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An Explanatory Temple List, from Kish to Apak (Q007946)
Lexical, First Millennium, unclear
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| Designation | An Explanatory Temple List, from Kish to Apak |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007946 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | First Millennium |
| Genre | Lexical |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1a | e₂-abzu-ku₃-[ga] [pa-paḫ {d]}⸢za⸣-ba₄-ba₄ | Eabzukug, cella of Eza-ebaba |
| 1b | E₂ ap-si-⸢i⸣ [el-li u] ⸢ABZU⸣ [šap-lu-u₂] | The house of the upper Apsû and the lower Abzu |
| 2a | e₂-galga-su₃ [pa-paḫ] {⸢d⸣}ba-ba₆ ša₂ kiš{ki} | the Egalgasu temple, the cella of E-e-23 of Kish |
| 2b | E₂ ša₂ mi-⸢lik⸣-[šu₂ ru-qu ša₂ mil]-⸢ka⸣ ma-lu-u₂ | The house of his father-in-law is a distant one, the one of your grandfather is numerous. |
| 3a | e₂-rab-ri-[ri] [pa-paḫ] {d}DI.KU₅ | the Eraburi temple, the cella of Dayyān |
| 3b | E₂ ša₂ rab-ba [i-me-es-su] ⸢u₂-qal-la-lu⸣ | The great temple he built for him. Uqallalu |
| 4a | ⸢e₂⸣-temen-bi-nu-[kur₂] [pa-paḫ] {d}GAŠAN-kiš{ki} | E-temen-bi-nu-kur |
| 4b | E₂ ša₂ tem-men₅-⸢šu₂⸣ [la] ⸢ut⸣-tak-⸢ka⸣-ru | The house of the temmen-ešû-priest is not the eta-tak-eru-priestess |
| 5a | e₂-an-ur₂-ki-⸢tuš-maḫ ziq⸣-qur-rat ⸢kiš⸣{ki} | Eanurkitusvmaḫ, the ziggurat of Ekiše |
| 5b | E₂ ša₂ i-šid AN-⸢e⸣ [šub]-ti ⸢ṣir-ti⸣ | The house which is in the middle of the Anu-ēšum-temple, the residence of the Ṣirti-e3 temple |
| 6a | e₂-su-lim-an-na ⸢E₂⸣ {d}NIN-e₂-⸢an⸣-na | the Esulimana temple, the temple of Bēlet-ēna |
| 6b | E₂ ša₂ ša₂-lum-mat-su ⸢ša₂⸣-qa-tu | The house whose radiance is exalted |
| 7a | e₂-⸢ki⸣-ag₂-ga₂-a-ni pa-pa-ḫu | his E-e-ag-ga, the cella |
| 7b | E₂ na-ram-⸢i⸣-šu₂ | the house of his beloved |
| 8a | e₂-⸢šu⸣-luḫ-⸢bi⸣-ku₃-ga ki-sal-lu | In the E’eluḫbi-ekuga, the courtyard |
| 8b | ⸢E₂ ša₂ šu-luḫ⸣-ḫu-⸢šu₂⸣ el-lu | The temple that purifies the heart, the pure temple |
| 9a | ⸢e₂-giš-ḫur-bi.GALAM-GALAM⸣ a-ki-ti | Egišḫurbi-galamm-gām-e23 |
| 9b | E₂ ša₂ u₂-[ṣu-ra]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ nak-lu | The house that he destroyed, the enemy |
| 10a | {⸢bad₃⸣}me-lem₄-kur-kur-⸢ra⸣-dul-la BAD₃ kiš{ki} | E’ebad-emeraedula, the wall of Kish |
