K 03889 (P395291)
technical procedure, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 03889 |
|---|---|
| ID | P395291 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | technical procedure |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By Oppenheim, A. Leo · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:9] 2'2'–9'9' | You fire it for seven [days within an utūnu-kiln. To 1 mina of tērsītu]: you stir repeatedly and grind (...) minas of tarabānu-plant of šaddu-quality, 9? (...) kisal of carnelian-colored sea shells which (...), 2 kisal of anzahhu-glass, 3 kisal of red (šaršerru)-paste, 5 kisal of red "male" alum, 6 kisal of yellow (šīpu)-paste, and 6 kisal of "white plant." You collect (these ingredients) in a mould; that which emerges (is): fine-quality "lapis lazuli" (uqnû-glass). |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | That which does not "sink" (i.e, melt within the mould), [you re-fire for (another) seven days] within an utūnu-kiln. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x-ša-x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [ina UDUN U₄] 7-KAM IZI ta-šar₂-rap a-⸢na⸣ 1 MA.NA ter-si-te] | |
| 3' | 3 MA].⸢NA⸣ ta-ra-ba-nu ša-ad-da 9 [GIN₂ ...] | |
| 4' | 5 ⸢KISAL⸣ nam-ru-tum ša A.AB.BA ⸢ša⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | sa-an-di 2 KISAL AN.ZAH 3 KISAL {[im}KU₃.SI₂₂] | |
| 6' | 5 KISAL NA₄ ga-bi-e SA₅ NITA₂ 6 KISAL ŠIM.[BI.KU₃.GI] | |
| 7' | 6 KISAL U₂ BABBAR tu-ul-ta-bal-ma ta-⸢sa⸣-[hur] | |
| 8' | ta-ma-ra-aq-šu-ma a-na tam-šil-te te-[si-ip] | |
| 9' | el-la-ma {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ me-[er-qu₂] | |
| 10' | ša la iṭ-ṭe-eb-bu-u a-na UDUN |
Sources & licences
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