AfO 21, 046 pl. 09-10[Delitzsch] (P461317)
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| Designation | AfO 21, 046 pl. 09-10[Delitzsch] |
|---|---|
| ID | P461317 |
| Museum no. | Anonymous 461317 |
| Collection | anonymous |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
By Weidner, Ernst · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | "If a snake with horns is seen in a man's house and it drops (ŠUB) its horns" (= Šumma Ālu 25 1), ŠUB means "to drop." [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | "It flutters" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) means "it flies about." "It lies recumbent in the man's house and [...]" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) refers to the (snake) that sheds its horns. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | "Evil snake" (MUŠ.HUL) (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) means ḫulmiṭṭu-snake [...] "If the snake ḫulmiṭṭu is seen in a man's house, the owner of the house will die" [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | RA means "to kill." MUŠ.IGI.NU.TUKU ("snake without eyes") (cf. Šumma Ālu 25 3) means "blind snake" (upputtu). [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | MUŠ.TÚM.TÚM (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) is the asqūdu-snake, it refers to the snake that [...] against a man's house. [Alternatively, MUŠ.TÚM.TÚM can mean] "wandering snake." |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | The "urnu-snake" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unkown) is a green snake, it refers to (the snake) that [...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [...] is the ruppudu-snake, (from the verb) rapādu ("to roam"), which means "to change one's [mind" ... it refers to (the snake) that] runs about tearing its cloths [...]. Its name is rapādu-disease. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | "Its horn is seen to the right" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) [...]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | "If a gazelle-snake" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) refers to (the snake) which no one can [...]; alternatively, it can refer to (the snake) that [...]; alternatively, it refers to (the snake) that wears the hide of a gazelle; alternatively, it can refer to a mušgallu-snake [...]. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [The MUŠ GIŠ.GEŠTIN (?)] (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) is the "vine snake;" alternatively, it is the snake whose eyes are dark; alternatively, [...]; alternatively, it refers to (the snake) whose skin is similar to wine; [...]. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | [The ...] (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) is the snake of the river; alternatively, it can mean the snake that [...]. [...] on his wife [...] river [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] storm [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 20r 20–r 20r 20 | [...] "to sin" (ḫaṭê) (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) derives from "sin" (ḫiṭītu). "That house will [..." means ...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2121–r 2121 | "Indemnity" (kiššatu) means "penalty," the sign ÁŠ, when read /ziz/, means "emmer" (kiššatu). |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2222–r 2222 | "Residents will live in the house and they will be defeated" (= Šumma Ālu 25 Sm.532 7') [...]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 2323–r 2424 | "The yoke of the palace will be cut, the army [will ...]" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown). [...] KU.UR means "yoke," hence umma also means yoke; alternatively [...]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 2525–r 2626 | In "Brothers (aḫḫê) will divide (BAR-MEŠ) (a property)" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown), aḫḫê means "brothers;" and BAR-[MEŠ] means "to divide." Alternatively], BAR can mean "to leave fallow;" alternatively, since the sign BE, read /be/, means "to divide," (BAR-MEŠ) can also mean [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2727–r 2727 | "Rumors of the palace" (INIM ÉGAL) (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) means "slander." "If snakes ditto and [...]" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 2828–r 2828 | In "There will be a stroke of lightning on the man's house" (= Šumma Ālu 25 Sm.532 13'), "stroke of lightning" (izišubbû) means ["fallen fire,"] because IZI means "fire" and ŠUB means "to fall." |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2929–r 2929 | In "In the center of [...]" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown), [... snakes] inside of the house. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 3030–r 3030 | In "If snakes ditto and are entwined [...]" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 3131–r 3131 | "(The snakes) roll over once and again" (= Šumma Ālu 25 Sm.532 14' (?)), DIRI means "to roll over;" [it also means ...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3232–r 3232 | In "Facing each other (šutātûssunu) without being left (NU ezbū-ma)" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) is to be read as "without being left" (lā ezbū-ma), [...] derived from "to leave" (ezēbu); (it means) "they have been separated" [...]. |
