BM 040645 (P461187)
Commentary, Babylon
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| Designation | BM 040645 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461187 |
| Museum no. | BM 040645 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [...] DUM.DAM.ZA means "to rejoice," [...], |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] U₄ means "day," MUD means [...], |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] SAG means "ox," [...], |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [... SI.SÁ (?)] means "to go well." KA ŠU [means "to sprout" ...], |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] SI.IL.LÁ means huge, [...], |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [... TÚG.NÍG].DÁRA means "soiled rag" [...], |
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' | [...] ⸢x NIG₂⸣.SU₃.⸢A x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DUM⸣.DAM.ZA ha-ša₂-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢U₄⸣ U₄{mu} MUD [...] | |
| 4' | [... x]-⸢x-tu₂⸣ SAG al-pu ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 5' | [... SI.SA₂] iš-še-er KA ŠU{du-bu-ul.}⸢BU⸣ e-le-pu ...] | |
| 6' | [...] SI.IL.LA₂ gap-ši ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... TUG₂.NIG₂].⸢DARA₂⸣{da-ra} u₂-la-pu [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] |
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)
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