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BM 047661 (P461233)

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DesignationBM 047661
IDP461233
Museum no.BM 047661
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
GenreCommentary
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English translation

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Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2'[... “a we]t nurse.” (The explanation is also justified because) “Pine” (ašūḫu) [(stems from) ...]
Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3'[... means] “back,” gil means “Marduk,” [...]
Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4'[...] means “king” and a means “Aps[û,”]
Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5'[...] say to you, ‘Until when? Relent!’”
Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6'[(in Akkadian) “May [...] say to you, ‘Until when? Relent!’” (= quotation from the bilingual šuʾila-prayer Marduk 1).
Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7'[... means “to cr]eate” and a means “oblate,” (whence) a means “se[ed.”]
Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8'[... means “to cr]eate” and a means “water,” (whence) a means [“spell.”]
Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9'[...] perceived their tricks” (= quotation from Enūma eliš I 60).
Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10'[... means] “lord,” u₄ means “day,” [...]
Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11'[... means] “to cast down,” a means “to d[well”].
Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12'[...] šà means “heart,” [...]
Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13'[... of the god]s, who sa[w the reins]” (= quotation from Enūma eliš VII 35).

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'[... mu-še]-niq-qu-u₂-⸢tu₂ ⸢a-šu-hu⸣ [x x x (x x x)]
3'[...] ar-kat₃ GIL {d}AMAR.UTU [x x x]
4'[...] LUGAL A ap-⸢su⸣-[u₂ (...)]
5'[... me]-⸢na⸣ huŋ-ŋa₂ hu-mu-⸢ra⸣-[ab-be₂]
6'[...] ⸢ma⸣-ti nu-uh liq-bi-ka
7'[... ba]-⸢nu⸣-u A ši-ir-ki A ⸢ŠE⸣.[NUMUN]
8'[... ba]-⸢nu⸣-u A mu-u₂ A [šip-tu₄]
9'[... i]-⸢še⸣-eʾ šib-qi₂-šu-[un]
10'[...] ⸢EN⸣ U₄ u₄-mu [(x)]
11'[...] ⸢ra⸣-mu-u₂ A ⸢a⸣-[ša₂-bu]
12'[...] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ ⸢lib-bi⸣ [x x x]
13'[... DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ ša₂ i-bar-ru⸣-[u₂ kar-šu]

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