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BM 040121 (P470020)
Commentary; Lexical, Neo-Assyrian, unclear · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 040121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P470020 |
| Museum no. | BM 040121 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary; Lexical |
| Find spot | unclear |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r i' | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| [...] | ||
| 11' | {<MIN(su-ug)>} {<[MIN(|LAGAB×A|)>} A] [...] | DITTO (= šumma ālu 31 unknown) means ... |
| 12' | a-a |LAGAB×A| A] [i-šik-tu₄] | Father Lagar, son of Isviktu |
| 13' | ⸢as⸣-lum |LAGAB×A| A [ša₂ |LAGAB×A.LUM| ŠU] | Aselum, lamentation priest, son of Lamentation Priest |
| 14' | aš-⸢te⸣ |LAGAB×A| A] [ŠU-ma URU] | Aštē’e, lagar priestess, son of Hand of the City |
| 15' | ⸢bu⸣-nin |LAGAB×A| A] [bu-nin-nu ša₂ A] | ēšu-enin-lagûda-plant from the Buninnu family from the family |
| 16' | [...] | |
| 17' | [...] | |
| 18' | ⸢bu-gin₃⸣ |LAGAB×GAR| [GAR] [bu-gin₃-nu ša₂ NINDA] | a type of ebony |
| 19' | [...] | |
| 20' | u]-⸢mah⸣ |LAGAB×(U.A)| U.A] [mi-ih-ṣu] | u’emaḫ-e23 lagub-plant |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | {<[MIN(šu-ru-um])>} |LAGAB×GUD| GUD] ⸢ka-bu⸣-[u] | (a kind of ox or sheep) |
| 3' | šu-ri-im] |LAGAB×(GUD&GUD)| |GUD&GUD| {<MIN(ka-bu-u)>} ru-ub-⸢ṣu⸣ | šurīm (lagû-carnelian) (means) ox. |
| 4' | piq-qa-an-nu ia-⸢di-ma⸣-[tu₂] | the yadimātu-priestess |
| 5' | tar-ba-ṣu | |
| 6' | u₂] |LAGAB×(GUD&GUD)| |GUD&GUD| lah-ru₃ | ox or bull thorn |
| 7' | la-ah-ru₃ | received. |
| 8' | KA.⸢KA⸣.SI.GA | KA.E.KA₂.SIG.GA |
| 9' | la-ah-ru₃] |LAGAB×(GUD&GUD)| |GUD&GUD| la-ah-ru₃ | laḫru (means) ox. |
| 10' | [(x)] {<MIN(la-ah-ru₃)>} | ditto a kind of insect |
| 11' | {d}⸢lahar⸣ | E-lahar-e |
| 12' | [...] [...] ⸢im⸣-mer-⸢tu₄⸣ | ... emer-etu-e3 |
| 13' | [...] [...] ⸢sa⸣-ka-pu | ... esa-e-kapu |
| 14' | pu-u₂] |LAGAB×EŠ| EŠ] [ša₂] ⸢IN⸣.|LAGAB×EŠ||LAGAB×EŠ| pu-u | (If) he is ill: he will be ill. |
| 15' | ⸢na⸣-sa-⸢hu⸣ ša₂ ⸢ŠE⸣ | esahû-plant |
| 16' | bu-ul] |LAGAB×EŠ| EŠ] ⸢na⸣-ša₂-pu ⸢ša₂ ŠE⸣ | (If) it is surrounded by a halo: he will reach the highest rank. |
| 17' | bu-ur] |LAGAB×EŠ| ⸢EŠ⸣ nu-us-su-ru₃ ša₂ ⸢ŠE⸣ | The būr-lagû-priest of the ešu-priestess is the nuussu-ru of the E’e23. |
| 18' | za-an-sur] |LAGAB×EŠ| EŠ ša-as₃-su-ru₃ tu-ša₂-ru₃ | za-an-sur |
| 19' | [...] [...] qu-up-pa-tu₄ tu-um-šu | ... ... you wrap up the scepter |
| 20' | tu-ku] |LAGAB×EŠ| EŠ na-a-šu₂ na-pa-šu₂ | You are adjured by the lagar priestess. |
| 21' | na-ra-ṭu₃ re-⸢du⸣-u | the scepter of the shepherd |
| 22' | ra-a-bu ra-i-bu⸣ | the great, the great |
| 23' | ga-ṣa-ṣu ⸢nu-uh₂⸣-hu-⸢ṣu₂⸣ | “Gaṣaṣu-plant, nuḫû-plant |
| 24' | ša₂-a-bu ⸢ka-ta⸣-tu | The šābu-disease (appears) at the end of the day |
| 25' | šu-uk-tu-tu | Hand-lifting |
| 26' | ra-ha-du ⸢ra⸣-[ta]-⸢tu⸣ | raḫadu-plant |
| 27' | ta-⸢ra⸣-ru₃ ⸢da-a-mu⸣ | You are to enter, you are to go out |
| 28' | [ni-in-na] |LAGAB×EŠ| EŠ] ša₂ ⸢NIN⸣ x ⸢LAGAB⸣ nu ⸢ta ru⸣ | ninna (means) lagar priestess. |
| 29' | x ⸢i⸣ tam mu u | ... a year and |
| 30' | [... iṣ]-⸢ṣu-ur⸣ HUL-⸢tu₄⸣ | ... evil omens |
| 31' | [gu-kin] |LAGAB×KIN| KIN] [kiš-ša₂-tu ⸢da-ad-mu⸣ | gukin-šūpi guardian of the universe |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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