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BM 037240 (P461151)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 037240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461151 |
| Museum no. | BM 037240 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
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 | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] [PA.SAG] [u₂-gu-la sag]-⸢ga⸣-ak-ku {⸢d⸣}[ŠU ...] | ... the šangû-priest, the ugula priest, the Sag-eakku priest of the god Enlil |
| 3' | [...] [PA.USAN] [u₂-gu-la gu]-⸢u₂⸣-gu-nu-u₂ ⸢re⸣-[ʾ-u₂ ...] | ... the first part of the night, the gu’egunû-plant, reed-plant |
| 4' | ⸢ka⸣ [...] | In(?) your temple(?) |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] [...] [...] ⸢du⸣-u₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... edu’u-plant, e23-plant |
| 7' | [...] [PA.DAG.|KISIM₅×(UDU.MAŠ₂)| {<[MIN(u₂-gu-la)>} da-ag ša₂] ⸢ki-si⸣-me-ku u₂-du ma-ša₂ i-⸢gub⸣ [...] | ... sagdag-plant, ditto, the seed of the Ekisi-emeku plant, the sheep of the field he will set up. |
| 8' | [...] [...] [...] ⸢x⸣ ud-da {<MIN(i-gub)>} | ... ... day and night |
| 9' | [...] [...] [...] x x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢E₂ {d}NIN⸣.[ŠUBUR ...] | The temple of Bēlet-ēriš |
| 2' | [...] [E₂].⸢GI.NA⸣.AB.DU₇ ⸢šu-tu-um⸣-mu | ... the Egina Abdu temple, the Šutum temple |
| 3' | [...] [E₂.{d]}⸢NISABA⸣ {<MIN(e)>} nita₂-ba-ku E₂ {d}⸢NISABA⸣ | ... E-NISABA-e23 |
| 4' | [...] [E₂.GEŠTU₂].{d}NISABA {<MIN(e)>} geš-ṭu {<MIN(nita₂-ba-ku)>} {<MIN(E₂)>} {d}NISABA | ... the inner temple of Nisaba |
| 5' | [...-ur₃-re] [E₂.KI.SI₃].⸢GA⸣ {<MIN(e)>} ki-si-ga-ku ŠU-u qu₂-bu⸣-ru₃ šu-[ut-ta-tu₄] | ... of the Ekisiga temple, I am the one who holds the throne. |
| 6' | [...-lal] [E₂.KI.SI₃.GA] {<MIN(e)>} {<MIN(ki-si-ga-ku)>} la-ah-tu₄ ha⸣-[aš-tu₄] | ... of the Ekisiga temple |
| 7' | [...-en-nu] [E₂.|LU₂×GAN₂@t|A] {<⸢MIN⸣(e)>} SAG ka-rak-ku ṣi-bit-⸢tu₄⸣ E₂ [ṣi-bit-ti E₂ ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti] | “..., the house of the field marshal, the first-fruit offering, the šibittu-offering of the house, the temple of the māṣbarti-festival |
| 8' | [...-du-ru] [E₂.A] {<[MIN(e])>} ⸢a⸣-a-ak-ku ti-tur-ru e-du⸣-[ru (...)] | ... the temple, ditto, the Ea-akku, the titurru, the Eduru |
| 9' | kap-ri ti-[tur-ru] | a titurru vessel |
| 10' | [am₃-ku₄-ku₄] ir-ru-⸢um⸣-[ma] | enters, enters and |
| 11' | [nu-si-si] ul i-ma-⸢al⸣-[li] | he will not raise a claim. |
| 12' | [ib₂-ta-e₃] uṣ-ṣi-[ma] | went out, and |
| 13' | [nu-silig-ga] ul i-x | Nusiliga did not ... |
| 14' | [nig₂-ga lugal] [ma]-ak-[kur LUGAL] | property of the king of Makkur, |
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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