KAR 052 (P369034)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369034 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08282 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | “If a man takes a bath in an access way, he will not grow old” (= Ālu aḫû 43 l. 1) (refers to the man) who takes a bath on a threshold. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | In “If ditto in the evening, he will not become rich” (= Ālu aḫû 43 l. 2), “evening” means cool of the day. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | In “If ditto at dusk, his hands and feet will become weak” (= Ālu aḫû 43 l. 4), “his hands and feet will become weak” is said in reference to “becoming poor.” |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | In “If ditto in the morning, he will (gloss: ‘not’) become tranquil” (= Ālu aḫû 43 l. 7), (ina Á.GÚ.ZI.GA) means “in the morning.” |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | In “If ditto in the ‘house of the cauldron,’ he will die within that year” (= Ālu aḫû 43 l. 25) ("in house of the cauldron") means (the building) at the side of the storehouses. |
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 | NA ina tal₂-lak-te A-MEŠ TU₅ ul ul-tab-bar | |
| 2 | ša₂ ina UGU as-kup-pa-ti A-MEŠ i-ra-muk | |
| 3 | ina li-la-a-te {<MIN(A-MEŠ)>} TU₅ ul i-šar₂-ru₃ | |
| 4 | li-la-a-te ka-ṣe u₄-me | |
| 5 | ina EN.NUN.AN.USAN₂ {<MIN(A-MEŠ)>} TU₅ ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ i-qal-li-la | |
| 6 | ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ i-qal-li-[la] aš₂-šu₂ UKU₂ šu₂-u | |
| 7 | ina A₂.GU₂.ZI.GA {<MIN(A-MEŠ)>} TU₅ {{ ul }} i-pa-šah ina še-ri | |
| 8 | ina E₂ ŠEN {<MIN(A-MEŠ)>} TU₅ ina MU BI UŠ₂ | |
| 9 | ina šid-di qa-ra-a-te [(x)] | |
| r | ||
| 10 | ⸢x x li x x x x⸣ [x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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