Thompson Chem. pl. 4 (P397046)
technical procedure, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Thompson Chem. pl. 4 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397046 |
| 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 [0:13] 1'1'–13'13' | If you want to make (...) you (...) kutpû-frit (...) you [set it down into] a kiln with four openings until the mixture glows red (...) you cool it off (...) you gather it (...) you burn [a good smokeless fire] and [gather the mixture in] a clean dabtu-crucible (... when) it cools (... it will become glass) twice processed (...) |
| Obverse [13:22] 14'14'–22'22' | You grind (...) immanaku (...) anzahhu that is either "male" or "female," and black kutpû-frit. You burn a [good and smokeless] fire. (When) it turns white (...) you cool it off (...) |
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' | [...] e-pe-[ši-ka] | |
| 2' | [...] {⸢na₄⸣}AN.ZAH.GE₆ [...] | |
| 3' | [... ku]-u₂-ri ša₂ 4 IGI-[MEŠ-ša₂ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ta-red-[di ...] | |
| 5' | [a-di bil]-lu i-raš-šu-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] tu-ka-aṣ-[ṣi ...] | |
| 7' | [...] te-es-si-ip [...] | |
| 8' | [...] tu-ka-⸢aṣ⸣-[ṣi ...] | |
| 9' | [... ta]-ša-ar-ra-⸢ap⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] da-ab-ti e-ši-⸢ti⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] i-ka-aṣ-ṣi [...] | |
| 12' | [... ta]-a-a-ru ša₂ 2-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 13' | [...] DUMU [...] | |
| 14' | [...]-⸢x⸣ {na₄}im-ma-na-⸢ku⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | [... {na₄}AN].⸢ZAH⸣ lu NITA lu MUNUS [...] | |
| 16' | [... {na₄}AN].⸢ZAH⸣.GE₆ ta-mar-⸢raq⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] tu-še-er-rid ⸢IZI⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | [...] ta-šar-ra-⸢ap⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢i⸣-pi-iṣ-ṣu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 20' | [...] tu-kaṣ₃-⸢ṣi⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | [...]-⸢x⸣ DIŠ me-⸢e⸣ [...] | |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] |
Sources & licences
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- 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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