MMEW pl. vii (BM 037055) (P469985)
Commentary; Ritual, Hellenistic, unclear · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | MMEW pl. vii (BM 037055) |
|---|---|
| ID | P469985 |
| Museum no. | BM 036595 + BM 037055 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary; Ritual |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | [...] Sîn means DIB, (since) AN means [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | [...] words ... [...], |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | [...] from the 16th day the visible area of the moon is covered, |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | [...] monthly the (lamentation) "The House Is Encircled Like A Cattle Pen; Inside Of It There Are Laments." |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | [...] the lamentation "The Apsû is Defiled," which is recited on the 1st day, is the day of the new moon. |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | On the 3rd of [the month ...], statues of bit[umen ...] and Sîn should not made, it is said there. |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | "After it is done" means "after it is made." A mourning-ritual is performed [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | You should say thus: who [...] of the 18th day, the foundations of the E[sagil are laid]. |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | Simānu (iti.SIG₄) belongs to Sîn, the first-born son of Enlil. Kulla (d.SIG₄) means Sîn; Kulla is the lord [of the foundations], |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | 4 means "four" and 4 means Sîn. The 18th day of Simānu belongs to Nabû and Madānu. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | What it said, "they go to the rosewood garden," means ["they build] the foundations [of the house], |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | (since, in) masukkannu, ma means "to build," suk means "house," and en means "lord." |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | (In the word) simānu, si means "to fix," said of the foundations; ma means "house," and en means "lord." |
| Obverse [13:14] 1414–1414 | [...] Sîn and Šamaš ... [...] there is [...], |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | [As in "E]nki, Šamaš, and Šazu to Babylon [...] ..., |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | [On the 18th day a sheep is sl]aughtered [on it] — úr means "base," |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | [...] 19 fingers are visible, |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | [...] ... n ikû is its measurement. |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | [...] 3.20 means Esagila, ..., |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | [... Babylon], the abode of Marduk; 3.20 means èš, i.e., "tem[ple"]. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | [...] back; a brick in the small courtyard, a vessel that is set up beneath them, |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | the month [...]. [ITI]. ⸢ITI⸣ means "half bricks" (arḫātu); arḫu means "month" and SIG₄ means "brick." |
| Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323 | The vessel that is in the hand of the steward - it is "sealed and shut" (i.e. "implicit"?) - it is a brick. |
| Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424 | The land of Amurru - "Amurru, the man of the mountains." Simānu (iti.SIG₄) is the month for laying the foundations of a house. |
| Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525 | Sîn in the "house" of Šabāṭu (XI) and Šamaš in the house of Simānu (III); the band that [...] with each other [...]. |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | In "Lord Madānu, the inspector of the Annunaki," ma means "house," [...] dù means [...], |
| Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727 | en means "lord," dingir means "god"; therefore the bricks of [...] |
| Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828 | Madānu ... [...]. |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | Words of the Esagila. The reverer of Marduk should respect them greatly, [he should not show them] to a non-Babylonian. |
| Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030 | One-colum tablet of Marduk-šar-i[lī, son] of Minû-ana-Bēl-dan, descendant of Ileʾʾi-[Marduk]. |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | Written, collated, and checked according to its original. |
| Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232 | [(...)] The reverer of Marduk shall not steal it, nor deliberately remove it from [it]. |
| Obverse [32:33] 3333–3333 | [nth of x month of the nth year ..., i.e., 7th/8th] year of Antigonus the General (i.e. 312/311 BCE). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] {d}30 DIB AN ma-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-tu di-ib-bi ul-te-ra-[x (x x)] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ul⸣-tu U₄ 16.KAM {d}30 NIGIN-rat ih-te-si-[ma] | |
| 4 | [x x x x (x)] ⸢ITI{hu-us⸣-su} e₂ tur₃-<gin₇> niŋin-na-a šag₄-bi a-še-er-[ra] | |
| 5 | [x x (x)] x x (x) abzu pe-⸢el⸣-la₂-am₃ ša₂ U₄ 1.KAM GAR{nu} bu-ub-bu-lu šu-[u₂] | |
| 6 | {[iti}x U₄] 3.KAM ṣal-mu ša₂ ⸢it⸣-[ti-i {d]}30 ul ib-ba-ni ina lib₃-bi iq-ta-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 7 | [ul]-tu in-<ne₂>-ep-šu₂ ⸢ul⸣-[tu ib]-⸢ba⸣-nu-u₂ bi-kit it-taš-kan ⸢KI⸣-[x (x)] | |
| 8 | ta-qab-bu-u₂ um-ma mi-nu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x]-KAL-lu-man-ni ša₂ U₄ 18.KAM URU₄ ⸢e₂⸣-[sag-gil na-di] | |
| 9 | {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ {d}30 DUMU reš-tu-u₂ ⸢ša⸣ {d}⸢en-lil₂⸣ {d}SIG₄ {d}30 {d}SIG₄ ⸢EN⸣ [UŠ₈] | |
| 10 | 4 ⸢er⸣-bet-tu₄ 4 {d}30 U₄ 18.KAM ša₂ {⸢iti⸣}SIG₄ ša₂ {d}AG [u] {⸢d}DI⸣.[KU₅] | |
| 11 | ana {giš}KIRI₆ ma-suk-kan-nu il-la-ku-ʾ ša₂ ⸢E⸣{u} uš-šu₂ [(x x) x x] | |
| 12 | ma-suk-kan-nu MA ba-nu-u₂ ⸢SUK⸣ bi-⸢tu₄ EN ⸢be-lu₄⸣ | |
| 13 | si-ma-nu ⸢SI⸣ re-tu-u₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ te-me-⸢en-ni⸣ MA E₂ ⸢EN⸣ be]-⸢lu₄⸣ | |
| 14 | ⸢i/ra⸣-[x x (x)] {d}30 u {d}UTU ki-nu AN ⸢KI⸣ [x (x)] ⸢UR/HUL⸣ GAL₂{ši} x [(x)] x | |
| 15 | [lib₃-bu-u {d]}⸢EN⸣.KI {d}⸢UTU⸣ u {⸢d}ŠA₃.ZU ba-bi⸣-[lu] x x x x | |
| 16 | [U₄ 18.KAM UDU.NITA₂ ina muh-hi uh]-⸢tat⸣-ta-pu UR₂ iš-[di] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-ud 19 ŠU.SI IGI{[mar]} | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] x IKU ma-da-as-[(su)] | |
| 19 | [x x x x x x x] 3.20 3.20 E₂.SAG.GIL x x [x] | |
| 20 | [x x x x KA₂.DINGIR.RA]{ki} šu-bat {d}AMAR.UTU 3.20 EŠ₃ bi-[tu₄] | |
| 21 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢EGIR⸣ SIG₄ ina KISAL BAN₃.DA lu-uṭ-ṭu ina KI.TA-ši-⸢na⸣ | |
| 22 | kin ⸢ITI⸣ [x x] x x x [ITI].⸢ITI⸣ ar₂-ha-a-tu₂ ar₂-hi ITI SIG₄ | |
| 23 | li-bit-tu₂ lu-uṭ-ṭu ša₂ ina ⸢ŠU ma⸣-[še]-⸢en⸣-nu kak-ku sak-ku šu-u SIG₄ šu-u-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 24 | KUR MAR.TU{ki} {d}mar-tu mu-⸢lu⸣ hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-⸢ke₄⸣ {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ UŠ₈ E₂ ŠUB{[u]} | |
| 25 | {d}30 ina E₂ {<iti>}ZIZ₂ u {d}UTU ina E₂ {iti}SIG₄ DUR ša₂ a-ha-a-meš [x x x] x x x [(x)] | |
| 26 | be-lu₄ {d}DI.KU₅ a-ši-ir {d}a-nun-na-ki MA E₂ [x x x x x] DA₃ A [(x)] | |
| 27 | EN be-lu DINGIR i-lu ina lib₃-bi ki-i SIG₄-HI.A ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 28 | {d}DI.KU₅ iš-[x x x (x x)] | |
| 29 | dib-bi ša₂ x x (x) ⸢pa⸣-lih {d}AMAR.UTU ma-⸢ʾ⸣-diš URI₃-ma ana la DUMU TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} NU u₂-kal-lam] | |
| 30 | {im}GID₂.DA {m}{d}BE-MAN-⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ A {m}mi]-⸢nu-u₂⸣-[ana]-{⸢d}EN⸣-da-nu DUMU {m}A₂.GAL₂-{d}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 31 | ⸢GIM⸣ SUMUN-šu₂ SAR-⸢ma⸣ [ba-ri] u ⸢up⸣-pu-uš | |
| 32 | [(x x x x) pa]-⸢lih⸣ {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ NU TUM₃-šu₂ ina me-reš-tu₄ ⸢la⸣ lib₃-bi NU u₂-[šel-liš] | |
| 33 | {[iti}x U₄ x.KAM MU x.KAM ša₂ ši-i MU 7/8.KAM {m}an-ti-gu-nu-us-su {lu₂}GAL ERIN₂ |
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