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BM 048261 (P470042)
Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, unclear · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P470042 |
| Museum no. | BM 048261 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x-a KU-bi⸣ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the ... of the temple, the temple |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ba⸣-nu-u NU DU₃ [...] | ... ēnû-plant(?) did not grow |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ šuk-ku-tu₂ šuk-ku-tu₂ [...] | ... šukkûtu-plant |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| b | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣-bi-tu₄ ⸢ki⸣-[...] | The ... of that temple, the temple of |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [(x)]-⸢šu⸣-ma nu-[...] | ... its ... does not ... |
| 4' | [(x)] [x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR KI{ti₃} {d}⸢NUSKA⸣ [...] | ... the king’s palace, the land with Nusku |
| 5' | [(x)] [x x] ⸢x x (x) [KUR] be-lu DINGIR LUGAL KUR ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the land, lord of the gods, king of the land |
| 6' | [(x)] [KUR {⸢d⸣}ŠU-ma.KUR {⸢d⸣}EN KUR{i} {zi-za-nu}KUR ⸢x⸣ [...] | the land of Šūma, the lord of the land Obsidian, the zizanu-temple, |
| 7' | [(x)] ⸢KUR⸣ {d}ŠU-ma.KUR {⸢d⸣}ŠU-ma.KUR {d}30 [...] | “Ekur, Šamaš-mākur, Sîn, |
| 8' | [lam]-⸢hu⸣ |KUR@KUR| ša₂ GEME₂{u₂-⸢tu₂⸣} ša₂ GEME₂ am-tu₄ sin-niš-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] | lam-eḫu-e23 (means) enemy. The one of the female donkey, the one of a male donkey is Amtu, the woman ... |
| 9' | GU₂ ma-a-tu₂ da-⸢x⸣ |KUR@KUR| ma-⸢at x⸣ [...] | “The neck of the land, the ... of the enemy, the neck of ... |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣ AŠ@t{di-li-te-nu-u} ⸢x⸣-[x x]-⸢šu₂-nu⸣ [...] | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! Its ... are not enough! |
| 11' | [ta]-⸢al⸣ AŠ@t ṣi-ru₃ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | “If he slips through the cracks of the door, the door bolt ... ... |
| 12' | [x x x]-⸢ak⸣ AŠ@k aš an-ta-bal [...] | ... I have carried off |
| 13' | [x x x]-⸢lal⸣ ⸢AŠ@k⸣ [...] | ... elalû-plant, ašk-plant |
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