BM 040749 (P461192)
Commentary, Babylon
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| Designation | BM 040749 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461192 |
| Museum no. | BM 040749 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | (From the tablet) “If a mongoose” (= Šumma Ālu 34 1) “Murder” (= Šumma Ālu 34 2) means “crime”; alternatively, it means “to kill.” |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | “He continually trembles” (= Šumma Ālu 34 unknown) means “he continually pushes forward.” |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | NIN.KILIM.BAR.BAR (= Šumma Ālu 34 29-32) means “otter.” |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The word rapāgu (= Šumma Ālu 34 unknown) means “winged.” |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | “That man will EZEN, alternatively, UG₅ or UG₅.GA” (= Šumma Ālu 34 unknown) means “dead.” |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88– | “He continually trembles” (= Šumma Ālu 34 unknown) refers to (the man) who is called ... |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | “utaššab” means “uttannaḫ.” |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | “ú-ta-sa-ab” means ... [...]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | KU₁₀.KU₁₀ <means> “it has twigs”; KU₁₀.KU₁₀ means “Nissaba ...” |
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 | {d}NIN.KILIM ner-tu₄ hi-ṭu | |
| 2 | ša₂-niš da-a-ku | |
| 3 | ih-ta-na-ru-ur ir-ta-na-kab | |
| 4 | {d}NIN.KILIM.BAR.BAR ta-ar-pa-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ra-pa-gu mut-tap-ri-šu₂ | |
| 6 | NA BI EZEN ša₂-niš UG₅ lu-u | |
| 7 | UG₅.GA mi-i-tu₂ | |
| 8 | ih-ta-⸢na-ru-ur⸣ ša₂ ta-EZEN ib-bu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x (x)] x x [x x (x)] | |
| 2' | ⸢x-šu⸣-ku maš-x ⸢x⸣ [x x (x)] | |
| 3' | u₂-ta-⸢aš₂-ša₂⸣-ab ut-tan-na-⸢ah⸣ | |
| 4' | u₂-ta-sa-ab sa-a-[x x x] x | |
| 5' | KU₁₀.KU₁₀ la-ra-a ir-ši | |
| 6' | KU₁₀.KU₁₀ {d}ŠE.NAGA x x UD | |
Sources & licences
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