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Iraq 06, 157, 22 (P450753)
Lexical, Neo-Babylonian, Kish · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Iraq 06, 157, 22 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450753 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1924-0791 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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' | [...] {<[MIN(u₄-mu)>} te-lit]-⸢tum⸣ | ... ditto telitum ritual |
| 2' | [...] {<[MIN(u₄-mu)>} i]-⸢sin⸣-nu | ... ditto day, he smote |
| 3' | [...] {<[MIN(u₄-mu])>} ⸢iš⸣-še-e-šu₂ | ... his ešû ritual |
| 4' | [...] {<[MIN(u₄-mu])>} ar₂-hi | ... sulphur |
| 5' | [...] {<[MIN(u₄-mu)>} a]-ki-tum | ... akītum |
| 6' | [...] {<[ŠU](uddazallû)>}{⸢u⸣} | ... hand |
| 7' | [...] {<[ŠU](uddagiddû)>}{u} | ... hand |
| 8' | [...] [ar₂]-ku | ... was cut off |
| 9' | [...] [ku]-⸢ru⸣-u₂ | ... the kumû-priest |
| 10' | [...] [si-ma]-⸢ni⸣ | ... simani |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | ⸢ud ki-sig₁₀⸣-[ga] [...] | On the day of the kisig festival |
| 2' | ⸢ud tu₅⸣-a {<MIN(u₄-mu)>} ⸢rim⸣-[ki] | On the day of the flood, ditto the Erim temple |
| 3' | ud sikil-e-de₃ {<⸢MIN⸣(u₄-mu)>} te-lit-tum | In order to purify the pure day, |
| 4' | ud ezem {<MIN(u₄-mu)>} i-sin-nu | On the day of the festival, ditto the isinnu-offering |
| 5' | ⸢ud eš₃-eš₃⸣ {<MIN(u₄-mu)>} iš-še-e-šu₂ | “It is the day of the ešû-priestess, it is the second day |
| 6' | ⸢ud⸣ u₄-sakar {<MIN(u₄-mu)>} ar₂-hi | On the day of the moon's disappearance, ditto the morning |
| 7' | ud ⸢a₂⸣-ki-it {<MIN(u₄-mu)>} a-⸢ki⸣-tum | On the day of the ekītu-festival, ditto day of A’ekitum, |
| 8' | ud-⸢da zal⸣-la {<ŠU(uddazallû)>}{u} | On the day that he passes, he will die |
| 9' | ud-⸢ta⸣ [gid₂]-⸢da⸣ {<ŠU(uddagiddû)>}{u} | In the future, at any time, |
| 10' | [ud gid₂]-⸢da⸣ ⸢ar₂⸣-ku | On the day of the giddā-ēku-festival |
| 11' | [...]-⸢da⸣ [ku]-⸢ru-u₂⸣ | ... a scepter |
| 12' | [...]-⸢bi⸣ ⸢si-ma-ni⸣ | ... ebi, simani |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| o iii' | ||
| 1' | [ud] ⸢tu₅⸣-[a] [...] | On the day of the eaštu |
| 2' | ⸢ud sikil-e-de₃⸣ [...] | To make the pure day pure |
| 3' | ⸢ud ezem⸣ [...] | The day of the festival |
| 4' | ud ⸢eš₃⸣-[eš₃] [...] | On the day of the ešû-priests |
| 5' | ud ⸢u₄⸣-[sakar] [...] | The day of the esakar festival |
| 6' | ⸢ud a₂-ki⸣-[it] [...] | On the day of the akitu festival |
| 7' | ⸢ud-da⸣ [zal-la] [...] | When the day passed |
| 8' | ud-ta [gid₂-da] [...] | From distant days |
| 9' | ⸢ud gid₂⸣-[da] [...] | ... long days |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | ud ⸢x⸣-[...] [...] | On the day that |
| 2' | ud ⸢tu₅⸣-[a] [...] | In those distant days |
| 3' | ⸢ud sikil⸣-[e-de₃] [...] | In order to purify the pure day |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | [...] {<⸢MIN⸣(u₄-mu)>} [...] | ... ditto ... |
| 2' | [ud] ⸢eš₃-eš₃⸣ {<⸢MIN⸣(u₄-mu)>} ⸢iš-še⸣-[e-šu₂] | On the day of the ešû-priests, the ‘ditto’ of the priests |
| 3' | ⸢ud u₄⸣-sakar {<MIN(u₄-mu)>} ⸢ar₂-hi⸣ | On the day of the esakar festival, ditto the arḫī-tree |
| 4' | ⸢ud⸣ [a₂]-⸢ki-it⸣ {<⸢MIN⸣(u₄-mu)>} ⸢a-ki⸣-<tum> | “The day of the moon's disappearance, the night of the lunar eclipse, the evening of the eaštum (temple) |
| 5' | ⸢ud⸣-da ⸢zal-la⸣ ⸢x⸣-[...] | On the day of the ešeda festival, the zala festival and the ... festival |
| 6' | [ud]-⸢ta⸣ gid₂-da [...] | The long days |
| 7' | [ud] ⸢gid₂-da⸣ [...] | On the day of the scepter |
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