CT 41, pl. 30-31 (P461298)
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| Designation | CT 41, pl. 30-31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461298 |
| Museum no. | BM 092683 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
By Gadd, Cyril J. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 00–00 | By the word of Bēl and Bēltīya, may it be perfect. |
| Obverse [1:2] 11–11 | “(If) pigs persistently rage” (= Šumma Ālu 49 1) (refers to pigs) that go w[il]d, (since) “raging” means “wil[d” (...)] |
| Obverse [2:4] 22–33 | “To prowl” (= Šumma Ālu 49 2) means “to circle.” “If pigs persistently squeal in the city square — rise of [a storm] or uprising of spade and hod (laborers)” (= Šumma Ālu 49 4) (the relationship between protasis and apodosis is demonstrated by the expression) “to lie down like a pig,” (which appears in the line) “You, (O Stone,) while (they) work on you, lie like a pig!” (quotation from Lugale 484). |
| Obverse [4:5] 44–44 | “Their tails are turned back” (= Šumma Ālu 49 5) (refers to tails) that are turned back upward, (since) “to turn back” means “to raise.” “Will approach the man” (= Šumma Ālu 49 15-16), “to approach” means “to go”; alternatively, “to approach” means “to draw near.” |
| Obverse [5:6] 55–55 | “(Pigs) are rolling” (= Šumma Ālu 49 17), “to roll” means “to fe[ar].” |
| Obverse [6:8] 66–77 | “(The pigs) are sharpening their weapons” (cf. Šumma Ālu 49 13) (refers to pigs) that grind their teeth, (since) KA.DÙ, pronounced /guk/, means “weapon,” “to seal,” and “tooth” (= citation from Diri Ug I 69-71 (?)), (since) ZÚ, pronounced /zu/, means “tooth,” and DÙ, pronounced /du/, means “to seal” (and) alternatively “to kiss.” ZÚ.SA.SA means “šelû, said of a marsh boar,” (in the word ZÚ.SA.SA), ZÚ means “tooth of a marsh boar” and SA means “to sharpen, said of weapons.” |
| Obverse [8:9] 88–88 | “There will be an uprising of a city, uprising of fish and birds in the land” (cf. Šumma Ālu 49 43′) means “the people will rise up together, it is favorable.” |
| Obverse [9:10] 99–99 | GI.GÌR (cf. Šumma Ālu 49 53′-55′), (GÌR) read /gir/, means “fertile,” (it refers to) the “reed-plant”; GI.Ú.GÌR means adattu, i.e., the base of the reed. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1010–1010 | GI.TUR (= Šumma Ālu 49 unknown) means zīru-reed, i.e., “reed plant”; alternatively, GI.TUR means zirzirru-reed. [(...)] |
| Obverse [11:12] 1111–1111 | GI.GILIM (= Šumma Ālu 49 47′ and 52′-55′) means “reed bundle,” (i.e.,) a bundle of reeds. Ú.A.GUG₄ (= Šumma Ālu 49 50′) means “alfalfa-grass,” (i.e.,) “alfa gr[ass” ...] ... (means) “alfalfa-grass.” |
| Obverse [12:13] 1212–1212 | “If a pig carries a palm frond, wind will rise” (= Šumma Ālu 49 48′) (the relationship between protasis and apodosis is demonstrated by the line) “May the date palm receive it, (the tree) that receives every wind!” (quotation from Maqlû I 22). |
