CTMMA 2, 069 (P412240)
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| Designation | CTMMA 2, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P412240 |
| Museum no. | MMA 86.11.109 |
| Collection | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Scholarly or scientific |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
By Spar, Ira & Lambert, Wilfred G. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Top [0:2] t.e. 1t.e. 1– | Four (?) collated. |
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [... GIŠ.GEŠTIN.GÍR] means “bramble” (amurdinnu). GIŠ.BÚR means “plant of purification.” šallapānu means [...]. [...] means sû-stone. the “tree of Šamaš” is the plane tree, (because) the tree GIŠ.MES.AN (lit., ‘the tree of the divine young hero’) means [...], i.e., the mēsu-tree, which is the Magan-tree (mesukkannu), hence GIŠ.MES.AN is the plane tree. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [GIŠ.ERIN.BAD] means “the woodworm which is inside of the cedar.” Ḫām-plant means “centaury” (daddaru), [... (as in)] “When you are in a river, your waters are foul (daddaru),” “You frowned at [...” (and)] “In his rage he expelled a great stench (daddaru),” which is said in the series Sidu. [Alternatively, ḫām-plant can mean ḫaḫinnu-plant], i.e., puquttu-plant. Thirdly, it can mean DAR.DAR.RI, i.e., “centaury” (daddaru) [(as in) “...] the tree has.” |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | The plant zalub (means) “anzalub of sesame” [...], the ḫām-plant on the surface of the water is called azalub-tree, as in “[...] the river, šakirû-plant in measuring vessels,” which is said in the series of the Fox. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] twig; ... of the heart; PA means “twig;” the kūru-plant [(means) ...], heart. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Ú.DIN.DIN means “plant of life,” i.e., “seed of the ḫaluppu-tree.” |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Ú.GAL means “the great plant,” i.e., the imḫur-līm. The plant [...]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [... means] “plant of the teeth of the sea” (i.e. “algae”) alternatively, it can mean “plant of the shade,” i.e., reed stalk. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...]; alternatively, vine (GEŠTIN) can mean “tree of life,” since GEŠ means “tree” and TIN means “life." |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...]; alternatively, “tree bundle” (means) “wood of Šamaš” [...]. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | [...] alternatively, [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Lemmata and oral explanations relating to “[...]” (= tablet incipit). Finished. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [According to its original] Nabû-balāssu-iqbi, son of Marduk-zēra-ibni, descendant of Egibatila, wrote it and collated it. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [The reverer] of Nabû should very much protect the tablet and respect it. [He should not show it] to a non-corvée master (i.e., a non andurāru-citizen). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | 4 IGI.TAB | |
| o | ||
| 1 | {[giš}GEŠTIN.GIR₂ {giš]}a-mur-di-in GIŠ BUR₂ iṣ-ṣi piš-ri {u₂}šal-⸢la-pa-ni⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x x x {na₄}su-u₂ GIŠ {d}UTU dul-bi GIŠ.MES.AN | |
| 3 | [x x x x {giš}me-si {giš}me-suk-kan-nu GIŠ.MES.AN {giš}dul-bi | |
| 4 | {[giš}ERIN.BAD bal-ṭi-it-tu₄ ša₂ ŠA₃ {giš}ERIN {u₂}ha-am {giš}da-ad-da-ri | |
| 5 | [(x x) lib₃-bu-u₂] ⸢ina⸣ ID₂ tab(UB-)ba-ši-i mu-<<:>>-u₂-ka da-ad-da-ri te-ek-kel-mu-u₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x ina] ⸢li⸣-ib-ba-ti-šu₂ dad-da-ri u₂-še-ṣi ina EŠ₂.GAR₃ SI.DU₃ qa-bi | |
| 7 | [ša₂-niš {(u₂}ha-am) {u₂}ha-hi-in] {u₂}pu-qut-tu₄ šal-šiš {u₂}dar-dar-ri {u₂}da-da-⸢ri | |
| 8 | [x x x] iṣ-ṣi ša₂-ki-in {u₂}za-lu-ub {u₂}an-za-lu-ub ša₂ ŠE.GIŠ.⸢I₃⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x] {u₂}ha-am ša₂ IGI me-e {giš}a-za-lu-ub i-qab-bu-šu₂ lib₃-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 10 | [x x x] x ID₂ {u₂}ša₂-ki-ru-u₂ ina ši-qa-a-tu₂ ša₂ ina EŠ₂.GAR₃ |KA₅×A| iq-bu-[u₂ | |
| 11 | [x x x].x.⸢IZI⸣ ar₂-tu₄ hu-ud-dul lib₃-bi PA ar₂-tu₄ GI.ZU₂.LUM.[MA x x (x)] | |
| 12 | [x x x] x x lib₃-bi U₂.TIN.TIN U₂.TIN.TIN U₂.NAM.TI.LA U₂.NAM.TI.LA {u₂}NUMUN {⸢giš⸣}[HA.LU.UB₂] | |
| 13 | [x x x x x] U₂ GAL šam-mu ra-bu-u₂ {u₂}IGI-lim {u₂}U.x [x x x] | |
| 14 | [(x) x x x x {u₂}ZU₂ ta-ma-at ša₂-niš šam-mi GISSU ku-ša₂-ri [(x)] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣-niš {giš}GEŠTIN iṣ-ṣi bul-ṭu GIŠ(DIN) iṣ-ṣi TIN ba-⸢la⸣-[ṭu] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x ša₂]-⸢niš⸣ GIŠ ki-iš-šu₂ GIŠ {d}UTU x sin nu x [x x (x)] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ša₂-niš GIŠ.⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-ut KA [ša₂ x] x x x x AL.TIL | |
| 3' | [GIM LIBIR-šu₂ {m}{d}UD.UD.UD].⸢UD⸣.UD.UD.UD.UD.UD-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ <A> {m}{d}e₄-gi₇-ba-ti-la | |
| 4' | ⸢SAR⸣-ma ib-ri | |
| 5' | [pa-lih {d}UD.UD.UD].⸢UD⸣.UD.UD.UD.UD.UD ma-diš ma-diš li₆-ṣur li₆-ša₂-qir al-la al-la DUMU EN du-ul-la ⸢NU⸣ [u₂-kal-lam] | |
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