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LKU 001 (P414143)
Lexical, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | LKU 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414143 |
| Museum no. | VAT — ? |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] [AŠ] [...] [ši]-⸢si-ti⸣ | ... ši-esi-ti-e23 |
| 2' | [...] [AŠ] [...] ⸢ta⸣-nu-qa-ti | ... eta-nuqāti |
| 3' | [...] [AŠ] [...] 1(AŠ) {i-ku}GAN₂ | ... 1 iku field |
| 4' | [...] [AŠ] [...] {<MIN(1(AŠ))>} {i-ku}GAN₂ | ... ... ditto a field |
| 5' | [...] [AŠ] [...] e-du | ... ... born |
| 6' | [...] [TAB] [...] šur-ru-u₂ | ... new ... |
| 6'a | <([...])> <([TAB])> <([...])> ta-ma-ṭu | <(...)> ... you speak |
| 7' | [...] [TAB] [...] ta-ma-hu | ... ... battle |
| 8' | [...] [TAB] [...] ši-na | ... ... one |
| 9' | [...] [TAB] [...] {<MIN(ši-na)>} | ... ... ditto |
| 10' | [...] |TAB.TI| [...]-⸢tu⸣-u ša₂-ha-ti | ... šaḫatu-disease |
| 11' | [...] [URI] [...] ⸢min⸣-na-bi ak-ka-du-u₂ | ... of Urarṭu ... its ešī-nabi-plants are cultivated |
| 12' | [...] [URI] [...] {<⸢MIN⸣(min-na-bi)>} a-mur-ru-u₂ | ... Akkad ... amurru plants |
| 13' | [...] [URI] [...] {<⸢MIN⸣(min-na-bi)>} ur-ṭu-u₂ | ... Akkad ... its ešṭû-plant |
| 14' | [...] [BAD] [...] be₂-e-šu₂ | ... his ... |
| 14'a | <([...])> <([BAD])> <([...])> pa-tu-u₂ | <(..., ...)> ..., |
| 15' | [...] [BAD] [...] ⸢sa⸣-a-su | ... ... his esa’easu |
| 16' | [...] [BAD] [...] ⸢ga⸣-ma-ru | ... ... the emāru temple |
| 17' | [...] [BAD] [...] [se]-⸢ke⸣-ru ša₂ A-MEŠ | ... ... of water |
| 18' | [...] [BAD] [...] [mu]-tum | ... ... year |
| 19' | [...] [BAD] [...] [da]-⸢am⸣ | ... ... the dais |
| 20' | [...] [BAD] [...] [...]-⸢ru⸣ | ... ...-eru-e23 |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] [...] [...]-šu₂ nu-mu-na-ku ⸢šu-mu⸣-[u₂ (...)] | ... I am not his ..., I am an ešumu-priest |
| 2' | [...] [BAL] [pa]-lu-u₂ na-pa-lu | ... bala₂ means "to be scattered." |
| 2'a | <([...])> <([BAL])> <([pa]-lu-u₂)> na-[za-ru] | <(..., ...)> ... nazaru |
| 3' | [...] [BAL] {<[MIN(pa-lu-u₂])>} pa-⸢lu⸣-[u₂] | ... the reign of pa’elû |
| 4' | [...] [IDIM] ⸢i⸣-dim₂-mu ša₂-⸢na⸣-[du] | ..., the creator of the universe |
| 5' | [...] [IDIM] {<[MIN(i-dim₂-mu])>} maš-⸢ka⸣-[du] | ..., the creator of the land |
| 6' | [...] [IDIM] {<[MIN(i-dim₂-mu])>} ra-⸢pa⸣-[du] | ..., the creator of the universe |
| 7' | [...] [IDIM] {<[MIN(i-dim₂-mu])>} {d}rapiqu₂ | ..., the creator of the god Rapiqu |
| 8' | [...] [IDIM] {<[MIN(i-dim₂-mu])>} {d}šullat | ..., the creator of Šullat |
| 9' | [...] [IDIM] {<[MIN(i-dim₂-mu])>} {d}haniš | ..., the creator of Haniš |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] [...] [...] ⸢x-x-x⸣ ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | [...] [ZIB] [zi]-ib-bu lap-[nu] | ... seal of a lapis lazuli cutter |
| 3' | [...] [LIŠ] ⸢di⸣-lim-mu ku-sa-[pu] | ... ēdi-elimmu-plant, kusapu-plant |
| 4' | [...] [LIŠ] {<MIN(di-lim-mu)>} it-⸢qu⸣-[ru] | ... LIŠ means “dilimmu-disease.' |
| 5' | [...] [ERIN₂] di-lim min-na-bi ṣa-[a-bu] | ... the two dilimu troops of Ṣabu |
