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Measurements of the City Walls of Babylon A (Q007972)

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DesignationMeasurements of the City Walls of Babylon A
IDQ007972
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodFirst Millennium
GenreMetrological
Find spotunclear

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.

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1'[x KUŠ₃] ⸢EN⸣ sip-pi KA₂.GAL-{d}za-ba₄-⸢ba₄⸣ [x x] x [...]x cubits, the ēb-bēla-disease, the gatekeeper of the Zababa-ebâ temple
2'[x KUŠ₃] sip-pi KA₂.GAL 3 ME KUŠ₃ TA KA₂.[GAL-{d}za-ba₄-ba₄]x cubits, the gatekeeper of the city-gate; 300 cubit(s) from the City-gate of Zababa
3'[EN tub-qi₂] BAD₃ 3 2/3 KUŠ₃ di-mat ⸢SAG⸣ [...]The lord of the tubqî-vessel, the wall 3 2/3 cubits, the judge of the esag-priesthood
4'[x KUŠ₃] ⸢EN⸣ E₂ {d}gu-la 39 KUŠ₃ SAG E₂ {d}gu-lax cubits, the “Bēl-ēriš of the temple of Gula; 39 [cubits], the first-fruit offerings of the Temple of Gula;
5'[x KUŠ₃] ⸢EN mu x x x E₂⸣ {d}za-ri-qu 7 ME 60{šu} 1 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ EN a-su-mit-ti KA₂.GAL-{d}urašx cubits, E-bēl, year: “The temple of Zariqu, 760 (cubits) 1 1/2 cubit(s), lord of the asummittu-vessel of the Uraš Gate,
6'[x KUŠ₃ ...] x-šu₂ 9 1/3 KUŠ₃ ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL-{d}uraš[x cubits ...] ... 9 1/3 [cubits] “Ekalli-Uraš
7'[x KUŠ₃ ...] 1 ME 81 KUŠ₃ TA KA₂.GAL BAD₃ e-pu-⸢uš⸣[x cubits ...] I built a wall from the city gate (total:) 188 [cubits].
8'[x KUŠ₃ EN ...] x KAR ⸢ID₂ muš⸣-šur 6 1/3 KUŠ₃ SAG KARx cubits, until ... ... the river bank, the snake 6 1/3 cubit, the beginning of the river
9'[x KUŠ₃ KI.GAL] ⸢KAR⸣ 2 ME 8 KUŠ₃ TA KI.GAL KAR EN {id₂}pu-rat-tu₂[x cubits] the “base of the ešarrānu-temple,’ 208 [cubits from the ...] base to the Euphrates
10'[PAP x KUŠ₃] meš-hat BAL.RI {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃[A total of x] cubits, the threshold of the rising of the sun.
11'[x KUŠ₃ mu]-⸢ṣe⸣-e ⸢A.MEŠ⸣ ša₂ {id₂}pu-rat-ti ina ⸢šap-li⸣ URU[x] cubits, the towers of the Euphrates, in the city tower
12'[... x] KUŠ₃ ⸢SAG KAR⸣ KI BAD₃ ša₂ ⸢BAL⸣.[RI {d}UTU.ŠU₂].A {d}UTU.ŠU₂].A e-pu-ušx cubits, the esag-priest of Kar-Eštar, with the city wall of the Ebal-ērī.RI (means) the Sun-God. The Sun-god did it.
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1'(...)
2'[...] x-tu₂ 0.13.20 a-su-mit-ti [x]... ... 1;13 20, the dividing line ...
3'[...] 0.13.20 KI.MIN MIN{ti}... 0;01 13 20, ditto, ditti
4'[x KUŠ₃ BAD₃ e]-⸢pu⸣-uš 1 ME 78 KUŠ₃ a-šar BAD₃ la ep₂-šu₂x cubits, the wall E-pu-E-uš. 1 hundred 78 cubit(s), the excavation of the wall that was not done
5'[x KUŠ₃ ...]-šu₂ ša₂ ina GU₂ {id₂}pu-rat-tix cubits ... which is on the bank of the Euphrates
6'[...] 12 KUŠ₃ a-di di-im-ti <UD>.KA.BAR... 12 cubits, including the dīmti of bronze
7'[(...)] ap-pi... apsu
8'[x KUŠ₃] ⸢mu⸣-ṣe-e A.⸢MEŠ⸣ e-li URU[x] cubits, the ēšû-priests of the temple above the city
9'[x KUŠ₃] ⸢pa⸣-ni di-mat ša₂ ⸢BAD₃ {im}MAR.TU⸣ 1 ⸢ME⸣ [(x) KUŠ₃]x cubits, the dīmat-plant of the ešadu-vessel of Amurru-e23. 1 emûtu-plant [(x) cubit]
10'[EN E₂ {d]}⸢GAŠAN⸣-ni-nu₂-a 4 ME 1 KUŠ₃ ... x-gu-ša₂lord of the temple of Bēlet-Ešarra-eninua, 501 cubits
11'[x KUŠ₃ x (x)] {⸢giš⸣}ru-ku-bu 4 ME 10 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [...]x cubits ... ešû-tree, 410 cub[its ...]
12'[x KUŠ₃ x (x)]-šu₂ 4 ⸢ME⸣ [(x) KUŠ₃ ...]x cubits ... 4 eše3-plants [x] cubit(s)

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