BM 048752 (P470053)
Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, unclear · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | BM 048752 |
|---|---|
| ID | P470053 |
| Museum no. | BM 048752 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Commentary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
By nn · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | […] … is seen with an eclipse … […] |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | […] … with the Plejades and the Old Man […] |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | […] approaches … “Rise of the storm, south wind … […]” |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | […] approaches … |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | [… “the moon], when it appears, brings forth its horns and they are bright” … […] |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | […] … there is an eclipse, it is bad for the enemy land. … […] |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | […] … means “Adad”, ditto means … […] |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | […] approaches … “Cities will be destroyed” … […] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | […] … ni-pak, (with the sign ḫu pronounced) /pa-ak/, means … […] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢KI⸣ AN.GE₆ ⸢IGI x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KI MUL₂.MUL₂ u {mul₂}ŠU.⸢GI⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢TE⸣-šu₂-ma ZI me-he-e {im}1 ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢TE⸣-šu₂-ma UR₅.UŠ₂-MEŠ HAŠHUR-MEŠ {giš}⸢GI⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 5' | [... {d}30 ⸢ina⸣ IGI.LA₂-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ E₃-ma ZALAG₂-ME U₄ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ AN.GE₆ GAR-ma HUL ša₂ KUR KUR₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {d}IŠKUR MIN li-le-e-[...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢NU⸣ TE-šu₂-ma URU-ME GUL-ME ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ni-pak{pa-ak} ka-⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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