| Reverse [13:15] r 3333–r 3434 | [...] refers to (the snake) that kills wife and wife. "His hunger" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) means [...]. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 3535–r 3636 | "To be faint" (unnutu) (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown) means "to weaken" (unnušu). "If great snakes [create confusion (LÙ-MEŠ) and become wild (È-MEŠ)" (= Šumma Ālu 25 unknown), LÙ-MEŠ] means "they will create confusion," È-MEŠ means "they will become wild" [...]. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 3737–r 3838 | Lemmata and oral explanations relating to (the tablet) "If a snake with horns [is seen in a man's house and it drops its horns"] (= Šumma Ālu 25). |
| Reverse [18:20] r 3838–r 3939 | The tablet with the continuation (of the present tablet), entitled "In 'If a mušḫuššu-snake is seen, he will become rich (i-šár-ri)' (= ŠĀ 26 1 (?)),[the sign ŠÁR means ...], the same can also mean 'to be great'," is written on a parchment scroll, (copied) from a Babylonian original. |
| Reverse [20:22] r 4040–r 4141 | Tablet of Nabû-balāssu-iqbi son of Marduk-zēru-ibni, descendant of Egibatila. He who reveres Šamaš and Marduk (should not take it away)! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 1 | MUŠ SI ina E₂ NA IGI-ma SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ŠUB{di} ŠUB na-⸢du⸣-[u₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | it-ta-nap-raš i-ša₂-ʾa ina E₂ NA NA₂{iṣ}ma x [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša₂ qar-ni-šu₂ i-ša₂-ha-ṭu MUŠ.HUL hul-mit-[tu₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | MUŠ hul-mit{mi-it}tu₄ ina E₂ NA IGI EN E₂ ⸢UŠ₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | RA da-a-ku MUŠ.IGI.NU.TUKU up-pu-ut-ti [x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | MUŠ.TUM₂.TUM₂ as-qu-du MUŠ ša₂ ana ⸢E₂⸣ NA i-⸢x⸣-[x (x) ša₂-niš MUŠ.TUM₂.TUM₂] | |
| 7 | mut-tal-lik MUŠ ur-nu ṣe-ru ar₂-qa ša₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢x x⸣ MUŠ ru-up-pu-<du> ra-pa-du ša₂-ne₂-e [ṭe-e-me x x x x] | |
| 9 | [i]-⸢la⸣-as-su-um lu-bu-ši-šu₂ u₂-šar-ra-⸢aṭ⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ra-pa-du ⸢MU⸣-šu₂ SI-BI im-niš IGI-ma ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | MUŠ.MAŠ.DA₃ ša₂ LU₂ man-ma i-⸢x⸣-[x]-⸢x⸣ ša₂-niš ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [(x)] ⸢ša₂⸣-niš ša₂ maš-ku ša₂ MAŠ.DA₃ šak-nu ša₂-niš muš-gal-[lu₄ x x MUŠ {giš}GEŠTIN] | |
| 13 | MUŠ ka-ra-nu ša₂-niš ša₂ IGI-MIN-šu₂ ṣal-mu ša₂-[niš x x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ša₂-niš ša₂ ma-šak-šu₂ ana ka-ra-nu ⸢maš⸣-[lu x x MUŠ.A] MUŠ.A] | |
| 15 | MUŠ ša₂ ID₂ ša₂-niš MUŠ ša₂ [x x]-si ša₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x] ⸢UGU⸣ DAM-šu₂ [x x x x x] ID₂ hi-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x] me-hu-u₂ [x x x x x]-ri ⸢šu⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-ka-lu [x x x x x x x] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x x x x] x ma ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
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| 20 | [x] x ha-ṭe-e ana UGU hi-ṭi-tu₄ E₂ ⸢BI⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 21 | kiš-ša₂-tu₄ sar-tu₄ ZIZ₂{zi-iz} kiš-ša₂-[tu₄ x x x x x] | |
| 22 | aš-ša₂-bu E₂ uš-ša₂-bu SA₂-MEŠ{ik-kaš-ša₂-⸢du⸣} [x x x x x x x] | |
| 23 | ṣi-mi-it-tu₂ ša₂ E₂.GAL ip-par-ra-as ERIN₂-[MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 24 | KU.UR ṣi-mit-tu₂ um-ma ṣi-mit-tu₂ ša₂-[niš x x x x x x] | |
| 25 | a-he-e BAR-MEŠ{i-zu-zu} a-he-e ŠEŠ-MEŠ BAR-[MEŠ za-a-zu ša₂-niš] | |
| 26 | BAR uš-šu-ru ša₂-niš BE{be₂-e} za-a-zu ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 27 | INIM.E₂.GAL šil-la-tu₂ MUŠ-MEŠ MIN-ma lu-⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 28 | izi-šub-ba-a ina E₂ NA GAL₂ izi-šub-bu-u₂ i-ša₂-tu₂ ma-aq-tu₂] | |
| 29 | IZI i-ša₂-tu₂ ŠUB ma-qa-tu₂ ina lib₃-bi ša₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 30 | bit-ta-nu-ti MUŠ-MEŠ MIN-ma kit-pu-[lu-(tu) x x x x x] | |
| 31 | it-ta-nag-ra-ra DIRI na-gar-ru-⸢ru [DIRI x x x x] | |
| 32 | šu-ta-tu-su-nu NU ez-bu-ma la ez-bu-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 33 | ana muh-hi e-ze-bu it-tap-ra-su ⸢UD⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 34 | ša₂ DAM u DAM <i>-nar-ru-ma be₂-ru-su ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 35 | un-nu-tu un-nu-šu₂ MUŠ-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ⸢LU₃⸣-[MEŠ-ma E₃-MEŠ LU₃-MEŠ | |
| 36 | u₂-dal-li-hu-ma E₃-MEŠ iš-še-gu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 37 | ṣa-a-tu₂ u šu-ut KA ša₂ MUŠ SI ina E₂ NA [IGI-ma SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ŠUB{di]} | |
| 38 | DUB ša₂ EGIR-šu₂ MUŠ.HUŠ IGI i-šar₂-ri [ŠAR₂ x x x] | |
| 39 | {<MIN(ŠAR₂)>} GAL{u₂} ina {kuš}ma-gal-lat GABA.RI E{⸢ki⸣} [SAR {im}DUB] | |
| 40 | {m}{d}AG-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{d}AMAR.UTU-NUMUN-DU₃ A {m}{d}e₄-[gi₇-ba-ti-la] | |
| 41 | ⸢pa⸣-lih {d}UTU u {d}[AMAR.UTU] | |
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