BM 039440 (P470005)
Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, unclear · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 039440 |
|---|---|
| ID | P470005 |
| Museum no. | BM 039440 |
| 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' | […] “cry …” […] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | […] derives from “to pour our.” […] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [… ŠÀ].GI₆ means “spleen” […], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | […] … GAM means “to prost[rate” …] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | […] means “position” … […] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | […] a clamp … […] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | […] … and KU, read /be/, means “to defecate.” […] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [… “afr]aid” means “fearful,” (since) mud [means “to fear” (and) mud means “to be fearful” …] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | […] … figure … […] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [… ú.šim]EREN means lipištu-plant, … […] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [… GISSU means] “shadow,” (i.e.) a wound of one who blinks his eyes. […] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [… means the “kidneys of his mas]culinity,” alternatively, it means “his testicles.” SA.GIG means […] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | […] … means “strong,” GAL means “obstinate.” “[His] abdomen” […] |
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⸣-uš-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ši-si-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ana re-hu-u še-[...] | |
| 4' | [... {(uzu)}ŠA₃].GI₆ ṭu-li-mu [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x-nin GAM ka-[ma-ṣu ...] | |
| 6' | [...] man-za-az-tu₄ su-u₂-⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] giš-gi-nu-u₂ giš-⸢gi⸣-[...] | |
| 8' | [...]-u₂ {ba₃-e}KU te-ṣu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [... pa]-ar-da gal-ta MUD pa-la-hu MUD ga-la-tu₂ ...] | |
| 10' | [...]-⸢x⸣-gal-zi la-ni x x [...] | |
| 11' | [...] x-mu [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... {u₂}ŠIM].⸢EREN⸣ li-piš-tu₄ x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [... GISSU ṣi]-⸢il⸣-li sim-mu ša₂ IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ ṣab-ru [...] | |
| 3' | [... ka-lit zik]-⸢ra⸣-tu-šu₂ ša₂-niš iš-ka-a-šu₂ SA.GIG [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x-⸢tu₄⸣ dan-nu GAL šep-ṣi ri-bit-[su ...] | |
| 5' | [...] x x x x x [...] | |
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