| Obverse [13:14] 1313–1313 | “(A pig) is covered (laḫim) with hair” (= Šumma Ālu 49 24) – MU₄.MU₄, (pronounced) /mu-mu/, means “to be clothed” (labāšu), MU₄.MU₄, pronounced /mu-mu/, means “to be covered” (laḫāmu), (it refers to) unkempt hair [(...)]. |
| Obverse [14:15] 1414–1414 | LUGAL ŠÚ (= Šumma Ālu 49 24) means “king of the universe” (LUGAL ŠÚ), (alternatively, it means) “foreign king,” (since) ŠÚ means “universe” and ŠÚ means “foreigner.” “Cities will be laid waste” (= Šumma Ālu 49 24) means ... [...]. |
| Obverse [15:16] 1515–1515 | “A support he did not know of will approach his owner” (= Šumma Ālu 49 28′) is as in “he will intercede for brothers that are not his” (= quotation from Iqqur īpuš §31 Elūlu). KI.ÙR (= Šumma Ālu 49 unknown) means “to pillage,” (since) KI means “place” and ÙR means “to pass by, in the sense ‘to cross’.” |
| Obverse [16:18] 1616–1717 | “If a pig repeatedly opens its mouth in front of a man, the man’s wife will repeatedly have (illicit) sex” (= Šumma Ālu 49 34′) (the relationship between protasis and apodosis is demonstrated by the fact that) MÚRUB means “mouth,” MÚRUB means “anus,” and MÚRUB means “female genitalia.” |
| Obverse [18:20] 1818–1919 | “(A pig) advances (iʾir)” (= Šumma Ālu 49 35′) stems from “to advance,” which means “to go,“ i.e., “he approaches,” (since) “to appr[oach” means “to go”]. |
| Obverse [19:20] 1919–1919 | “(A pig) leaves towards his owner” (cp. Šumma Ālu 49 38′), “leaves” means “goes,” (as in) “he was afraid and left and disappeared (lit. “went up to his mountain”)” (= quotation from Anzû?). ... |
| Obverse [20:21] 2020–2020 | “He hit” (= Šumma Ālu 49 38′) means “he struck,” alternatively, “he struck” means “he flattened,” (since) ÙR means “to strike” and ÙR means “to flatten.” |
| Obverse [21:22] 2121–2121 | “A captive woman will enter the house of his master” (= Šumma Ālu 49 41′), “center” (from the protasis, written qé-reb [i.e., KI.KAL]), means “center,” (and hence) “captive” (lit., “enclosed”); KI.KAL means “hardship.” |
| Obverse [22:24] 2222–2323 | “It calmly performs the function of the herald (namgirūtu)” (= Šumma Ālu 49 42′) (refers to the pig) that sings calmly; alternatively, namgirūtu means nagirūtu (i.e., “function of the herald”). “A sick person [will die] in ad[versity]” (= Šumma Ālu 49 42′), TE means “to calm down,” TE means “to cool down.” |
| Obverse [24:26] 2424–2525 | “It smears” (= Šumma Ālu 49 64′) (stems from) “to smear,” (which) means “to flatten.” “That man, the en[emy will enter] the city” (= Šumma Ālu 49 unknown, cf. 57′) means “a foreigner will enter his house” – “foreigner” means “enemy.” Alternatively, it means “he will turn into a stranger in his (own) city” [(...)]. |
| Obverse [26:27] 2626–2626 | “[If a pi]g that is not his own goes on the rampage and enters a man’s house” (= Šumma Ālu 49 68′), “on the rampage” means “raging.” “(A pig) tears a man to pieces” (= Šumma Ālu 49 72′), “to tear to pieces” means “to shred.” |
