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AoF 48, 266 (U 32332) (P468649)
Lexical, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AoF 48, 266 (U 32332) |
|---|---|
| ID | P468649 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [x] x [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢eme⸣ [si sa₂] [li]-⸢ša⸣-[nu-um ...] | “It is the horn of a lion, it is the neck of an ox |
| 3' | ⸢eme⸣ si nu-sa₂ li-ša-nu-[x x] ; la i-ša-ru-um | (Sum) The emû-priestess does not have a horn (Akk) May she not ... horns |
| 4' | ⸢eme⸣ gal e-me-gal-lum | Great hero, great hero |
| 5' | [eme] ⸢suḫ⸣ ⸢e⸣-me-su₂-ḫu-du | tongues of emesuḫ, 'emesusuhdu-plant' |
| 6' | [eme] ⸢x⸣ [x x x]-⸢na⸣-kum | your tongue ... |
| 7' | [eme] ḫulu;-ḫulu-⸢x⸣ li-ša-nu-um la-ap-tum | a tongue of sulphur, līšanum, laptum |
| 8' | ⸢eme⸣ dib lu-ru-u₂-um | the emû-priest, the lurum-official |
| 9' | ⸢eme⸣ (dib.dib) ku-su-ru-um | eme-e-23 means “to bind.’ |
| 10' | ⸢eme⸣/ka ḫulu le-em-nu-um | Your tongue is full of evil. |
| 11' | [eme/ka x x x x x x x x]-um | your tongue ...... |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢KA⸣ [x x x x x] | the gate of ... |
| 2' | |KA×X| x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | KA-dX ... |
| 3' | šu [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | Hand of ...... |
| 4' | šu [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | Hand of ...... |
| 5' | šu ⸢gi-mi⸣-[lum ...] | Hand of Egimilum |
| 6' | šu ŋar gi-⸢mi⸣-[la-am ša-ka-nu-um] | Hand of a reed worker |
| 7' | šu ŋar ge₄ mu-te-er [gi-mi-lim] | Hand of a ŋarge-demon” (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) (refers to the man) who restores the remission of debts |
| 8' | šu la₂ ḫu-bu-ta-[tum] | Hand of non-smearing |
| 9' | šu la₂-la₂ qa₂-tum ku-⸢us⸣-[su₂-u₂-tum] | Hand of Lala, hand of Kueusutum |
| 10' | šu saŋ sum qa₂-tum LU/SU-TE [x x x x] | Hand of the hand of a charioteer |
| 11' | ⸢šu⸣ ta₃-ga zu-ḫu-nu-[um] | |
| 12' | [x x x] GA-tu x x [x x x x] | ... milk ... |
| 13' | [x x x] x ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢šu⸣ dag na-⸢ga⸣-[šum] | The one who is to be smitten by lightning |
| 3' | šu du₈ na-an-šu-⸢um⸣ | Hand washing, not removing |
| 4' | šu du₇ šu-uk-⸢lu-lu⸣-[um] | Hand of good Šukulum |
| 5' | šu peš ša-ba-šum | Hand of a Dog |
| 6' | niŋ₂ mi-im-ma | all that |
| 7' | niŋ₂-nam mi-im-ma šu-um-šu | All that is his |
| 8' | niŋ₂ ŋar ki-tum | fear of the netherworld |
| 9' | niŋ₂ zi ki-it-tum | true fearsomeness |
| 10' | niŋ₂ ge-na ki-it-tum | True fearsomeness |
| 11' | niŋ₂ saŋ ki-it-⸢tum⸣ | The nīb-priestess of the kiittu-vessel |
| 12' | niŋ₂ nu-ŋar sa₃-ar-[tum] | a fearsomeness, a slanderer |
| 13' | niŋ₂ lul-la sa₃-⸢ar⸣-[tum] | a false fearsomeness |
| 14' | niŋ₂ x [x x x x x x x x x x] | fear ...... |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | gu₂ nu-ŋar-ra la [x x]-šum | not ... his neck |
| 2' | gu₂ {ŋeš}kiri₆ pi-ir-sum₂ | the bank of the irrigated orchard |
| 3' | gu₂ bala na-ba-al-ka-tum | the neck of the reign of Nabal |
| 4' | gu₂-da la₂-a id-du-ru-um | “If he slips through a hole, |
| 5' | gu₂ ki-ŋal₂ iq-du-da-ni | when he approached the bank of the rebel land, |
| 6' | gu₂ mar-mar-re ḫa-na-bu-um | to smite the neck, to make it grow |
| 7' | gu₂ zal ḫi-sa₃-tu-um | |
| 8' | ⸢gu₂⸣ gal a-ša-ri-du-um | great throne of Ašaredum |
| 9' | ⸢gu₂⸣ erim₂ ma-at a-a-bi | The temple, the enemy land of the enemies |
| 10' | nam | a fate |
| 11' | [nam] ⸢tar⸣-tar mu-ši-im ši-ma-tim | the fate of Etar-etar, the life of the universe |
| 12' | [nam]-⸢erim₂⸣ ma-mi-⸢tum⸣ | “Enemy-demon, Amī-etum-e23 |
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