BM 074141 (P461287)
Commentary, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | BM 074141 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461287 |
| Museum no. | BM 074141 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| 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 [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | […] she is […] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | […] the UM.ME.GA.LÁ (= “wetnurse”) is the housekeeper; the UM.ME.GA.LÁ is the […] |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | […] “the wetnurse of Sîn” […], |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | […] “there will be,” (it is said) on account of (the person) who the man’s wife will not […]. |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | […] “the second female one” means “the youngest daughter” […] |
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 x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ši-i-ma ⸢li⸣-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢EME₂⸣.GA.LA₂ e-muq-tu₂ ⸢UM.ME⸣.[GA.LA₂ ...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢eme₂⸣-ga-la₂ {d}suen-⸢na⸣-[ke₄ ...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢GAL₂⸣{ši} MU ša₂ DAM LU₂ la [...] | |
| 6' | [...]-tu₄ ša₂-ni-tu₄ tar-den-[ni-tu₄ ...] | |
| 7' | [...]-⸢na-ti muš-x⸣-[...] |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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