KAR 398 (P369364)
Literary, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | KAR 398 |
|---|---|
| ID | P369364 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10801 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1111.0–o 1111.0 | If […] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 1212.0–o 1212.0 | I[f …] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | “If … […].” |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | “If a dog […]” (= Šumma Ālu XLVII?). |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | “If a weasel […]” (= Šumma Ālu XLVII?). |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | “If a billy goat … […]” |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | “If lichen in […]” (= Šumma Ālu XIII). |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | “If fungus […]” (= Šumma Ālu XII 29-42). |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | “If fungus […]” (= Šumma Ālu XII 29-42). |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | “If in a man’s house … […]” (= Šumma Ālu XIV 51, 60-64). |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | “If in a man’s house […]” (= Šumma Ālu XIV 51, 60-64). |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | “If in a man’s house […]” (= Šumma Ālu XIV 51, 60-64). |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | “If in a man’s house […]” (= Šumma Ālu XIV 51, 60-64). |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | […] … they imposed and […] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [(If)] … […] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [(If)] … […] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [(If)] a lock that uses oil … […] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [(If) …] … in a man’s house … […] … […]. |
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 [x x] [...] | |
| 2 | E₂ DU₃{uš} ša₂ {⸢giš⸣}[IG i-zaq-qa-pu] | |
| 3 | E₂ i-⸢qur⸣ ša₂ ⸢E₂⸣ [SUMUN KUR₂-ma GIBIL ip-pu-šu] | |
| 4 | E₂ ⸢i-x⸣ ša₂ ⸢x⸣-bi-[...] | |
| 5 | E₂-su ud-diš ša₂ si-i-[ri ...] | |
| 6 | E₂ KUR₂{ir} ⸢ša₂ la⸣-[pa-an GISKIM E₃-ma ana E₂-šu₂ MAN-ma ir-ru-bu] | |
| 7 | IDIM-BI i-šur ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | KI.NE KUR₂.KUR₂{⸢ir⸣} [ša₂ ...] | |
| 9 | KI.NE [ŠUB{di]} [ša₂ ...] | |
| 10 | KI.⸢NE⸣ [GIBIL{eš]} [ša₂ ...] | |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | UR.GI₇ [...] | |
| 3' | a-a-⸢ṣu⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | maš₂-gal-lu ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | UZU.DIR ⸢ina⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ka-tar-ru [...] | |
| 7' | ka-tar-ru [...] | |
| 8' | ina E₂ NA ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | ina E₂ ⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | ina E₂ ⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | ina E₂ ⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | x im-me-du-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | KI ana ku-⸢šu⸣-[...] | |
| 14' | KI ana ku-šu-[...] | |
| 15' | {⸢giš}SI⸣.GAR.I₃.GU₇.E NU (x) x x⸣ PAD [...] | |
| 16' | x] ⸢x ina⸣ E₂ NA ⸢x x⸣ [x x] ⸢ša₂⸣-ri-i [...] | |
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