5R 39, 004 (P461162)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | 5R 39, 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461162 |
| Museum no. | BM 038121 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
English translation
By Rawlinson, Henry C. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 22.0–22.0 | a means “to create;” si-a means “to fill.” |
| Obverse [1:2] 33.0–33.0 | kud means “to cut.” |
| Obverse [2:3] 66.0–66.0 | (In šāru) (?), a means “water;” sar means “to wander,” said of walking. |
| Obverse [3:4] 88.0–88.0 | (alternatively, it means) “staircase,” of a drain pipe. |
| Obverse [4:5] 1313.0–1313.0 | (As in?) líl d.innin-ta è, |
| Obverse [5:6] 1414.0–1414.0 | (i.e.), Kilīli, |
| Obverse [6:7] 1515.0–1515.0 | (which means) “Ištar, who saves from the ghost.” |
| Obverse [7:8] 1616.0–1616.0 | “I have been led to the lord of the gods, the foremost.” |
| Obverse [8:9] 1717.0–1717.0 | “Wherever he goes, his head is exalted.” |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ⸢ta⸣ a-za-ru₃ | |
| 2 | a ba-nu-u₂ si-a ma-lu-u | |
| 3 | kud na-ka-su | |
| 4 | sar ha-ba-tu₄ ša₂ a-la-ku | |
| 5 | lil₂-la₂ ša₂-a-ri | |
| 6 | a me-e sar ha-ba-tu₄ | |
| 7 | dur₂-bi eš₂-ŋar ki-is-kir-ru₃ e-lu-u | |
| 8 | sim-mil-tu₄ ša₂ nam-ṣa-bi | |
| 9 | eš₂ e-lu-u | |
| 10 | igi ma-har ab-ba ši-i-bi | |
| 11 | igi gid₂ a-ma-ru₃ | |
| 12 | munus lil₂ ša₂-a-ru₃ | |
| 13 | lil₂ {d}inana-ta e₃ | |
| 14 | {d}ki-li-li | |
| 15 | {d}INNIN ša₂ ul-tu LIL₂ u₂-še-eṣ-ṣu-u | |
| 16 | a-na be-lu₄ ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ a-ša₂-red ⸢er⸣-red-du | |
| 17 | e-ma i-red-du re-ša₂-a-šu₂ ša₂-qa-a |
Sources & licences
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