1905-04-09, 018

Reference

  • 1905-04-09, 018
  • Museum number: 98512
  • British Museum Collection Online W_1905-0409-18
  • CDLI P373932
  • Acquisition: Excavated by R C Thompson in 1905
  • Provenance: Nineveh > Kuyunjik > Temple of Nabu >

Object

  • tablet
  • 4.1 x 6.4cm

Inscription

  • Scholarly - lexical
  • Neo-Assyrian script
    • Colophon: not preserved
  • Neo-Assyrian

RA 017, 201-202 (Th 1905-04-09, 018) (RA 17, 201-202) [Diri] [via DCCLT/NINEVEH]

Obverse
oo  (beginning line missing)
o 1'1'

[[am₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

ša₂-a

it is = who

o 1'a1'a

[[am₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

[: ki]-⸢ma⸣

it is = like

o 2'2'

[[šeŋ₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

zu-[un]-nu

rain

o 3'3'

[[šeŋ₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

za-⸢na⸣-nu

to rain

o 4'4'

[[šeŋ₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

na-⸢al⸣-šu₂

rain = dew

o 5'5'

[[šeŋ₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

na-⸢la⸣-šu

to rain = to dew

o 6'6'

[[šeŋ₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

šur-bu

rain = cold

o 7'7'

[[šeŋ₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.AN]

[...]

šar-bu

rain = rainy season

o 8'8'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

⸢il⸣-lum

high water

o 9'9'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

⸢ši⸣-iḫ-lu

high water

o 10'10'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

i-nu

high water = spring

o 10'a10'a

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

: mi-lu

flood

o 11'11'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

ni-iʾ-lu

flood = wetness

o 12'12'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

bi-ib-lum

high water

o 13'13'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

⸢ḫi⸣-i-lu

o 14'14'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

⸢zi⸣-bu

high water = oozing

o 14'a14'a

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

: ni-šu₂

rising (of water)

o 15'15'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

⸢ta⸣-at-ti-ku

high water = leakage

o 16'16'

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

⸢si⸣-iʾ-šu1

flooded wadi

Reverse
r 1r 1

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

mu-u₂ dan-nu-ti

powerful flood

r 22

[[illu> ]] 

[...]

[A.KAL]

[...]

mu-u₂ aš₂-ṭu₂-tum

fierce flood

r 33

[[ugu₂> ]] 

[...]

[A.KA]

[...]

⸢me⸣-ek-rum

irrigation

r 44

[[ugu₃> ]] 

[...]

[A.SAG]

[...]

mu-uḫ-ḫu

skull

r 55

[[ugu₂> ]] 

[...]

[A.KA]

[...]

mu-uḫ-ḫu

skull

r 66

[[ugu> ]] 

[...]

[U.KA]

[...]

MIN<(mu-uḫ-ḫu)>

skull

r 77

[[ugu> ]] 

[...]

[U.KA]

[...]

⸢e⸣-li

more than

r 88

[[ugu> ]] 

[...]

[U.KA]

[...]

[aṣ]-ṣer

upon

r 99

[[ugu> ]] 

[...]

[U.KA]

[...]

[qaq]-qa-du

crown (of the head)

r 1010

[[ugu> ]] 

[...]

[U.KA]

[...]

[... qaq?]-qa-di

[...] of the head

r 1111

[[ugu> ]] 

[...]

[U.KA]

[...]

[bu-up]-pa-ni

face down

r 1212

[[ugu> ]] 

[...]

[U.KA]

[...]

[si-ḫi]-⸢ip⸣ pa-ni

face down

r 1313

[[er₂> ]] 

[...]

[A.IGI]

[...]

[di]-⸢im⸣-tum

tears

r 1414

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]-tum

r 1515

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]-tum

r 1616

[...]

[...]

[...]

[...]-⸢x⸣

(rest of line missing)

1The word appears in context in W.G. Lambert MC 13 4b 22 (p.67). note: OED definition of 'spate': A flood or inundation; esp. a sudden flood or rising in a river or stream caused by heavy rains or melting snow. (http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/185813?rskey=CDn847&result=1&isAdvanced=false#eid)

Edition by Jeremie Peterson and John Carnahan.