| 6' | [...] [ERIN₂] {<MIN(di-lim)>} {<MIN(min-na-bi)>} {<MIN(ṣa-[a-bu])>} | ... the troops, ditto, the troops of Bābu |
| 7' | [...] [ZA@t] {<EŠ₅(di-lim)>} min-na-bi te-nu-u ku-⸢bu⸣-[lu] | ... the two ešīl-priests, the enû-priestess, |
| 8' | [...] [ZA@t] {<LIMMU(di-lim)>} min-na-bi te-nu-u {<MIN(ku-bu-[lu])>} | ... ... two-thirds (of the world) |
| 9' | [...] [DIŠ] ⸢sa⸣-an-tak sa-⸢an⸣-[tak-ku] | ... sa’eantakku-plant |
| 10' | [...] [DIŠ] {<MIN(sa-an-tak)>} {<MIN(sa-an-[tak-ku])>} | If ditto a mantakku-vessel |
| 11' | [...] [DIŠ] {<⸢EŠ₅⸣(sa-an-tak)>} iš-[ten] | If a man is seized by an e’e23-demon |
| 12' | [...] [DIŠ] {<⸢LIMMU⸣(sa-an-tak)>} {<MIN(iš-[ten])>} | ... If ešumu-plant (a plant) ditto |
| 13' | [...] [DIŠ] {<⸢IA₂⸣(sa-an-tak)>} {<EŠ₅(iš-[ten])>} | If a man is seized by a ghost |
| 14' | [...] [DIŠ] {<⸢AŠ₃⸣(sa-an-tak)>} {<LIMMU(iš-[ten])>} | If a pig ... a thousand times |
| 15' | [...] [DIŠ] {<⸢IMIN⸣(sa-an-tak)>} ši-⸢si⸣-[tu] | If ditto a šī-sîtu-plant |
| 16' | [...] [DIŠ] [...] ⸢ta⸣-[nu-qa-tu] | ... eta-nuqatu |
| 17' | [...] [DIŠ] [...] ik-[kil-lu] | ... ... they sinned |
| 18' | [...] [DIŠ] [...] mi-hi-⸢il⸣-[tu] | ... miḫi-eiltu |
| 19' | [...] [DIŠ] [...] 1(diš) ⸢šu⸣-[si] | ... 1 esu-esi |
| 20' | [...] [DIŠ] [...] {<MIN(1(diš))>} šu-si | ... If ... ditto: he will die |
| 21' | [...] [DIŠ] [...] {<EŠ₅(1(diš))>} šu-si | ... ... 1 šūsu |
| 22' | [...] [DIŠ] [...] {<⸢LIMMU⸣(1(diš))>} šu-si | ... ešumu-plant |
| 29' | [...] [...] [...] [ši]-⸢iš⸣-šet | ... ... the šētu-priest |
| 30' | [...] [...] [...] 6(DIŠ) šu⸣-si | ... 6 fingers |
| 31' | [...] [...] [... u]-⸢mun⸣-na-⸢ku⸣ [se]-⸢bet⸣ | ... ... I am the one who ... the four quarters |
| 32' | [...] [...] [...] {<MIN([u]-mun-na-ku)>} 7 [šu-si] | ... ... 7 fingers |
| 33' | [...] [...] [...] ⸢us⸣-sa-ku sa-[ma-na-at] | ... ... I am a samanat snake |
| 34' | [...] [...] [...] {<MIN(us-sa-ku)>} 8 [šu-si] | ... ... 8 fingers |
| 35' | [...] [...] [...] ⸢i⸣-lim-mu-ku ⸢ti⸣-[šet] | ... I am the ... of the elimmukku-priestess of the Etīšet |
| 36' | [...] [...] [...]-⸢x⸣ {<MIN(i-lim-mu-ku)>} 9 [šu-si] | ... ...-e23 |
| 37' | [...] [...] [...]-⸢x⸣-u ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... ...-e’u |
| 38' | [...] [...] [... min]-na-bi ⸢ši⸣-[na ...] | ... ... two of them |
| 39' | [...] [...] [... eš]-⸢še⸣-ku [x] ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 40' | [...] [...] [...] [x] ⸢x-x⸣-[x] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] [RI] MIN [...] | ... ... DITTO ... |
| 2' | [...] [RI] MIN ⸢nap⸣-[ru-šu] | ... ditto his nostrils |
| 3' | [...] [BURU₅] nam nu-til-lu-u ⸢iṣ⸣-[ṣu-ru] | ... the locust, whose fate is not to be ended, the eissburu-plant |
| 4' | [...] [NAM] nam-mu e-[ṣe-nu] | ... ... the fate of Ešbunu |
| 5' | [...] [NAM] {<MIN(nam-mu)>} ša₂-[ha-lu] | ... ... is destroyed |
| 6' | [...] [NAM] {<MIN(nam-mu)>} ⸢si⸣-[nun-tu] | ... ... sînuntu-plant |
| 7' | [...] [NAM] {<[MIN(nam-mu])>} ⸢na⸣-[pu-u] | ... is a synonym of ē22na’epû-plant |
| 8' | [...] [NAM] {<[MIN(nam-mu])>} ša₂-[a-mu] | ... ... my heart |
Sources & licences
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