BM 038519 (P469989)
Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, unclear · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 038519 |
|---|---|
| ID | P469989 |
| Museum no. | BM 038519 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [“To k]neel … […] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | “nu” means “to spin,” … […]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | “nu” means “not”; … […]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | “gul” means “to do, said of sil[ver” …] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | “To do, said of silver a[nd gold” (?) …]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | “It was not do[ne …” (= quotation from unknown text) …] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | “Soaked ma[lt …], |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | “Henb[ane” (Aa VI/4 43) …]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | silig means “be[d” (Aa VI/4 ca. 105-106) …]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | “Palm” means … […]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | The rāḫu-sign (i.e., RA read as raḫ₂) means “to pour out” (raḫ[û) (= Aa VI/4 135-136) …]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | “To remain” (râḫu) means … […]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | […] … “ox-driver” (Aa VI/4 134 (?)) […] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | […] … ma[n …]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x (x)]-u₂-du [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢ka⸣-ma-su ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢NU⸣ ṭa-mu-u₂ ⸢TUKU x⸣-[...] | |
| 4' | ⸢NU⸣ la-a⸣ ⸢sa x na⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | GUL e-pe-šu₂ ša₂ KU₃.⸢BABBAR⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | e-pe-šu₂ ša₂ KU₃.BABBAR ⸢u₃⸣ [KU₃.GI ...] | |
| 7' | ul in-ne₂-⸢ep⸣-[pu-uš ...] | |
| 8' | ri-si-⸢it⸣-[tu₂ ...] | |
| 9' | ši-ip-⸢pu⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢ku⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ša₂-ki-⸢ru⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 3' | SILIG(|URU×IGI|) ma-a-⸢a⸣-[al-tu₂ ...] | |
| 4' | ⸢su⸣-ul-hu ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣-ru-ka/ne ir-ši [...] | |
| 6' | ra-a-hu ra-⸢hu⸣-[u₂ ...] | |
| 7' | ⸢ra-a-hu⸣ ša₂ ⸢su-x [...] | |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢x kul-li-zu⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | ⸢x x (x) nu⸣ tir-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣ ma₂-ru-ru ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [x] ⸢x⸣ ša₂-an ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [x x] ⸢x⸣ a-me-[lu ...] | |
| 13' | [x x x] ⸢x (x) [...] | |
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