| Obverse [27:28] 2727–2727 | In “turns the house upside down (ú-na-ap-NE)” (= Šumma Ālu 49 72′), (NE should be read as) /pil/. “(A pig) spills water” (= Šumma Ālu 49 75′) it refers to urine. |
| Obverse [28:29] 2828–2828 | “(If a pig) chews human excrement” (= Šumma Ālu 49 77′), “to chew” means “to eat.” “The man will have a slanderer” (= Šumma Ālu 49 77′) means he will see ... |
| Obverse [29:30] 2929–2929 | “(If a pig) terrifies a man” (= Šumma Ālu 49 78′) (is) as in “a combat.” “He will have a word of constraint” (= Šumma Ālu 49 80′) means he will have a [...] word. |
| Obverse [30:31] 3030–3030 | “If a pig enters a man’s house, stands up and ditto (scil., “vomits,” ipru), that house will acquire profit” (= Šumma Ālu 49 81′) ... means ... |
| Obverse [31:32] 3131–3131 | “Chaff” (= Šumma Ālu 49 82′) means “twig,” because the chaff of a plant is a twig. “Of what it is not his” (= Šumma Ālu 49 unknown) means “all he achieves.” |
| Obverse [32:33] 3232–3232 | “Smears with mud” (= Šumma Ālu 49 unknown) “smeared with mud” (refers to a pig) that is smeared daily, (new break) you smear. “Debi<lity>” (literally, luʾ-(break)) means “disease.” |
| Obverse [33:36] 3333–3535 | “If a sow carrying ḫiʾu enters a man’s house” (= Šumma Ālu 49 85′), (new break) either a saw or a pig; ḫiʾu means “reed fence (made of) adattu-reed,” (i.e.,) “ḫīlu of a reed,” (which) means (new break) “reed plant.” |
| Obverse [36:37] 3636–3636 | Lemmata and oral explanations from (If) pigs persistently rage” (= Šumma Ālu 49), from “If a City is Set on a Height.” |
| Obverse [37:38] 3737–3737 | Copied and collated from an old one-column tablet, whose original was from Borsippa. |
| Obverse [38:39] 3838–3838 | One-column tablet of Nabû-balāssu-iqbi son of Marduk-zēru-ibni descendant of Egibatila. Handwriting of Nabû-šumu-līšir, his son. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 0 | ina a-mat {d}EN u {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ liš-lim | |
| 1 | ŠAH-MEŠ it-ta-na-da-ru ša iš-[še-gu]-u₂ na-ad-ri še-gu-[u₂ (...)] | |
| 2 | ṣa-a-du la-mu-u₂ ŠAH-MEŠ ina SILA.DAGAL.LA il-ta-na-su-u₂ ZI{⸢ut⸣} [IM] | |
| 3 | šum₄-ma ZI{ut} {giš}MAR u GI.DUSU ṣa-la-lu ki ŠAH at-tu₂ ana e-pe-ši-ka ⸢ki⸣-[i ŠAH lu-u] ⸢ṣal⸣-lat | |
| 4 | KUN-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ta-ru-u₂ ša₂ ana e-la-nu tur-ru ta-ru-u₂ na-šu-u₂ ana IGI ⸢NA⸣ [in-niš-ru] | |
| 5 | a-ša₂-ri a-la-ku ša₂-niš a-ša₂-ri sa-na-qu i-gar-ru-ru ga-ra-ar pa-⸢la⸣-[hu] | |
| 6 | {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂-nu i-še-el-lu ša₂ šin-na-šu₂-nu i-mar-<ra>-qu {gu-uk}KA.DU₃ kak-ku [ka-na-ku] ⸢šin⸣-ni | |
| 7 | ZU₂{zu} šin-ni DU₃{du} ka-na-ku MIN na-ša₂-qu ZU₂.SA.SA še-lu-u₂ ša₂ ŠAH {giš}GI | |
| 8 | ZU₂ šin-nu ša₂ ŠAH a-pi SA še-e-lu ša₂ kak-ku ZI URU ZI KU₆-MEŠ u MUŠEN ina KUR GAL₂{ši} UN-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ana ⸢iš-te⸣-en i-te-eb-bu-u₂ SIG₅ GI.GIR₃{gi-ir} a-lit-tu₄ U₂ qa-ne₂-e GI.U₂.GIR₃ ⸢a⸣-[da]-⸢at-tu₄⸣ | |
| 10 | SUHUŠ ša₂ GI GI.TUR zi-ri šam-mu qa-ne₂-e ša₂-niš GI.TUR ze-er-ze-ri [(...)] | |
