BM 040939 (P461194)
Commentary, Babylon
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| Designation | BM 040939 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461194 |
| Museum no. | BM 040939 |
| 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 [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | [… means] “noble.” … […] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [… SAR-MEŠ(-ḫu) means “to f]lare up repeatedly.” DIRI means […] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [… ZAG].GAR.RA means “sanctuaries,” (i.e.), temples of the gods […], |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [… BÚR].BÚR, read /dudu/, means “to roam.” ZAG.10 means “temp[les” …]. |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | […] is Damkiana. The constellation Scorpius is Išḫ[ara …] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [… the constellation …] is Ereškigal. And its middle parts are beaten […]. |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | […] the sun at its rising is Enlil. It beats (can be written as) NU, […]. |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | […] means “nose.” GU-MEŠ means “thread.” “Ligament” means “bo[nd” …]. |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [… the constellation … is Damk]igal. á.tab means “prayer,” á.tab means […]. |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | […] Meme means Dāmu, Azu (gloss /ana/) (reading) A (as) /a/ (and) ZU (as) /zu/, […]. |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [… to go we]ll means “to go.” The 1st day […]. |
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' | [...] ⸢kab⸣-tu₂ ER₂ DE₂ [...] | |
| 2' | [... SAR-MEŠ{hu} it]-⸢ta⸣-na-an-pa-hu DIRI na-nu/kul-[...] | |
| 3' | [... ZAG].⸢GAR⸣.RA eš-ret E₂-MEŠ ⸢DINGIR-MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [... BUR₂]{du-du.}BUR₂ da-a-lu ZAG.10 eš-re⸣-[ti ...] | |
| 5' | [...] {⸢d⸣}DAM.KI.AN.NA {mul₂}GIR₂.TAB {d}iš-⸢ha⸣-[ra ...] | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ti {d}ereš-ki-gal u MURU₂-MEŠ-šu₂ SIG₃{⸢iṣ⸣} [...] | |
| 7' | [... {d]}⸢UTU⸣ ina KUR-šu₂ {d}en-lil₂ u₂-na-aṭ₂{aṭ}ṭa NU [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ap-pi GU-MEŠ qu-u šer₂-a-ni ⸢rik⸣-[su ...] | |
| 9' | [... {d}DAM].⸢KI⸣.GAL A₂.TAB ik-ri-bi A₂.TAB ⸢ha⸣-[...] | |
| 10' | [... {d]}ME.ME {d}da-mu {d}a-zu{a-na} A a ZU zu [...] | |
| 11' | [... e-še]-⸢ri⸣ a-la-ku U₄ 1.⸢KAM ša ITI⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ⸢HAL⸣ ⸢iš⸣-[...] |
Sources & licences
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