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Gate List of Esagil A (Q007954)
Lexical, First Millennium, unclear
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| Designation | Gate List of Esagil A |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007954 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
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| 1 | [e₂-umuš-a] pa-pa-ḫi {d}[AMAR.UTU] | the school, the cella of Marduk |
| 2 | [ka₂-{d}utu-e₃] [KA₂] pa-pa-ḫi {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] | Gate of Utu-e, gate of the cella of Emar-Eštar |
| 3 | [ka₂-{d}lamma-ra-bi] [KA₂] pa-pa-ḫi {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ | its Lamma-rabi gate, the gate of the cella of Marduk-ešap |
| 4 | [ka₂-ḫe₂-gal₂] ⸢KA₂⸣ pa-pa-ḫi {d}AMAR.UTU | The main gate, the main gate of Marduk's cella |
| 5 | [ka₂-u₆-de-babbar]-⸢ra⸣ KA₂ pa-pa-ḫi {d}AMAR.UTU | Ka-udebabbar, the gate of the cella of Marduk |
| 6 | [x-x]-⸢de₂⸣-a {giš}DAL {d}AMAR.UTU | ... of the statue of Marduk |
| 7 | [e₂]-⸢dara₃⸣-an-na pa-pa-ḫi {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | E-dara-e-ana, its cella of Zarpanitum |
| 8 | [ka₂]-⸢ḫi⸣-li-su₃ KA₂ pa-pa-hi {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | Ka’eḫbisu, the gate of the cella of Zarpanitum |
| 9 | ⸢ka₂⸣-nun-abzu KA₂ {giš}IG ZABAR AN.TA | The Enunabzu, the upper gate of the bronze door |
| 10 | ka₂-nun-ḫe₂-gal₂ KA₂ {giš}IG ZABAR KI.TA | The Kanunḫegal, the gate of the bronze door, lower |
| 11 | ka₂-u₆-nir KA₂ ša₂ E₂ ziq-rat ša₂ ana{na} {im}U₁₈.LU BAD-u₂ | The ‘gate’, the gate of the house of the ziggurat, which is open to the south, |
| 12 | ka₂-e₂-te-men-an-ki KA₂ ša₂ E₂ ziq-rat <ša₂> a-na {im}MAR.TU BAD-u₂ | Gate of Etemenanki, gate of the house of the ziggurat which is open to the west. |
| 13 | PAP 4 KA₂ ša₂ E₂ ziq-rat KA₂ LU AN 30 MEŠ-i 7.MEŠ NIGIN.MEŠ | A total of 4 gates of the house of the ziggurat, the gate of a man, rain 30 times 7 are closed. |
| 14 | ka₂-e₂-kar-za-gin₃-na KA₂ E₂ {d}e₂-a | Gate of the lapis lazuli storehouse, temple of Ea |
| 15 | ka₂-gul-la KA₂-šu₂ ka-mi-i | The gate of the gate is open. |
| 16 | ka₂-gun₃-a-nu-ku₄-ku₄ KA₂ GAL-i ša₂ IGI KISAL | Ka-gun-anu-kug, the great gate that is in front of the courtyard |
| 17 | ⸢ka₂⸣-ka-tar-re KA₂ ne₂-reb {d}DI.KU₅ ka-mi-i | The gate of the entrance of the Judge is Kamî. |
| 18 | ⸢ka₂⸣-<a>-⸢šer₃⸣-duḫ-u₃-da KA₂-šu₂ IGI KISAL | The gate of the E’ešverduḫada is its gate. |
| 19 | ⸢ka₂⸣-dumu-nun-na KA₂ {d}15 ka-mi-i | The Dumununa Gate, the gate of Ištar of Kamî |
| 20 | ⸢ka₂⸣-igi-du-NAM-a-ni-še₃-gub-ba KA₂-<šu₂> ša₂ IGI KISAL | The gate of the entrance of the courtyard |
| 21 | ⸢ka₂⸣-e₂-tur₃-kalam-ma KA₂ pa-ṭa-ri ka-mi-i | The Eturkalama Gate, the gate of the ‘Opening of the Mouth’, |
