BM 059237 (P461265)
Commentary, Sippar-Yahrurum
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| Designation | BM 059237 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461265 |
| Museum no. | BM 059237 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [...] "to wail" |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | [...] "to wail" |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [...] LAL means "to tie." |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [...] means "to rest," |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | [...] means "(he who) has no courage." |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [...] means "(he whose) heart has fear." |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | [...] "to be afraid" means "to be scared"; |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | [...] NÍ, pronounced /ni/, means "fear." |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | [...] MAH.BI means "many." |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | [...] "few" means "narrow." |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | [... in] "pious man" ([lú?].NÍ.TUKU), NÍ.TUKU means "to pay attention." |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x-su⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ŠEŠ₂.ŠEŠ₂ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢da⸣-ma-ma | |
| 5' | [...]-⸢su⸣-u₂ LAL ra-ka-⸢su⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣-e na-a-hu | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢x⸣ lib₃-bi la i-raš-ši | |
| 8' | [...]-u₂ i-dir-tu₂ lib₃-bi TUKU | |
| 9' | [... a]-⸢da⸣-ri pa-la-ah | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢NI₂⸣{ni} pu-luh-tu₄ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢MAH⸣.BI ma-diš | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ i-ṣi si-i-qu | |
| 13' | [... {lu₂]}⸢NI₂⸣.TUKU NI₂.TUKU ⸢na⸣-[a-du] |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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