Thompson Chem. pl. 06 (P397390)
technical procedure, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Thompson Chem. pl. 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | P397390 |
| 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 Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | you melt (...) [with] fire; afterwards (....) |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3' | sulphur (....) |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | you tie (...) in (....) |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | thereafter, one-quarter of a (...) stone (....) |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | in red garments you (....) |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | you melt it in fire (...) [you mix it] together |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | you quench it in water and remove it (....) |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | (...) do not be negligent, do not [show] (these instructions) to anyone |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | you (...) two shekels worth of imgiddutablets into the core (of the mixture), 1 mina of copper (....) |
| Obverse Column i [10:12] o i 11'11'–o i 12'12' | 2 shekels worth of bronze are mixed into silver (and) cast |
| Obverse Column i [12:15] o i 13'13'–o i 15'15' | once it is complete, it is (to be) ignited in oil and flour, wiped clean, and polished. |
| Obverse Column i [15:17] o i 16'16'–o i 17'17' | These are ‘saplings’ of silver; this silver is not (....) |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17' | to the core (of the mixture) 1 mina of refined copper, 1/2 mina of (....) |
| Obverse Column i [17:19] o i 18'18'–o i 19'19' | 10 shekels worth of tin, 2 shekels worth of (....) |
| Obverse Column i [19:21] o i 20'20'–o i 21'21' | is (to be) ignited in oil and flour, wiped clean, and polished. |
| Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 22'22'–o i 22'22' | (These are) ‘cones’ of silver; this silver is (....) |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢IZI⸣ tu-ṣa-ad EGIR.[BI ...] | |
| 3' | [PIŠ₁₀].{d}ID₂.LU₂.RU.GU₂ [...] | |
| 4' | [pi]-ṣu-ti KEŠ₂{as} i-⸢na⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢EGIR⸣.BI IGI.4.GAL₂.LA {na₄}[...] | |
| 6' | i-na lu-ba-re-e sa-mu-ti [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢ina⸣ IZI tu-ṣa-ad TEŠ₂.BI ⸢tu⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | [ana] ŠA₃ A ŠUB-ma E₁₁-ma x x [...] | |
| 9' | x-at-ku la ta-mi-iš mam-ma la ⸢tu⸣-[ka-la-am] | |
| 10' | 2 GIN₂ {im}GID₂.DA a-na ŠA₃ 1 MA.NA URUDU-HI.[A ...] | |
| 11' | 2 GIN₂ ZABAR bi-il-[la-ti ...] | |
| 12' | a-na KU₃.BABBAR i-bal-la-[al ...] | |
| 13' | ip-pat-ti-iq-ma i-na I₃.GIŠ u₃ ZI₃.[DA] | |
| 14' | a-di i-ga-ma-ru in-nap-pa-⸢ah⸣ [(...)] | |
| 15' | ik-kap-pa-ar-ma ut-tab-[bab] | |
| 16' | ziq-pat KU₃.BABBAR ši-na KU₃.BABBAR šu-u₂ NU [...] | |
| 17' | a-na ŠA₃ 1 MA.NA URUDU me-si-i 1/2 [MA.NA ...] | |
| 18' | 10 GIN₂ AN.NA 2 GIN₂ {[(im}GID₂.DA)] | |
| 19' | i-ṣa-ad ip-pat-ti-[iq-ma] | |
| 20' | ina I₃.GIŠ u₃ ZI₃.DA in-⸢nap⸣-[pa-ah] | |
| 21' | ik-kap-par ut-tab-[ba-ab] | |
| 22' | ziq-pat KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.BABBAR šu-u₂ [NU ...] | |
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