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BM 041252 (P461199)

Commentary; Medical, Babylon

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DesignationBM 041252
IDP461199
Museum no.BM 041252
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
GenreCommentary; Medical
Find spotBabylon (mod. Bābil)
Coordinates32.5350, 44.4258

English translation

By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2'[...] means "to be black;" UŠ means [...],
Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3'[...] DU means "inheritance;" [...],
Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4'[...] his [...]s, arms, toes, [...],
Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5'[...] alternatively, (it refers to the man/animal) who in the middle of each other [...].
Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6'[... ŠÚ] means "to be clouded," ŠÚ (also) means "to cov[er;" ...]
Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7'[...] they light up [...].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1'[...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]
2'[...] ṣa-la-mu UŠ x [...]
3'[...] DU ri-du-⸢tu₂⸣ [...]
4'[...]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ kit-tab-ri u₂-ba-na-⸢tu⸣ [...]
5'[...] ⸢ša₂-niš⸣ ša₂ bi-rit a-ha-meš ⸢x⸣-[...]
6'[... ŠU₂] a-ra-pu ŠU₂ ka-⸢ta⸣-[mu ...]
7'[... x]-⸢x⸣ i-na-ap-⸢pa⸣-[hu ...]

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