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Fs Foster, 158-59 (YBC 11407) (X000004)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Foster, 158-59 (YBC 11407) |
|---|---|
| ID | X000004 |
| Museum no. | YBC 11407 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 | ||
| 1 | henbur₂ si nu-[sa₂ ...] | The stalks of the henbur tree were not arranged properly ... |
| 2 | še-nim-ma si nu-sa₂-sa₂-⸢de₃⸣ [...] | (Sum) The šēnu-demon does not make the righteous decisions(?) |
| 3 | a-na-a-me i₃-zu-un-de₃-en [...] | What do you know? |
| 4 | še sig-ga si nu-sa₂-sa₂-de₃ mi-⸢nam⸣-[mi ...] | The low-quality barley that is not to be equalled, why is it not equalled |
| 5 | a-na-a-me i₃-zu-un-de₃-en | Why do you know? |
| 6 | a-gir₅-gir₅-de₃ | to chase, chase |
| 7 | zi-ŋu₁₀ ma-da-lugud₂{lu-gu-da}da eṭ-be-e-ma ik-te-ri | “The life of Madaluguda came out and sealed it. |
| 8 | ku₆{ku-un} nu-mu-un-dab-ba ZI-MU | If he does not seize the fish, my life |
| 9 | ⸢tug₂⸣{tu-un-gu}ŋu₁₀ {u₂}gu₃ da₉(DE₂)an-de₂-e | The tuungû-garment is to be shouted at. |
| 10 | mu-lu e₃-{da}de₃ mu-še-lu-u₂ | The one who goes out, the one who trembles |
| 11 | nagar bi₂-ib₂-SAR-de₃-e-a aš₂-šu₂ nam-gar ip-pat-til₃ | If a carpenter writes it, his hand will live long. |
| 12 | nam-ga-ri ip-pat-til₃ | he shattered the booty. |
| r | ||
| 1 | ana DIR-BAN₂ SUH | to β Tauri overcast. |
Sources & licences
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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