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Bricks of Esagil (Q009355)
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| Designation | Bricks of Esagil |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009355 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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 | [...] ⸢ḫi⸣-pi₂ | ... eḫbi-pi plant |
| 2 | [x DUB.LA₂] MAḪ | x large tablets |
| 3 | 3 1/2 sip]-⸢pe⸣-e | 3 1/2 (shekels of) ēpê-plant |
| 4 | [x KA₂ E₂] {d}30 | the gate of the temple of Sîn |
| 5 | 3 1/2 sip-pe]-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 6 | [x DUB.LA₂] SIG | x small tablets |
| 7 | [x ḫi-ib]-⸢šu₂⸣ | ... may it be released. |
| 8 | [x DUB.LA₂] ⸢SIG⸣ | [x] tablets of ebony |
| 9 | 3 1/2 sip-pe]-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 1' | 7 DUB.LA₂] SIG | 7 small tablets |
| 2' | 9 ḫi]-ib-šu₂ | 9 good quality barley(s) |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | 7 DUB.LA₂ SIG | 7 small tablets. |
| 2 | 3 1/2 ḫi-pi₂ | 3 1/2 ḫipu-measures |
| 3 | 4 KA₂ E₂ {d}MAŠ | 4 gate of the temple of Ninurta |
| 4 | 3 1/2 sip-pe-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 5 | PAP 83 SIG₄ | Total: 83 bricks. |
| 6 | i-gar ša₂ KA₂ pa-pa-ḫa | the gate of the cella |
| 7 | ša₂ E₂ {d}GAŠAN-ia | of the temple of Bēltiya |
| 8 | 5 ḫi-ib-šu₂ | 5 good quality barley(s), |
| 9 | 10 DUB.LA₂ E₃ | 10 tablets of "Come out!". |
| 10 | 1 1/2 su-ḫat | 1 1/2 jars |
| 11 | 1 sip-pi MURUB₄ | 1 (tablet of) "(If) the middle of the 'finger'" |
| 12 | 1 sip-pi KA₂ | 1 door-bolt, |
| 13 | 7 KA₂ pa-pa-ḫa | 7 gate of the cella |
| 14 | 1 sip-pi KA₂ | 1 door-bolt, |
| 15 | 1 sip-pi MURUB₄ | 1 (tablet of) "(If) the middle of the 'finger'" |
| 16 | 1 1/2 su-ḫat | 1 1/2 jars |
| 17 | 10 DUB].⸢LA₂⸣ E₃ | 10 (tablets of) “Emerging-of-the-Wall’ |
| 18 | 5 ḫi-ib-šu₂] | 5 ḫibšu-vessels |
| 19 | [PAP x SIG₄] | Total: x bricks. |
| 1' | [PAP x]+26 SIG₄ | total: [x]+26 bricks |
| o iii | ||
| 1 | i-gar E₂ {d}URAŠ | the gate of the temple of Urash |
| 2 | ḫi-pi₂ | |
| 3 | 5 KA₂ ŠU {d}URAŠ | 5 gates, hand of Uraš |
| 4 | 3 1/2 sip-pe-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 5 | 6 1/2 DUB.LA₂ SIG | 6 1/2 small tablets. |
| 6 | 9 ḫi-ib-šu₂ | 9 good quality barley(s), |
| 7 | 6 1/2 DUB.LA₂ SIG | 6 1/2 small tablets. |
| 8 | 3 1/2 sip-pe-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 9 | 4 KA₂ šu ḫu lu | 4 large gates |
| 10 | 3 1/2 sip-pe-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 11 | PAP 45 SIG₄ | A total of 45 bricks. |
| 12 | i-ga-ri | Igāru |
| 13 | ka₂-{d}lamma-ra-bi | its Lamma Gate |
| 14 | ša₂ ŠA₃ KISAL | From the courtyard. |
| 15 | ša₂ {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ | of Bēltiya |
| 16 | 3 1/2 sip-pe-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 17 | 4 ka₂-{d}lamma | 4: Ka-Lamma; |
| 18 | 3 1/2 sip-pe-e | 3 1/2 sippê-measures |
