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BM 048575 (P470048)

Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, unclear · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationBM 048575
IDP470048
Museum no.BM 048575
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreCommentary
Find spotunclear

English translation

By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5'[...] (means) family ... [...]
Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6'[...] “ripqu” (lit., “hoed”) (means) ... “broken” [...]
Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7'[... (as in)] like a [...] is destroyed, so the abode is [destroyed by its] weeping,”
Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8'[...] (in Akkadian) “in the stall is seized, in the abode the w[eeping ...]
Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9'[...] angry marriage [...]
Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10'[...] not ... [...]
Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2'[...] ... fled ... [...]
Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3'[...] KU₆ (i.e., ḪA) means “fish,” “to flee” (ZÁḪ, i.e., ḪA.A) means ... [...]
Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4'[...] ... means “to equal.” “To sink” means “to flo[od ...].
Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5'[...] ... “to sink” means ... [...]
Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6'[...] “to tie” means “to trample,” said of ... [...]
Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7'[... U]R.KI means “badger,” ... [...]
Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8'[...] invited marriage [...]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1'[...] ⸢x⸣ ⸢x⸣ [...]
2'[...] ⸢x⸣-tu₄ i-[...]
3'[...] ⸢x⸣-le-e hi-[...]
4'[...]-⸢ma⸣ [...]
5'[...] ⸢kim⸣-tu₄ [(x x)] ⸢x⸣ [...]
6'[...] ⸢ri⸣-ib-qu (x) he-pi₂ [...]
7'[... x]-⸢gin₇⸣ na-an-gul-⸢la ama ⸢er₂⸣-[bi-e na-an-gul-e (...)]
8'[...] ⸢ina⸣ ri-ib-qu ṣab-ta [ina maš]-tak ⸢bi⸣-[ki-tu₄ ...]
9'[...] ⸢aš₂⸣-šu-tu₂ ze-nu-tu₄ [...]
10'[...] ul i-[...]
11'[...] ⸢u₂ x⸣ [...]
r
1'[...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...]
2'[...] ⸢x⸣ in-na-bi-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [...]
3'[...] KU₆ nu-u₂-ni na-bu-tu₄ {x⸣}[...]
4'[...] ⸢x⸣ ma-ša-lu ṭub-bu-u ra⸣-ha-[ṣu ...]
5'[...] ⸢x⸣-ma ṭe-bu-u₂ ⸢na-pu⸣-u₂ ⸢x⸣ [...]
6'[...] ⸢sa⸣-na-pu ra-ha-ṣu ša₂ ⸢UR⸣-[...]
7'[...] ⸢UR⸣.KI ⸢UR⸣.KI kal-bi ur-ṣu he-⸢su⸣-[u₂ ...]
8'[...] aš₂-šu-tu₂ qe₂-re-tu₄ ša₂ [...]
9'[...] ⸢x⸣ gu-⸢uz-x⸣ [...]
10'[...] ⸢x⸣ [...]

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