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MC 24, no. 115 (P461258)

Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE

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DesignationMC 24, no. 115
IDP461258
Museum no.BM 054644 + BM 066895
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
GenreCommentary
Find spotSippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Coordinates33.0605, 44.2552

English translation

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Obverse [1:2] 22–22[…] … “pursuit” … […]
Obverse [2:3] 33–33[…] …. “M[ention” (= Marduk II l. 2 = 4) …] … […].
Obverse [3:4] 44–44[…] … “Exalted” (= Marduk II l. 2 = 4) [means …] … [(…)].
Obverse [4:5] 55–55[…] … “Well” (= Marduk II l. 6) … […]
Obverse [5:6] 66–66[…] … […]. “Who lets loose” (= Marduk II l. 7) (stems from) “to l[et loose” …] …
Obverse [7:8] 88–88[…] … […] … “to hold back”
Obverse [8:9] 99–99[…] … “(Rain)drop” (= Marduk II l. 10) means “flow.” … […].
Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010[… “He who piles] stores of grain” (= Marduk II l. 11) — “to pile up” […]
Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111[…] … means “to fill up” […]
Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212[…] … “profit” (= Marduk II l. 12) … […].
Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313[… “He who entrusts” (= Marduk II l. 15) – “to e]ntrust” means “to count.” … […].
Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515[(…) “Ointment” (= Marduk II l. 15) s]tems from “to anoint.” “šigaru” (= Marduk II l. 15) means “bo[lt” (…)].
Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616[…] … “Food offering” (= Marduk II l. 16) means “flour” … […]
Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919[…] … “Bēl-Eridu” (= Marduk II l. 17) is Ea.
Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020[…] “Assistance” (= Marduk II l. 18) means “help
Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121[“for many days” …] “You mentioned the fifty (names), (whose) language is strange” (= Marduk II l. 22);
Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222[… “abi]rtî (?, Marduk II l. 23) means … of the shepherd …
Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323[… “fu]gitive” (= Marduk II l. 24) means “plundered.” “You favor the obedient” (Marduk II l. 25?)
Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424[…] “fed” (= Marduk II l. 27) (stems from) “to feed”, (which means) “to fill”; “to feed” means “to give,”
Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525[“to feed” means “to g]rant.” “matītān” (= Marduk II l. 27) means “(all) lands.”
Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626[…] … “To pray” (Marduk II l. 30) means “to implore.”
Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727[šà.kúš.ù means “circumsp]ect” (Marduk II l. 31), šà.kúš.ù means “advisor.”
Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828[…] … “Expert” (= Marduk II l. 34?) means “competent.”
Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929[…] … “Entire” (= Marduk II l. 35) means “all.”
Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030[…] “Whence” (= Marduk II l. 35) means “where.” “Whence” (= Marduk II l. 35)
Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131[means … “To bequeath” (= Marduk II l. 38) means] “to give.” “Splendor” (= Marduk II l. 39) means “face,”
Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232[… “sp]lendor” means “face”, su.lim means “splendor”
Obverse [32:33] 3333–3333[su.lim (?) means “phys]ique.” “You are exalted” (= Marduk II l. 40)
Obverse [33:34] 3434–3434[means …] … “Joy” (= Marduk II l. 40) means
Obverse [34:35] 3535–3535[…] “Apsû.”
Obverse [35:36] 3636–3636[…] lamma (= Marduk II l. 41) means “tutelary deity.” …
Obverse [36:37] 3737–3737[…] “awe” (= Marduk II l. 42) “face.”
Obverse [37:38] 3838–3838[… erīmu (Marduk II l. 43?)] – erím, read /erim/, means “evil.” tuʾarri (= Marduk II l. 43)
Obverse [38:39] 3939–3939[(stems from) “to cut off,” which means “to c]ut.” “Risen” (= Marduk II l. 43) (stems from) “to rise upwards,” (which) [means] “to be large.”
Obverse [39:40] 4040–4040[… “Revolutionary” (= Marduk II l. 46)] (stems from) “to revolutionize” (which) means “to change.” … […]
Obverse [40:41] 4141–4141[…] “Impure things” (= Marduk II l. 47) – lú.si-nu-sá means “impure” … […].
Obverse [41:42] 4242–4242[… “En]emy” (= Marduk II l. 47) means “impure” … […]
Obverse [42:43] 4343–4343[… “Co]unt” (= Marduk II l. 48) (stems from) “to count” … dimensions of … […]
Obverse [43:44] 4444–4444[…] means “to fill.” “You make the righteous prosper […]” (= Marduk II l. 49).
Obverse [44:45] 4545–4545[…]; “righteous” means “pious.” “Establisher of pr[esents]” (= Marduk II l. 50).
Obverse [45:46] 4646–4646[…] šatam (= Marduk II l. 50) means “to entrust” (<i.e.>) “to give”; […]
Obverse [46:47] 4747–4747[…] “Way” (= Marduk II l. 51) means “behavior.” “May he alter” (= Marduk II l. 53?)
Obverse [47:48] 4848–4848[means … “You tu]rn into” (= Marduk II l. 59) (stems from) “to become,” (which) means “to resemble.”
Obverse [48:49] 4949–4949[…]; “their purpose changes” (= Marduk II l. 60) [(…)]
Obverse [49:50] 5050–5050[…] the adorant, follows his god (= Marduk II l. 62),
Obverse [50:51] 5151–5151[…] … [… “The son of] the rever[ent], the impious” (= Marduk II l. 63).
Obverse [51:52] 5252–5252[…] “A second time” (= Marduk II 64) means […]. “You lay his foundations” (cp. Marduk II l. 65),
Obverse [52:53] 5353–5353[… “to lay the foundations” means] “to establish.” “Impure things” (= Marduk II l. 65) means … […].
Obverse [53:54] 5454–5454[…] … “When he has punished” (= Marduk II l. 68) [(…)]

