DT 087 (P461113)
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| Designation | DT 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461113 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | "[If the sick man's] neck keeps looping (NIGIN.ME) to the right" (= Sagig 10 1); NIGIN.ME means "it keeps looping;" alternatively, it can mean "it is turned;" [... amšā (= Sagig 10 1) ... (can derive from)] "to forget" (mašû). DUL-ma (= Sagig 10 1) means "he closes (his eyes);" BAL-MEŠ (= Sagig 10 1) means "he rolls (his eyes);" [BAL means "to roll,"] BAL also means "to see." |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | "It is convulsed" (iḫarrur) (= Sagig 10 2) means "it writhes" (igarrur); [...]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | ["To be wide open" (napalkû)] (= Sagig 10 4) means "to be wide" (rapāšu), the same can also mean "to be open" (petû). "At the end of [...]" (= Sagig 10 5) [means ...]. "It will beset him" (= Sagig 10 6); LAL means "to beset," LAL also means "to recede," [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] SA.DUGUD (= Sagig 10 10) means šaššaṭu-disease. "On (repeated) occasions he trembles" (= Sagig 10 11) means [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | "He turns back (his neck)" (= Sagig 10 14) GUR means "to turn back," it also means "to turn towards." |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...]. "na₄.NUNUZ-stone" (= Sagig 10 17) means erimmatu-bead. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] KAR (= Sagig 10 18) means "to deprive;" "his virility" (= Sagig 10 18) [means ...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | PA.AN-BI (= Sagig 10 24) means "his breath." "If he falls on his back" (= Sagig 10 26) means [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] great sanctuaries [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] In "Continually rolls his eyes" (= Sagig 11 r 51), SUG means [...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] "he chews his fingers" (ilammam) (= Sagig 11 r 52) derives from "to chew (lamāmu). [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] "redness" (sāmta) (= Sagig 11 r 58-59) derives from "redness" (sūmu); [...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [...] teḫsī-ma (= Sagig 11 r 60) derives from "to tread upon something" (kabāsu), [since ...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Lemmata and oral explanations relating to (the tablet) "If the sick man's right hand hurts him [...]" (= Sagig 11). |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | Tablet of Nabû-balāssu-iqbi son of Marduk-zēru-ibni, descendant of Egibatila. Copied by Marduk-zēru-ibni, his son. He who reveres [Šamaš and Marduk (should not take it away)!]. Copied, collated and check against its original. |
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 | GIG GU₂]-⸢su⸣ ana 15 NIGIN-ME il-ta-nam-ma ša₂-niš suh₄-⸢hur⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢ma⸣-še-e DUL-ma u₂-ka-at-tam-ma BAL-MEŠ ⸢ib⸣-[ba-lak-kat₃ (x x)] | |
| 3 | [BAL na-bal-ku]-⸢x⸣ BAL pa-la-su i-har-ru-ur i-gar-⸢ru⸣-[ur x x x x] | |
| 4 | [na-pal-ku-u₂ ⸢ra⸣-pa-šu₂ {<MIN(na-pal-ku-u₂)>} pe-tu-u₂ ina taq-<<x>>-ti-⸢it⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | [ih-ta-niṭ-ṭa-aš₂]-šu₂ LAL ha-a-ṭu LAL na-ha-su i-⸢ne₂⸣-[x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x SA].DUGUD ša₂-aš₂-ša₂-ṭu pi-qam{qa} MUD{ut} ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [(x x) ut-ta-nar GUR ta-a-ri GUR sa-ha-ri [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x-la⸣ {na₄}NUNUZ e-rim-⸢ma⸣-[tu₂ x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x] ⸢KAR⸣ e-ke-mu du-⸢us⸣-[su x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x PA.AN-BI ⸢na⸣-pi-is-su pur-⸢qi₂⸣-[dam ŠUB-ma x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ ⸢šu-x-x-su⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] x x x ⸢ra⸣ x x x [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x] x x eš-ret GAL-MEŠ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢IGI-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ it-ta-na-aṣ-bar ⸢SUG⸣ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x u-ba]-⸢na-tu⸣-šu₂ i-lam-ma-am la-ma-ma [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣-x-tu₂ sa-am-ta ana su-mu ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣-ši te-eh-si-ma ana ka-ba-su [x x x x] | |
| 8' | [ṣa-a-tu₂ u šu]-⸢ut⸣ KA ša₂ GIG rit-ta-šu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ 15 GU₇-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 9' | {[im}DUB {m}{d]}⸢AG⸣-TIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}{d}[e₄-gi₇-ba-ti-la] | |
| 10' | [ŠU-MIN {m}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A-šu₂ pa-lih {[d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU] | |
| 11' | [GIM SUMUN-šu₂ SAR-ma IGI.TAB] IGI.⸢KAR₂⸣ [(x x x)] | |
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