| 19 | [x] ⸢DUB⸣.LA₂ SIG | x small ešapsû-plants |
| 20 | [x ḫi]-ib-šu₂ | ... abundance |
| 21 | [x] ⸢DUB⸣.LA₂ SIG | x small ešapsû-plants |
| 22 | 3 1/2 ⸢sip⸣-pe-e | 3 1/2 (shekels of) ebony |
| 23 | [x] ⸢KA₂⸣ E₂ {d}IDIM | ... the E-gate, the temple of Ea |
| 24 | 3 1/2 sip]-pe-e | 3 1/2 sippê |
| 25 | [PAP x]+6 | total: x+6 |
| 26 | [SIG₄] | brick |
| 27 | [...] | |
| 28 | [...] | |
| 29 | [...] x | |
| 30 | [...] x | |
| 31 | [i-ga]-⸢ri⸣ | Iga’e |
| 32 | [pa-pa]-ḫa | to smear |
| 33 | [ša₂] {d}NA₃ | of Nabu |
| 34 | [ša₂] ⸢KISAL⸣ | From the E-KISAL-e3. |
| 35 | 7 KA₂ pa]-⸢paḫ⸣ | 7 gate of the pappaḫ-priesthood |
| 36 | 3 sip-pe-e | 3 sippê-measures, |
| 37 | ša₂ 15 KA₂ | 15th gate |
| 38 | mal₂-ma-liš | Malmāliš |
| 39 | 3 sip-pe-e ša₂ 150 | 3 arrows of 150 mm |
| 40 | KA₂ mal₂-ma-liš | Gate of Malmāliš |
| r iv | ||
| 1 | 9 DUB.LA₂ 15 pa-pa-ḫi | 9 tablets, 15 reed bundles |
| 2 | 9 DUB.LA₂ ša₂ 150 pa-pa-ḫi | 9 tablets of the 150 cellas. |
| 3 | PAP 31 SIG₄ i-gar pa-pa-ḫi | A total of 31 bricks, excavation of the pāḫi. |
| 4 | 3 sip-pe-e mal₂-ma-liš | 3 arrows, malmāliš |
| 5 | 5 lib₃-bi KA₂ | 5 of the gate. |
| 6 | 3 sip-pe-e mal₂-ma-liš | 3 arrows, malmāliš |
| 7 | 9 DUB.LA₂ ša₂ tar-ṣi pa-pa-ḫi | 9 tablets of taršu, paphāḫi, |
| 8 | 2 sip-pe-e mal₂-ma-liš | 2 arrows, malmāliš |
| 9 | 7 lib₃-bi KA₂ | 7 inside the gate |
| 10 | 2 sip-pe-e mal₂-ma-liš | 2 arrows, malmāliš |
| 11 | PAP 31 SIG₄ i-gar {im}4 | A total of 31 bricks. |
| 12 | a-na tar-ṣi pa-paḫ {d}NA₃ | to the extispicy of Nabu |
| 13 | i-gar šu-bat {d}NA₃ 9 1/3 KUŠ₃ SAG | the threshold of the seat of Nabu, 9 1/3 cubits, the width |
| 14 | 3 sip-pi mal₂-ma-liš | 3 baskets of malmāliš-flour |
| 15 | 4 ŠA₃ ka₂-dur₂-maḫ-ti-la | 4 goat(s), Dur-mahtila |
| 16 | 3 sip-pi mal₂-ma-liš | 3 baskets of malmāliš-flour |
| 17 | 9 DUB.LA₂ E₃ | 0;09, the volume out. |
| 18 | DIŠ at x x x x UD | If at ... day |
| 19 | ḫi-pi₂ | |
| r v | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [...] x-nu | ...-nu |
| 5' | [(...)] ⸢SIG₄⸣ | ... ešagānu-plant |
| 6' | [(...) x] SIG₄ | ... bricks |
| 7' | [...]-ni | ... his |
| 8' | [(...)] x SIG₄ | ... bricks |
| 9' | [... {d]}GAŠAN-ia₂ | my lady |
| 10' | [(...) x]+8 SIG₄ | ... x+8 bricks |
| 11' | [...] dub-ba-lu-u₂ | ... scribal art |
| 12' | [ra]-pa-aš₂ | to be wide |
| 13' | [...] DIN a-x-ir | ... ... |
| 14' | [(...) x]+14 KUŠ₃ US₂ | ... x+14 cubits, length |
| 15' | [(...) x] ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ SAG | x cubits, the width |
| 1 | [...] ⸢kir⸣ {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ | ... ekir-e23, incantation priest |
| 2 | [...] ⸢TUM₃⸣-šu₂ ina me-reš-ti-šu₂ la u-šam-kiš-šu₂ | ... his ešumu prayer (lit. “his prayer") in his extispicy I did not make manifest |
| 3 | [... {d]}ša-la lit-bal-šu₂ | May Šala carry him off |
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