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BM 049042 (P461246)

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DesignationBM 049042
IDP461246
Museum no.BM 049042
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
GenreCommentary
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English translation

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

LineEnglish
Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3'[...] "robbers" (= Šumma Ālu 1 133) means [...]
Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4'[...] refers to a man whose body is [...]
Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5'[...] "it constantly causes fear" (= Šumma Ālu 1 161) means "it constantly terrifies." [...]
Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6'[... the ḫallulāyya-demon (Šumma Ālu 1 162-164)] is the alû-demon. The muttellû-demon (Šumma Ālu 1 165, written KIN.GAL.UD.DA) is ... [...].
Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7'[...] ... "(If) a dog yelps and a donkey [answers it" (= Šumma Ālu 1 175ff) means ...]
Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8'[... means] "Lullubaean" (cf. Šumma Ālu 1 178); MARTU (= Šumma Ālu 1 181) [means "Amurru" ...]
Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9'[...] KINGI (= Šumma Ālu 1 189) means "Sumer" [...]
Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10'[...] SÚN (= Šumma Ālu 1 213) means "wild cow" [...]

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1'[...] x [...]
2'[...]-sal ⸢u₂⸣-[...]
3'[... ek]-ke-mu x [...]
4'[...]-lu₄ LU₂ ša₂ ma-gal SU-[šu₂ ...]
5'[...]-⸢x⸣-u up-ta-nar-rad ⸢up⸣-[ta-na-al-lah₃ ...]
6'[... hal-lu-la-a-a a]-⸢lu⸣-u KIN.⸢GAL⸣.UD.DA ši-ib-x [...]
7'[...]-⸢ar⸣-du UR.GI₇ is-si-ma ⸢ANŠE⸣ [i-pu-ul-šu₂ ...]
8'[... lul]-⸢lu⸣-be-e KUR MAR.TU{⸢ki⸣} a-mur-ri ...]
9'[...] ⸢KI⸣.EN.GI šu-me-ri ša₂-⸢niš⸣ [...]
10'[...] ⸢SUN₂⸣ ri-im-tu₄ [...]

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