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Measurements of the City Walls of Babylon B (Q007973)
Metrological, First Millennium, unclear
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| Designation | Measurements of the City Walls of Babylon B |
|---|---|
| ID | Q007973 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | First Millennium |
| Genre | Metrological |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ tin-tir{ki} | ... the esag temple of Babylon |
| 2' | [...] x šum₃-šu₂ | ... is his |
| 3' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣ tin-tir{ki} | ... the esag temple of Babylon |
| 4' | [...] x šu-u₂ | ... that |
| 5' | [...] {⸢d⸣}šul-pa-e₃-a | ... Šulpa'ea |
| 6' | [...]-ma 3.20 2/3 KASKAL.GID₂ | ... and 3 20 is 2/3 of a league. |
| 7' | [...] x e₂-sag-il₂ | ... the Esagila |
| 8' | [... eri-du₁₀{ki]} a-lu ṭa-a-bi | ... of Eridu, the one who loves(?) |
| 9' | [...] ⸢GABA⸣.RI ABZU 40 {d}IDIM | ... ebābu-plant of the Apsu |
| 10' | [... me-eh]-⸢ret⸣ GABA.RI e₂-šar₂-<ra> 40 E₂.KISIM₅ | ... eḫ-reṭ-e23, copy from Ešarru. 40 Ekisim. |
| 11' | [...] ⸢eri⸣-du₁₀{ki} 40 {d}40 | ... Eridu - 40, Enlil |
| 12' | [...] ⸢UL⸣ 40 {d}IDIM | ... ešû-vessel, 40 eagles |
| 13' | [...] x 40 40 | ... 40 40 |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | 3 [...] | 3 ... |
| 2' | ku-ru-u x [...] | kurû-plant |
| 3' | aš₂-šu₂ {mul}lu-hun-ga₂ x [...] | The Hired Man ... |
| 4' | aš-lum am-mat GI.1.NINDA ina lib₃-⸢bi⸣ [...] | “It is the word of a reed bundle in the middle of the ... |
| 5' | a-na 3 EN.NUN u₄-mu ez-ba x [...] | For three days of the watch, a furious ... |
| 6' | a-na 3 EN.NUN u₄-mu ez-ba 5 [...] | For 3 days, the watch is furious. 5 ... |
| 7' | min₃-da-tu₄ AN-e mi-šil-šu₂ 30.x [...] | Two-thirds (of the world) are hostile to heaven |
| 8' | (a.gar) mu-u₂ ina lib₃-bi e-lat u šap-⸢lat⸣ [...] | (a kind of plant) that grows in the middle of the upper and lower parts of the body |
| 9' | (a.{ga-ar₂}gar) ku-un-nu ša₂ A {nin-da}NINDA min₃-⸢da-tum⸣ GI.⸢NINDA⸣ | (a.gār-gar) kunnu of the son of Ninda-ninda |
| 10' | qa-nu-u₂ ša₂ min₃-dat 7.GIŠ₃ 30 NINDA BAD₃ AN.TA <ša₂> {d}⸢UTU⸣.[E₃] {d}⸢UTU⸣.[E₃] | The upper wall, the one of the Seven Gods (and) the 30 nindanu |
| 11' | 7.30 {<d>}MUŠ 4.GIŠ₃ 10 NINDA BAD₃ KI.TA ša₂ {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A 4.10 {[d}MUŠ] | 7 30 00 0;04 10 rods, the lower wall of Šamaš. |
| 12' | 5.GIŠ₃ BAD₃ AN.TA ša₂ {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A 5 {d}⸢MUŠ⸣ | 5. The upper wall of Šamaš |
| 13' | 3.GIŠ₃ 20 NINDA BAD₃ KI.TA ša₂ {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A 3.20 {⸢d⸣}[MUŠ] | 0;03 20 rods, the lower wall of Šamaš, the Sun(-king) 3;20 |
| 14' | GAR GAR-šu₂-nu-ti-ma 20 AN ⸢SIKIL⸣ [x] x [...] | (If) they are placed and 20 ... esikillu-plant |
| 15' | 50 UR KI x UD 21 31 [...] | 50 ... 21 31 ... |
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