BM 041586 (P461205)
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| Designation | BM 041586 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461205 |
| Museum no. | BM 041586 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | "If a scorpion bites (RA-su) a man in the middle of his head," (= Šumma Ālu 31 1) refers to (the scorpion) which makes blood come out [and ...]. RA means "to kill." |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | ["If] it stings his left [...], hand of Ištar, that city (...)" (= Šumma Ālu 31 74' (?)). "His [...]" (from the protasis) is related to Ištar (in the apodosis). |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | "tur-ra tara-kas" (= Šumma Ālu 31 ca. 73'-80') means "you knot a tie," (and appears) on account of the [...] (word from the omen). |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | "[... throw] in the water" (Šumma Ālu 31 ca. 73'-80') means [...]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | "[... make him drink] so that he belches" (Šumma Ālu 31 ca. 73'-80'), RI means "to blow, said of the wind." [...] alternativey, ... [...]. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | [...] on account of [...]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [...] "in the eleventh month" (Šumma Ālu 31 unknown) means the 11th month, i.e., the month of Šabāṭu. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | Lemmata and oral explanations relating to (the tablet) "If a scorpion bites a man in the middle of his head," the 29th (sic) tablet of "If a City is Set on a Height." |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | The tablet with the continuation (of the present tablet) is entitled "If a lizard with two tails is seen in a man's house" (incipit of ŠĀ 32). Its continuation is written on a parchment scroll, (copied) from a Babylonian original. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | Tablet of Nabû-balāssu-iqbi son of Marduk-zēru-ibni, descendant of Egibatila. Copied by Marduk-zēru-ibni, his son. He who reveres Šamaš and Marduk (should not take it away)! |
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 | GIR₂.TAB ina] ⸢MURU₂⸣ SAG.DU-šu₂ RA-su ša₂ da-mu u₂-še-eṣ-ṣa-a | |
| 2 | [x x x x] ⸢x x ha-tu₂⸣ RA da-a-ku | |
| 3 | [x x x]-⸢x⸣-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 RA-su ŠU-MIN {d}15 URU BI | |
| 4 | [x x x] x-x-⸢šu₂⸣ {d}iš-tar tur-ra tara-kas | |
| 5 | [ṭu-ur]-⸢ra ta⸣-ra-ak-ka-as aš₂-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ [(x)]-du | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x-lam⸣ ana ŠA₃ A-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ŠUB{di} | |
| 7 | [x x x x x NAG-ma] ⸢u₂-zaq⸣ RI za-a-⸢qu⸣ [ša₂ ša₂]-⸢a⸣-ri | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢x⸣ ša₂-niš ti-tu ⸢zu⸣-[x (x x)] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x nu-ub⸣ x ⸢aš₂-šu₂ x⸣ [(x x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] x x [(x)] | |
| 2' | [ina iš-te-en-še]-⸢ri⸣-i ITI 11 ITI {iti}ZIZ₂-A-⸢AN⸣ | |
| 3' | [ṣa-a-tu₂ u] ⸢šu-ut⸣ KA ša₂ GIR₂.TAB ina MURU₂ SAG.DU-šu₂ RA-su | |
| 4' | DUB 29-KAM URU ina SUKUD{e} GAR{in} | |
| 5' | DUB ša₂ EGIR-šu₂ EME.ŠID ša₂ 2 KUN-MEŠ-šu₂ ina E₂ NA ina-⸢mir⸣ | |
| 6' | ⸢EGIR⸣-šu₂ ina {kuš}ma-gal-la-tu₄ GABA.RI E{ki} SAR | |
| 7' | {im}DUB {m}{d}AG-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ | |
| 8' | A {m}{d}a₄-gi₇-ba-ti-la ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A-šu₂ | |
| 9' | ⸢pa⸣-lih {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
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