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FB 20/21, 268 (P388203)
Lexical, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | FB 20/21, 268 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388203 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00681 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] [šu-luh-hu]-u₂ | ... fearsomeness |
| 2' | [...] [na-as-hu]-ru | ... they shall return. |
| 3' | [...] [ti-ra]-nu | ... a river |
| 4' | [...] [e-pe]-qu | ... they will do. |
| 5' | [...] [mu-ʾ]-u₂ | ... he made. |
| 6' | [...] [nu-ʾ]-⸢u₂⸣-du | ... did not go out |
| 7' | [...] [kun-nu]-u₂ | ... established |
| 8' | [...] [gal-lu]-u₂ | ... great ... |
| 9' | [...] [gu-za]-⸢lu⸣-u₂ | ... throne-bearer |
| 10' | [...] [...] a-lu | ... alu |
| 11' | [...] [kir]-ri | ... of the orchard |
| 12' | [...] [am-ma]-am-mu | ... I will speak ... |
| 13' | [...] [ha]-ru-u₂ | ... are smitten |
| 14' | [...] [lam]-si-su-u₂ | ... lamsisû |
| 15' | [...] [ši]-⸢ip⸣-tum ša₂ ana mar-ṣa na-du-u₂ | ... the šīp’etum-demon, who is appointed to the office of the governor |
| 16' | [...] [še]-ru-u₂ | ... he selected |
| 17' | [...] ⸢sa⸣-na-pu | ... esa’e-napu |
| 18' | [...] ⸢te⸣-me-ri | ... the tē-emeri |
| 19' | [...] ⸢qe₂⸣-be₂-ri | ... a qēbēru-vessel |
| 20' | [...] ul-lu-u₂ | (Sum) ... he raised up ... (Akk) I raised ... |
| 21' | [...] ⸢na⸣-ba-ri | ... the ebāri ritual |
| 22' | [...] [mi]-su-u₂ | ... Misû |
| 23' | [...] [na]-⸢hal⸣-lum | ... the na-eḫal-elum |
| 24' | [...] [šu-ut]-⸢ta⸣-tum | ... the hand |
| 25' | [...] [hu-bal]-lum | ... rebellion |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢mu-gub⸣-[ba] [...] | In its stationing place |
| 2' | {ul}⸢ul₄⸣ [...] | The ešû-bird |
| 3' | me-ri-[la₂] [...] | ... the foot ... |
| 4' | ŋir₂ gu-⸢la⸣ [...] | “(If) he slips through the cracks of the neckbone, |
| 5' | mer{me-er}{si-is}⸢šeš⸣ [...] | Mersis |
| 6' | halbu₃{hal-bu} [...] | Halfuḫalbu |
| 7' | amagi₄{a-ma-gi} [...] | Amagigi |
| 8' | {tum₉}šeŋ₃{še-eg}ŋa₂ [...] | The šeg ritual |
| 9' | še {e}e₄ [...] | ... barley |
| 10' | še NI-DIN [...] | barley ... |
| 12' | zid₂{zi}mad{⸢ma⸣-ad}{gu}ŋa₂ [...] | “It is the zid-mad-ma’e-ad-guba-flour |
| 13' | si ⸢mul⸣ [...] | The horn of the star |
| 14' | si {tu-um}tu₁₀ [...] | “The horns of the wind(?) |
| 15' | ŋeš-⸢hur⸣ [...] | The ešḫur temple |
| 16' | saŋ-⸢ba⸣ [...] | The sa-eba’e |
| 17' | saŋ ⸢diŋir⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | mu diŋir-⸢ra⸣ [...] | year: “Ibirae |
| 19' | ŋiri₃ zu₂{su} {ku-ud}ku₅ [...] | “(If) he slips through the cracks of the roof beams, |
