K 06523 (P396602)
technical procedure, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | K 06523 |
|---|---|
| ID | P396602 |
| 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 [0:11] 1'1'–11'11' | (...) melts down (...) you remove and grind (...) you collect (the mixture) within a clean dabtu-crucible and set it down into a cold kiln (...) you burn a good smokeless fire [until the glass], you close the door of the kiln until your "stone" (i.e., glass) glows yellow (...) you stir it (...) you will see someone at the opening (of the kiln ...) you pour (the mixture) into adabtu-crucible (...); that which emerges (is) "lapis lazuli" (zagindurû-glass). |
| Obverse [11:15] 12'12'–15'15' | [If you want] to make ["lapis lazuli" (zagindurû-glass) ...] ṭikmēnu-ashes from salicornia ["horns" ...] |
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' | [...] i-ṣu-ud-du [...] | |
| 2' | [... tu]-šel-lam-ma ta-mar-raq [...] | |
| 3' | [a-na dab]-ti za-ku-ti te-es-sip-ma a-na ku-u₂-ri [...] | |
| 4' | [ka-ṣi]-ti tu-šer-rid [...] | |
| 5' | [IZI ṭa-ab]-ti la qa-tir-ti tu-šar-ra-[ap a-di] | |
| 6' | [NA₄ ...] KA₂ ku-u₂-ri la tu-⸢kat⸣-[tam] | |
| 7' | [...] a-di a-ban-ka i-har-ra-[ṣu ...] | |
| 8' | [...] ta-bi-ih-[hiš] | |
| 9' | [...] TA IGI mam-ma ta-mar [...] | |
| 10' | [...] a-na dab-ti ta-na-az-za-lam-[ma ...] | |
| 11' | [...] il-lam-ma {[na₄}ZA.GIN₃.DUR₅] | |
| 12' | [šum-ma {na₄}ZA.GIN₃.DUR₅ a]-na e-pe-[ši-ka] | |
| 13' | [... MA].NA ⸢DE₃⸣ [NAGA] | |
| 14' | [...]-⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [...] ⸢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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