BM 040959 (P461195)
Commentary, Babylon
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| Designation | BM 040959 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461195 |
| Museum no. | BM 040959 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... In "Let him bind Tiāmat and straiten [and diminish her life" (= Enūma eliš VII 132) ...], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] ... "Let him straiten" (lisīq), ŠA means to straiten [...], |
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 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ma-su lu-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x⸣-qar ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | [...] MIN⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x is-sa-mi ana li⸣-[...] | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ti lik-mi ti-amat ZI-šu₂ ⸢li⸣-[siq u₃ lik-ri (...)] | |
| 3' | [...].⸢RA⸣-MEŠ li-siq ŠA ⸢sa⸣-[a-qu ...] | |
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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