| 22 | ⸢ka₂⸣-u₆-nir KA₂-šu₂ ša₂ IGI KISAL | The gate of the entrance of the courtyard |
| 23a | ⸢KA₂⸣ ša₂ {d}AG u {d}MUŠ₃-TIN.TIR{ki} ina ⸢lib₃⸣-bi i-ru-ub-<bu> | The gate of Nabû and Adad-Bābili enter inside the gate. |
| 23b | KA₂ ne₂-reb {d}AG u {d}MUŠ₃-TIN.TIR{ki} MU-šu₂ | It is the gate of the entrance of Nabû and Adad-Bābili. |
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| 24 | ⸢KA₂⸣ ša₂ ši-iz-bi ša₂ gi-ne₂-e ina lib₃-bi i-ru-ub-bu ka₂-e₂-te-men-an-⸢ki MU⸣-šu₂ | The gate of the šīzbu-priest and the regular offerings entered it. Gate-Temenanki is its name. |
| 25a | ⸢KA₂⸣ <ša₂> ina {iti}AB UD.15.KAM ŠIM.ḪI.A ša₂ DUMU {lu₂}GAL-ba-ne₂-e {lu₂}GAL-ba-ne₂-e | On the 15th day of Ṭebētu (X) the diviner of the son of the chief of tradesmen (and) chiefs |
| 25b | ina lib₃-bi i-ru-ub-bu ka₂-e₂-kar-za-gin₃-na MU-šu₂ | Its name is Ka-ekarzagina. |
| 26 | KA₂ ša₂ ana muḫ-ḫi {giš}KIRI₆ ABZU <BAD>-u₂ ka₂-{d}ID₂ MU-šu₂ | That gate, which is on top of the Apsu garden, is called the Gate of the River. |
| 27 | KA₂ pe-ḫu-u ša₂ ana {giš}KIRI₆ BAD-u₂ ka₂-{giš}kiri₆-abzu MU-šu₂ KA₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ KA DINGIR.MEŠ BAD-te-a | The gate that is open to the orchard is called Ka-kiri-abzu. The gate of the eša’e23 is the gate that the gods have blocked. |
| 28a | KA₂ ša₂ a-na ta-ra-aḫ-ḫa BAD-u₂ ka₂-zag-{giš}kiri₆ MU-šu₂ | That gate is open for clearing; it is called the Garden Gate. |
| 28b | ša₂-niš KA₂ ka-lak-ka-ti MU-šu₂ | Secondly, its name is “the gate of the cult centers’. |
| 29 | KA₂ ne₂-reb {d}gu-la ka₂-gun₃-a MU-šu₂ | The gate of the entrance of Gula is its name. |
| 30 | KA₂ šu-tum₃-mu LUGAL <ka₂>-e₂-sag-dil-a-na-{giš}gidru-tuku MU-šu₂ | The king's Gate is called Ka-Esagdilana-gidrutuku. |
| 31a | BARA₂ ša₂ ina E₂ {d}nin-urta ša₂ KISAL ina E₂.GAR₈ {im}SI.SA₂ | The dais which is in the temple of Ninurta of the courtyard in the courtyard of the Square. |
| 31b | ana tar-ṣi KA₂ ŠUB-u₂ BARA₂ {d}asar-re MU-šu₂ | To the entrance of the gate, its name is “Dais of Asare.’ |
| 32 | BARA₂ ša₂ ina KA₂ E₂ {d}gu-la ša₂ KISAL ŠUB-u₂ BARA₂ LUGAL MU-šu₂ | The dais which is at the gate of the temple of Gula, which is in the courtyard, is called the dais of the king. |
| 33 | BARA₂ {na₄}a-lal-lum ša₂ ina KISAL {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ ina E₂.GAR₈ {im}MAR.TU na-di <BARA₂ ... MU-šu₂> | The dais of alallu-stone which is in the courtyard of Bēlet-šamēya in the Amurru Gate is adjacent to the dais whose name is |
| 34 | ⸢BARA₂⸣ ša₂ ina E₂.GAR₈ {im}SI.SA₂ ina ku-tal {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ <ŠUB-u₂ BARA₂> {d}nisaba MU-šu₂ | The dais which is in the courtyard on the north, behind Bēltiya, is called the dais of Nisaba. |
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