Transliteration (ATF)

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LineATFMachine English (draft)
1[...] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x]
2[...] ⸢x ri-du⸣-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]
3[...] ⸢x-ri-mu⸣ hi-[is]-⸢sa⸣-[tu₄ x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]
4[...]-⸢x⸣-du par-ri-⸢ku⸣ x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [(x)]
5[...] ⸢x x⸣-ru ⸢x bu-ur⸣ [x x x]-⸢ur x x x⸣ [x]
6[...]-bi ⸢x⸣ [x x x] na-ši-⸢ir⸣ na⸣-[ša₂-ru x] ⸢x x⸣
7[...] ⸢x-a zi-it x⸣ ⸢rab-bu⸣ x x [x x x]
8[...]-⸢am⸣-ma [x] ⸢x x ti x bi x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x⸣ ka-lu-u₂
9[...] ⸢x⸣ ti-ik ni-id ⸢x⸣-[x x x x]
10[... mu-kam-mir] ⸢iš⸣-pik-ku ku-um-⸢mu-ur⸣ [x x x x]
11[...] ⸢x⸣-me-⸢hu⸣ ma-lu-u₂ [x x x x]
12[...] ⸢x x-ru⸣ ta-at-⸢tu⸣-[ru] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]
13[... pa-qid pa]-⸢qa⸣-du ma-nu-u₂ ik-x x [x x x x]
14[...] ⸢x⸣-da ⸢tab⸣-ta-a-tu₂ x x ⸢ka⸣-[x x x x]
15[(...) piš-ša₂-ti ana] UGU pa-ša₂-šu₂ ši-ga-ri ⸢si⸣-[ga-ri (x x)]
16[...] ⸢x⸣ zi-bi ma-⸢aṣ⸣-ha-tu₄ ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x]
17[...] ne₂-re-eš⸣ a-⸢na ne₂-e-ri⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]
18[...] ⸢x⸣-bi ⸢x ša₂ x x x ur⸣ a x⸣
19[...] ⸢x⸣-tu₄ na-⸢x x x⸣ EN-ERIDU{ki} {d}IDIM
20[... u₂]-⸢sa-tu₂⸣ gi-mi-il
21[U₄-ME SU₃-ME ...] ha-⸢aš₂-ša₂-a⸣ tah-su-us nak(EME-)rat EME
22[... a]-⸢bir⸣-ti-⸢i⸣ bi-⸢il-x⸣-si re-ʾ-i x x-tu₂
23[...] ⸢mun-nab⸣-tu₄ ha-ab-tu₄ ⸢tu-šad⸣-ma-aq ma-⸢ag⸣-ri-im-⸢ma⸣
24[...] a-pi-ir a-pa-ri ma-lu-u₂ a-pa-ri na-da-nu
25[a-pa-ri ra]-a-mu ma-ti-tan ma-⸢ta⸣-a-tu₄