| 11 | GI.GILIM ki-li-im-bi ri-ik-su ša₂ GI U₂.A.GUG₄ el-pe-tu₂ me-e-bur-[ki x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | el-pe-tu₄ ŠAH {giš}PA GIŠIMMAR na-ši IM ZI {giš}GIŠIMMAR lim-hur-an-ni ma-hi-ir kal ša₂-a-[ri] | |
| 13 | SIG₂ la-hi-im MU₄{mu-mu.}MU₄ la-ba-šu₂ MU₄{mu-mu.}MU₄ la-ha-mu SIG₂.UZ₃ ma-le-e [(x x x)] | |
| 14 | LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL ŠU₂ LUGAL a-hu-u₂ ŠU₂ kiš-ša₂-tu₄ ŠU₂ a-hu-u₂ URU-MEŠ ar₂-bu-ta₅ DU(KU-)⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x] ⸢x GAR-x⸣ [(x x)] | |
| 15 | ⸢ILLAT⸣ NU ZU ana EN-šu₂ TE{am} lib₃-bu-u₂ ab-bu-ut ŠEŠ-MEŠ la šu-a-ti ip-pu-uš | |
| 16 | KI.UR₃ ma-la-lu KI aš₂-ri UR₃ ba-ʾ-u₂ ša₂ e-te-qu ŠAH ana IGI NA | |
| 17 | KA-šu₂ ⸢BAD.BAD⸣{te} DAM LU₂ it-ta-na-a-a-ak MURUB₂{mu-ru-ub} pu-u₂ MURUB₂ šu-uh-hu | |
| 18 | ⸢MURUB₂⸣ u₂-ri ša₂ MUNUS i-ʾi-ir a-ri a-lak i-ši-ir a-⸢ša₂⸣-[ru a-la-ku] | |
| 19 | ana IGI EN-šu₂ ig-⸢gu⸣-[uš] ig-gu-uš il-lik ip-lah₃-ma ig-gu-uš ša₂-da-a-šu₂ i-li | |
| 20 | i-li ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣-ad-me im-ši-id im-ha-aṣ ša₂-niš im-ši-id is-pu-un | |
| 21 | ⸢UR₃ ma-ša₂-du⸣ UR₃ sa-pa-nu e-se-et-tu₄ ana E₂ EN-šu₂ KU₄ qe₂-reb a-sir₃ | |
| 22 | ⸢KI.KAL dan-na-tu₄ nam-<<zi>>-mi-ru-tu₂ ne₂-hi-iš i-te-ne₂-ep-pu-uš | |
| 23 | ⸢ša₂ ne₂-hi-iš⸣ i-za-am-mu-ru ša₂-niš nam-{gi₆}gi-ru-tu₂ na-gi-ru-tu₂ GIG ina ah-[hi-ti UG₇] | |
| 24 | [TE] na-a⸣-hu TE ⸢pa⸣-ša₂-hu i-se-er se-e-ri sa-pa-nu LU₂ BI ina URU u₂-[ba-ru KU₄] | |
| 25 | [u₂]-⸢ba⸣-ri ana E₂-šu₂ ir-ru-ub u₂-ba-ri nak-ri ša₂-niš ina URU-šu₂ ana a-hi-i i-ta-ri [(x x x)] | |
| 26 | ⸢ŠAH⸣ la šu-u₂ id-da-ri-ir-ma ana E₂ NA KU₄ na-ad-ri še-gu-u₂ LU₂ iš-li | |
| 27 | [ša₂-lu]-u₂ ša-ra-ṭu E₂ u₂-na-ap-pil{pi-il} A it-bu-uk aš₂-šu₂ ši-na-a-⸢tu₂⸣ | |
| 28 | [ŠE₃]{⸢ze⸣-e} LU₂ il-mu-um la-ma-mu a-ka-lu NA mu-lem-min₃ INIM{a-mat} TUKU{ši} | |
| 29 | ⸢x x IGI{mar⸣} NA uš-ta-ga-lit lib₃-bu-u₂ ṣal-tu₄ INIM{a-mat} pi-qi₂{qa} TUKU{ši} | |
| 30 | ⸢x⸣ INIM{a-mat} TUKU{ši} ŠAH ana E₂ NA KU₄-ma ZI-ma KIMIN E₂ BI A₂.TUKU TUKU{ši} | |
| 31 | ⸢x-bi ru-tu₄⸣ ha-mi hu-ṣa-bi ha-mi U₂ hu-ṣa-bi ša₂ mim-ma la šu-a-tu₄ | |
| 32 | ma-la KUR{ad₂} lu-hu-ma-a ip-šu-uš lu-hu-ma-a pu-uš-šu₂ ša₂ u₄-mu-us-su pu-uš-šu₂ | |
| 33 | he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} ta-pa-aš₂-ša₂-šu lu-ʾ-{{ he-pi₂ }} mur-ṣu ana E₂ NA MUNUS.ŠAH hi-i na-šat-ma KU₄ | |
| 34 | he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} MUNUS.ŠAH lu ŠAH hi-i GI.SIG a-da-at-tu hi-lu ša₂ qa-ne₂-e | |
| 35 | he-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} šam-mu qa-ne₂-e | |
| 36 | ṣa-a-tu₂ u₃ šu-ut KA ša₂ ŠAH-MEŠ it-ta-na-ad-da-ru URU <ina> SUKUD{e} GAR{in} | |
| 37 | ⸢LIBIR.RA-šu⸣ TA muh-hi {im}gi₃-ṭa SUMUN GABA.RI bar-sip{ki} SAR-ma IGI.TAB | |
| 38 | {im}gi₃-ṭa {d}AG-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-MU-DU₃ A {m}{d}egi-ba-ti-la ŠU-MIN {m}{d}AG-MU-SI.SA₂ DUMU-šu₂ |
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