CTMMA 2, 065 (P412236)
School, Babylon
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| Designation | CTMMA 2, 065 |
|---|---|
| ID | P412236 |
| Museum no. | MMA 86.11.362 |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | School |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
English translation
By Spar, Ira & Lambert, Wilfred G. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | boxwood (Ura 3) ... |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | ... plankbed (Ura 6); weapon (Ura 7?) ... |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | ... meat (Ura 15) snake (Ura 14); haematite (Ura 16) |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Nippur (Ura 21); mountain (Ura 22); water (Ura 23); honey (Ura 24); who (Lu₂ 1); shepherd (Lu₂ 2); ... |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | ... combat (Malku 3); official (Malku 4); halter (Malku 5); battle (Erimhuš 1) |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | ... dwelling, station (Erimhuš 3); the entire land (Erimhuš 4); to do a favor (Erimhuš 5) |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | ... tablet (Erimhuš 6); additional (Diri 1); offering (Diri 2); rim (Diri3); medicinal plant (Diri 4) |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | ... evening (Diri 7); A (Ea 1); KAK (Ea 2); GADA (Ea 3) |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | ... NINDA₂ (Ea 7); GAN (Ea 8); AN = Anum (An = Anum 1) |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | ... ?; Lugalbanda (An = Anum 5) |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | ... Utu, the light |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212– | form (Nabnitu 1) |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'r 1'–r 2'2' | [For Nabu (...) whom the Igigi gods] respect [most in the] entire [universe] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | the son of Ahu-banu ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | for his long life, for his acquiring wisdom, for his well-being and his health |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | for the fulfillment of his wish |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | for enjoying a long life and for releasing the <anger> of god and goddess |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | he pinched off clay from the open country, from a pure place and wrote this tablet and |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | placed it in the temple of Nabu-of-accounting, the house of his great lordship, in the gunnu for the porter |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | of Esagil. O tablet, when when you enter intercede [and pronounce] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | good things for ..., son of Bel-balassu-iqbi son of [...] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | to establish wide understanding and ... |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | the son who ... his? tablet |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | May he bring into your house. |
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 | ||
| 1 | {[ŋeš}taškarin] ⸢tas⸣-ka-⸢ri⸣-[in-nu ...] | |
| 2 | [... {ŋeš]}⸢na⸣-mul {ŋeš}tukul x [...] | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢uzu⸣ muš {na₄}ka-gi-na [...] | |
| 4 | [...] nibru{ki} kur a lal₃(SISKUR) lu₂ sipad KA₂-x | |
| 5 | [...] ⸢ṣu⸣-la-a lugal-e šum-ma-nu erim-huš | |
| 6 | [...] dag ŋišgal KU me AL-AL šu ŋar | |
| 7 | [...] {[le]-u₅}DUB SI-A SISKUR MA-DIM₄ U₂-KUR-RA | |
| 8 | [...] |AN.USAN| A KAK GADA(PA) | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢NINDA₂(ŠUM) GAN an a-nu(U-)um | |
| 10 | [...] GIŠGAL {d}lugal-ban₃-da | |
| 11 | [...]-re {d}utu ŋeš-nu₁₁ | |
| 12 | uludin₂ nab-ni-tum | |
| r | ||
| 1' | kiš-šat x [...] | |
| 2' | u₂-taq-qu₂-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | A {m}ŠEŠ-ba-nu x-x-[...] | |
| 4' | ana GID₂.DA U₄-MEŠ-šu₂ BAD{e} GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ ana ṭu-ub lib₃-bi-šu₂ ṭu-ub UZU-[šu₂] | |
| 5' | ana KUR U₃.MA-šu₂ | |
| 6' | ana še-be-e lit-tu-tu u₃ <DIB>{ti₃} DINGIR-MEŠ u {d}15 [ana pa-ša₂-ri IM] | |
| 7' | iš-tu ki-di KI KU₃ ik-ri-ṣa-am {im}DUB iš-[ṭur-ma ina] | |
| 8' | E₂ {d}NA₃ ša₂ NIG₂.KA₉ E₂ EN{ti}šu₂ GAL{tu₂} ana GU₂ ana ka-⸢nak⸣-[ki] | |
| 9' | e₂-sag-il₂ u₂-kin {im}DUB ana KU₄-ku ṣa-⸢bat⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | SIG₅{ti₃} ša₂ {m}DU-KAR-NA A ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DIN-su-E ⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | at-tat-ka-ak-⸢ka⸣ x ri-ša₂-a UŠ [...] | |
| 12' | GEŠTU-MIN DAGAL{ti₃} ana ša₂-ka-a-ni-ma BA HU x | |
| 13' | DUMU ša₂ ki-ma NE ša₂-a-tu₂ {im}DUB-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | ⸢li⸣-še-rib E₂-tuk-ku | |
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