| 20' | ŋiri₃ zu₂ ⸢ku₅-da⸣ [...] | “(If) he slips through the cracks of the eškuda-vessel, |
| 21' | šu ⸢ha⸣-[za] [...] | Hand of Eḫae-za |
| 22' | šu [...] [...] | Hand of |
| 23' | ⸢šu⸣ [...] [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢saŋ⸣ [...] [...] | The sa-e-plant |
| 3' | ⸢saŋ⸣ [...] [...] | The sa-e-plant |
| 4' | ud ⸢x⸣-[...] [...] | On the day that |
| 5' | muš₂ ⸢nu⸣-[tum₂] [...] | The snake of the enūtum-temple |
| 6' | ŋa₂-la nu-⸢dag⸣-[ga] [...] | The one who is not able to carry (them) away |
| 7' | a₂{a}{ta-ah}⸢dah⸣ [...] | “It is enough, I want to go out(?) |
| 8' | saŋ {ta-ab}tab [...] | (Sum) The sa-demon ... (Akk) You ... the ša-disease ... |
| 9' | saŋ tab-ba [...] | ... tabba-flour |
| 10' | u₄{u₂} {za-al}zal [...] | The day that is to be spent |
| 11' | u₄-zal-la še-[e-ri] | day and night |
| 12' | a₂ gu₂ zig₃-ga ⸢ka⸣-[ṣa-tum] | labor of raising the neck of the eša-esbatum |
| 13' | ku₁₀{ku-uk-ku}ku₁₀ e-[ṭu-tum] | a kind of fish |
| 14' | he{he-e}{šu₂}še ⸢da⸣-[um-ma-tum] | may it be, that ešummatum |
| 15' | mul-da-mul ⸢ik⸣-[le-tum] | the star of ekletum |
| 16' | he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} sil₂-sil₂ [...] | (Sum) Broken up, broken up(?) ... (Akk) Broken down, broken down, ... |
| 17' | he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} ku₅-ku₅-⸢ru⸣ [...] | (Sum) It is a broken wall, it is cut down(?) (Akk) Its broken wall is cut off |
| 18' | si gun₃-a [...] [...] | ... with speckled horns |
| 19' | AN-dalla-[e] [...] | AN-dallâ |
| 20' | an-ti-[bal] [...] | Antibal |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] [ga]-⸢ru-u₂⸣ | ... the scepter |
| 2' | [...] ši-i-bi | ... heard |
| 3' | [ab]-⸢ba⸣ li-it-tum | Ab-eba-e |
| 4' | [nam-ab]-⸢ba⸣ pur-šu-<<gu>>-mu | I want to invoke Namab-eba'e |
| 5' | [...] laq-la-qu | ... are taken. |
| 6' | [...] laq-la-qa-tum | ... laqlaqatum |
| 7' | [...] ⸢pu⸣-ul-he-e-tum | ... eulḫetum-plant |
| 8' | [...] [x]-bu | ... ...bu |
| 9' | [...] [lap]-⸢lap⸣-tum | ... a lament |
| 10' | [...] [pa-ṣa]-mu | ... my lips |
| 11' | [...] [ṣe]-⸢me₂⸣-ri | ... the ṣēmeri |
| 12' | [...] [mi-i]-tum | ... a woman |
| 13' | [...] [di-i]-ku | ... he shall go |
| 14' | [...] [nam-mu]-⸢ši⸣-iš | ... shall not be released |
| 15' | [...] [ri-ik-sa]-tum | ... a ritual arrangement |
| 16' | [...] [ṣi-in]-⸢da⸣-tum | ... sphinx |
| 17' | [...] [ha-šu]-u₂ | ... is stolen |
| 18' | [...] [giš-gi-nu]-u₂ | ... reed mat |
| 19' | [...] [... šu]-mu | ... my hand |
| 20' | [...] [... šu]-⸢mu⸣ | ... hand |
| 21' | [...] [ub-bu]-⸢ṭu⸣ | ... he made enter |
| 22' | [...] [hu-šah]-⸢hu⸣ | ... šaḫû-plant |
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