina E₂ ina UGU {giš}NU₂ IGI NIN E₂ DAM-sa₃ [...] x | |
| 9 | UR.ME ina E₂.KUR ŠUB EN E₂ BI NINDA nap-ša₂ [...] x | |
| 10 | UR.ME ina E₂ LU₂ na-di-i i-mi-du GAL₂-MEŠ E₂ BI TUŠ{ab} ŠA₃ x x x DU₁₀{ab} | |
| 11 | UR.ME ina E₂ LU₂ i-mi-du E₂ BI NINDA i-šeb-bi ŠA₃-BI DU₁₀.GA | |
| 12 | UR.ME ina tal-lak-ti E₂ LU₂ GAL₂-MEŠ E₂ BI NINDA i-šeb-bi ŠA₃-BI DU₁₀.GA | |
| 13 | UR.ME ina mut-tab-bil-ti E₂ LU₂ GAL₂-MEŠ E₂ LU₂ NINDA i-šeb-bi | |
| 14 | UR.ME ina um-mat {na₄}UR₅.UR₅ GAL₂-MEŠ E₂ BI NINDA i-šeb-bi | |
| 15 | UR.ME ana UGU LU₂ E₁₁ LU₂ BI ina u₄-mi-šu ŠA₃-BI DU₁₀.GA IGI{⸢mar⸣} | |
| 16 | ⸢UR⸣.[ME] [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢GI⸣ x x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ina {giš}BANŠUR LU₂ IGI LU₂ BI x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ina E₂ LU₂ GAL₂{ši} SIG₅ ṣa-a-ṣu TUG₂ LU₂ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢SIG₂⸣ LU₂ i-kul SIG₅ ṣa-a-ṣu lu-bu-uš-ta x [...] ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ar₂-hi-šam U₄ 1-KAM ITI MU U₄ 1-KAM i-kul SIG₅ ṣa-a-ṣu ina E₂ LU₂ GAL₂{ši} <SIG₅> | |
| 6' | [...] TUG₂ LU₂ i-kul SIG₅ {<MIN(ṣa-a-ṣu)>} MIN SIG₂ LU₂ i-kul SIG₅ | |
| 7' | [...] x lu(UB-)bu-uš-ta ša₂ MUNUS i-kul SIG₅ {<MIN(ṣa-a-ṣu)>} MIN ar₂-hi-šam U₄ 1-KAM ITI MU U₄ 1-KAM i-kul SIG₅ | |
| 8' | [ṭup]-⸢pi⸣ 36-KAM₂ EŠ₂.GAR₃ IRI ina SUKUD{e} GAR{in} la₃ AL.TIL | |
| 9' | AŠ KA₂ ti-nu-ri a-pa-a-⸢ti⸣ [x] ⸢SIG₄⸣-MEŠ E₂-MEŠ IRI pur-ru-ka-ma a-hur-ru i-mur SU.GU₇(KA) ina KUR BI GAL₂ IRI BI ŠUB{di} | |
| 10' | {[m]}⸢ni⸣-din-tu₄—{d}60 {lu₂}GALA.MAH {d}60{a-nu₃} DUMU ša₂ {m}{d}60—DIN{iṭ} A {m}{d}30—TI—ER₂ TIR.AN.NA{ki}{u₂} | |
| 11' | [...]-nu DUMU-A.NI UNUG{ki} {iti}DU₆ U₄ 2-KAM₂ MU 1.24-KAM₂ {m}si-lu-ku LUGAL | |
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