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MSL 09, 005 S8 (P526946)
Lexical, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MSL 09, 005 S8 |
|---|---|
| ID | P526946 |
| Museum no. | BM 036296 + BM 038070 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢dal⸣-ba-an id₂ | the river bank, |
| 2 | {d}ka-he₂-ŋal₂ {d}igi-he₂-ŋal₂ {d}la-ha-mu ⸢abzu⸣ [...] | Kahebal Igihebal Lahamu Eabzu E23 |
| ŋeš-kin₂-bi šu im-ma-an-teŋ₄ mu₇-mu₇ ⸢abzu⸣ [(...)] | Its ritual: he washes his hands, he makes the Apsu grow | |
| {d}{<MIN(KA.HE₂.GAL₂)>} {d}{<MIN(IGI.HE₂.GAL₂)>} {d}lah₃-mu ap-si-i ša₂ IRI.DUG₃ kiš-ka-nu-⸢u₂⸣ [šu-a-tu₂]; il-qu-u₂ ši-pat ap-si-i id-du-⸢u₂⸣ | Ditto by Laḫmu, the Apsu of the city Tīl-Kanû-e23! He took that one (and) the foot of Apsi he made rise. | |
| 4 | muš-na-mir gi-mil-lu ka-la MU | Who illuminates the whole world, |
| 5 | mu-šah-li ek-le-tum a-na UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ e-liš u šap-liš | The one who entrusts evil to the upper and lower people |
| 6 | {d}UTU muš-na-mir gi-mil-lu ka-la MU | Šamaš, who illuminates everything, |
| 7 | mu-šah-li ek-le-tum a-na UN-MEŠ e-liš u šap-liš | The one who provides evil to the upper and lower people |
| 8 | sah-pu ki-ma šu-uš-kal-lum KI{tu₂} ša₂-ru-ru-ka | saḫpu-disease like a šū-kallum-demon in the place of your wailing |
| 9 | ⸢ša₂⸣ hur-sa-a-ni bi-ru-tu e-⸢ṭu-ti-šu₂⸣-nu ⸢tuš-par-di⸣ | (As for) the one who removes his inscription from the mountain range, (as for the one) who abandons it, |
| 10 | [a-na ta]-⸢mar-ti⸣-ka ⸢ih-du⸣-u₂ DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | In order to greet you, may the gods |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢uzu šag₄⸣ [x]-⸢x⸣-[x] [...] | “If he eats the flesh of a pig |
| 2' | uzu šag₄-niŋin ti-⸢ra⸣-[nu] | meat of the šagninu-festival |
| 3' | uzu šag₄-šu-niŋin er-ri sa-hi-⸢ru⸣-[tu] | flesh of the saḫi-rûtu-plant |
| 4' | uzu šag₄-sig₁₀-sig₁₀-ga pir-⸢su⸣ | red meat of the pirsû-priest |
| 5' | uzu šag₄ NINNU-GAN {<MIN(pir-su)>} | meat of the “mound of a mule’ |
| 6' | uzu šag₄ e₂-ninnu ri-qi₂-[tum] | flesh of the interior of the Eninnu, offering |
| 7' | uzu šag₄ kun-a-šag₄-ga {<MIN(ri-qi₂-tum)>} | (a kind of fatty tissue) |
| 8' | uzu lugal nu-tuku pi-i šu-⸢uh-hu⸣ | a king's meat that has no regard |
| 9' | uzu lugal nu-tuku {<MIN(pi-i)>} ⸢up-pi⸣ | a meat that has no king, ditto (is) e’uppi-plant |
| 10' | uzu lugal nu-tuku {<MIN(pi-i)>} ⸢kar⸣-[šu₂] | he who has no king's flesh, ditto his e’ekaru plant |
| 11' | uzu šag₄ {d}nanna he₂-ŋal₂ pi-i {<⸢MIN⸣(kar-šu₂)>} | The flesh of Nanna should be carried off, according to the mouth of the ēšû-priest |
| 12' | uzu šag₄-la₂-su₃ {<MIN(pi-i)>} {<MIN(kar-šu₂)>} | his flesh, ditto, suckling |
| 13' | uzu šag₄-gar me-⸢x⸣-[x] | flesh of the šaggar priest |
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | ŠE DIRI | Hand of a DIRI |
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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