| 10b | ⸢BAD₃⸣ ša₂ me-⸢lam⸣-mu-šu₂ KUR.MEŠ kat₂-mu | “It is raining down on the lands like the flood. |
| 11 | 10 [MU].⸢MEŠ E₂⸣.KUR.MEŠ ša₂ qe₂-reb kiš{ki} | 10 years, the temples of Kish |
| 12 | [e₂-kur-ni₂-zu] ⸢E₂ {d⸣}NIN.⸢LIL₂ ḫur⸣-sag-kalam-ma{ki} | Your Ekurnizu temple, the temple of Ninlil, Ḫur-Esagkalama |
| 13 | [e₂-...]-x pa-paḫ {⸢d⸣}NIN.LIL₂ ḫur-sag-⸢kalam-ma{ki⸣} | House ..., cella of Ninlil, Ḫursag-e22kalama |
| 14 | [e₂-kur-maḫ] [ziq]-⸢qur-rat⸣-ti | Ekurmaḫ |
| 15 | [e₂-...] E₂ {d}bi₂-zil-la₂ | E-..., temple of Bi-zilla |
| 16 | [...] x x x ⸢nam⸣ ḫur-⸢sag-kalam-ma{ki⸣} | ... Ename, Hubur-Esagkalama |
| 17 | [e₂-me-lam₂-maḫ] ⸢ziq⸣-qur-rat {<d>}50 ⸢ḫur-sag⸣-kalam-ma{ki} | Emēlamaḫ, Eziq-equrrat, Enlil, Bursag-ekalama |
| 18 | 6 ⸢MU.MEŠ E₂.KUR.MEŠ⸣ ḫur-sag-⸢kalam⸣-ma{ki} | 6 temples of Ḫursag-Ekalama |
| 19a | GU₂.DU₈.A{ki} ⸢ku-te⸣-e | Kutha, the ekutê-house |
| 19b | E₂ ḫe₂-⸢gal₂⸣ x x x | a house of abundance |
| 20a | e₂-mes-lam ⸢E₂ {d}U.GUR⸣ [ša₂] ⸢GU₂⸣.DU₈.A{⸢ki⸣} | the Emeslam, the temple of Nergal, which is called Gudea |
| 20b | E₂ {d}AMAR.UTU ša₂ KI-⸢tim⸣ | The temple of Marduk, which is on the earth |
| 21 | e₂-⸢dug₄⸣-ga pa-paḫ {d}U.GUR ša₂ GU₂.DU₈.⸢A{ki⸣} | the E-duga temple, the cella of Nergal of Cutha |
| 22a | {bad₃}u₄-gal-<a>-ma₂-uru₅ ⸢BAD₃ GU₂⸣.DU₈.A{ki} | Ugal-ama’uru, E-BAD, (and) Cutha |
| 22b | a-bu-ub ⸢an-zi-i⸣ | the water of the Anzû canal |
| 23 | {⸢bad₃⸣}{d}u-gur-lugal-me₃-du₃ US₂.⸢BAD GU₂.DU₈.A{ki⸣} | the wall of Nergal-lugal-medu, the outer wall of Kutha |
| 24a | e₂-uru₃-⸢an⸣-ki ziq-qur-rat ⸢GU₂⸣.[DU₈.A{ki]} | E-uru-e-ane-ki, the ziggurat of E-gu’e-ṭēb |
| 24b | [E₂ na]-⸢ṣir⸣ AN-e u KI-tim | temple of the nāṣir ritual of heaven and earth |
| 25 | x-[x-x]-ma BAD₃ {d}BA-x-[(x)] | and the city wall of |
| 26 | {⸢id₂⸣}[x-x]-x {d}er₃-ra-⸢gal⸣ | Erra-egal-e |
| 27 | 8 ⸢MU⸣.[MEŠ E₂].⸢KUR.MEŠ⸣ a-di ID₂ GU₂.⸢DU₈⸣.[A]{⸢ki⸣} | 8 ēšû-houses, temples, as far as the Tigris and the Euphrates |
| 28 | {uru}⸢a⸣-[pak] x x TU TU x [(x)] | the ea-epak plant |
| 29a | [e₂]-še-⸢numun⸣ <E₂> {⸢d⸣}lu₂-⸢lal₃⸣ | E-še-e-numun-e23 |
| 29b | bi-it ze-er | the property of Zēr |
| 30 | 26 MU.MEŠ šu-mi URU u E₂ EN {uru}a-pak | 26 years, the city and the house of the lord of Apak |
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