BBR pl. 58 Rm 2, 540 (P425166)
Royal Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BBR pl. 58 Rm 2, 540 |
|---|---|
| ID | P425166 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Royal Ritual |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa20 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | You prepare [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | You prepare [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] (and) you put [...] upon [them]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] (and) prepare [......]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] of budê-confection |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......] you place on the table [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] you place on it [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [......] you put a [kam]anu-cake (made) with zīzu-onion [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......] (and) you say: [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [You ......], (and) sing, “[......].” |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [You ......] pour [bee]r and wine |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [You ......] place [......] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [You ......], (and) sing, “[......].” |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [You ...... po]ur [beer and wine] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......, and] you sing, “[......].” |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......, and] you sing, “[......].” |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......], ditto. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......], ditto. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......], ditto. |
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' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ta-rak-kas⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x ta-rak-kas | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ina] UGU-hi GAR-an | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x-ri ta-rak-kas | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ša⸣ bu-de-e | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x ina UGU {giš}BANŠUR GAR-an | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ina UGU-hi GAR-an | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x {ninda}ka]-⸢man⸣ zi-zi ŠUB-di | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x-tu₂ ta-qa-bi | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ ta-za-mur | |
| 11' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x KAŠ]-⸢MEŠ⸣ GEŠTIN BAL-qi₂ | |
| 12' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x GAR-an | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x ta-za-mur | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x KAŠ-MEŠ GEŠTIN] ⸢BAL⸣-qi₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ṭu | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ta⸣-za-mur | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ta⸣-za-mur | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x KI.MIN | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢KI.MIN⸣ | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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