26[...]-⸢ul⸣-lu-⸢u₂⸣ šu-te-mu-qa ⸢su⸣-ul-lu-u₂
27[ŠA₃.KUŠ₂.U₃ muš-ta]-⸢lu⸣ ŠA₃.KUŠ₂.U₃ ma-li-ku
28[...] x-la/te-ma-lu it-pe-šu₂ le-ʾ-u₂
29[...]-du-u₂ nag-bi nap-ha-ri
30[...] al-li a-a-in-nu al-lu-⸢u₂⸣
31[... šu-ut-lu-mu ⸢na⸣-da-nu ša₂-lum-ma-tu₂ zi-⸢i⸣-mu
32[... ša₂]-⸢lum⸣-ma-tu₂ bu-u₂-nu SU.LIM ša₂-lum-ma-tu₄
33[SU.LIM bu-un]-⸢na⸣-nu-u₂ na-ša₂-a re-ša₂-a-ka
34[...] ⸢x⸣ ta-ši-la-a-tu₂
35[...] ⸢x⸣ ap-su-⸢u₂⸣
36[... {d]}⸢LAMMA⸣ la-mas-sa⸣-[tu₄] ⸢x x x⸣
37[...] ⸢ra⸣-šub-ba-tu₂ ⸢zi-i⸣-mu
38[... e-ri-mu ⸢NE⸣{e-rim.}RU rag-gu tu-⸢ar₂⸣-ri
39[a-ru-u₂ na]-ka-si ga-ap-šiš ga-pa-⸢šu₂⸣ ⸢ra⸣-bu-u₂
40[... te-na-na-a] e-nu-u₂ ša₂-nu-⸢u₂⸣ ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢di-x⸣ [x x (x)]
41[...] ⸢ar⸣-ša₂-a-tu₂ {lu₂}SI.NU.SA₂ ar-šu₂ ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]
42[... za]-ʾ-i-ri ar-šu₂ x x x ša₂-⸢qa⸣ [x x x]
43[... me-na] ma-nu-⸢u₂ x x la⸣ mi-na-tu ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x]
44[...] ⸢ma⸣-lu-u₂ tu-uš-te-šir i-ša₂-ri [x x (x)]
45[...] i-ša₂-ri ki-i-nu mu-ki-in ⸢IGI⸣.[SA₂{e]}
46[...] ⸢ŠA₃⸣.TAM qa-a-pu na-da-nu [x x x]
47[...] a-lak-tu₂ ṭe₃-e-me liš-nak-ki-⸢ir⸣
48[... tu-še]-⸢me⸣ e-mu-u₂ ma-ša₂-lu ⸢te⸣-[x x]
49[...] ka-ra-as-si-na ši-⸢it⸣-[nu (x x)]
50[...] ⸢x⸣ kit-mu-us ⸢DINGIR i-red⸣-[di (x x)]
51[...] ⸢x⸣ ka-⸢x⸣-[x pa]-⸢lih⸣ [DINGIR] ⸢la⸣ aš₂-ru
52[...] ⸢ša₂-ni-tu₄⸣ [x x x] ki-i tu-šar-ši-du-uš
53[(...) šur-šu-du ⸢ku-un⸣-nu ar-ša₂-a-tu₂ ⸢x⸣-[x x]
54[...]-⸢x⸣-mu ki-i i-te-en-nu [(x x)]
55[...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x]

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