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  • BM 039440

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  • Neo-Assyrian
  • unclear provenience
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  • Commentary (Miscellanea)

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CCP 7.2.u122 (<http://ccp.yale.edu/P470005>)

BM 039440 (unpublished unassigned ?) [Commentary (Miscellanea)]

Obverse
o 1'o 1'

[...] ⸢x⸣-uš-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [...]1

…

o 2'2'

[...] ši-si-tu₄ ⸢x⸣ [...]

[…] “cry …” […]

o 3'3'

[...] ⸢x⸣ ana re-ḫu-u : še-[...]2

[…] derives from “to pour our.” […]

o 4'4'

[... (uzu)ŠÀ].GI₆ : ṭu-li-mu : [...]3

[… ŠÀ].GI₆ means “spleen” […],

o 5'5'

[...] x-nin : GAM : ka-[ma-ṣu ...]4

[…] … GAM means “to prost[rate” …]

o 6'6'

[...] ⸢:⸣ man-za-az-tu₄ : su-ú-⸢x⸣ [...]

[…] means “position” … […]

o 7'7'

[...] giš-gi-nu-ú : giš-⸢gi⸣-[...]

[…] a clamp … […]

o 8'8'

[...]-ú : bà-eKU : te-ṣu-⸢ú⸣ [...]5

[…] … and KU, read /be/, means “to defecate.” […]

o 9'9'

[... pa]-ar-da : gal-ta : MUD [: pa-la-ḫu : MUD : ga-la-tú ...]6

[… “afr]aid” means “fearful,” (since) mud [means “to fear” (and) mud means “to be fearful” …]

o 10'10'

[...]-⸢x⸣-gal-zi la-ni x x [...]7

[…] … figure … […]

o 11'11'

[...] x-mu [...]

…

Reverse
r 1'r 1'

[... úŠIM].⸢EREN⸣ : li-piš-tu₄ : x x x [...]8

[… ú.šim]EREN means lipištu-plant, … […]

r 2'2'

[... GISSU : ṣi]-⸢il?⸣-li : sim-mu šá IGI-MEŠ-šú ṣab-ru : [...]9

[… GISSU means] “shadow,” (i.e.) a wound of one who blinks his eyes. […]

r 3'3'

[... ka-lit zik]-⸢ra⸣-tu-šú : šá-niš iš-ka-a-šú : SA.GIG ⸢:⸣ [...]10

[… means the “kidneys of his mas]culinity,” alternatively, it means “his testicles.” SA.GIG means […]

r 4'4'

[...] x-⸢tu₄?⸣ : dan-nu : GAL : šep-ṣi : ri-bit-[su ...]11

[…] … means “strong,” GAL means “obstinate.” “[His] abdomen” […]

r 5'5'

[...] x x x x x [...]

…

1Perhaps maruštu?

2Perhaps Sagig XIV ii 26 (TDP 134) tarḫat?

3Sagig XXII 28.

4Alternatively, both ka-[pa-pu ...] and ka-[na-šu] could be restored.

5The equation ba-e (|| bé-e, bi-id, še-e) KU = tezû is attested in Proto-Aa (MSL 14 141 no. 19 l. 27, see CAD T). The verb tezû is attested in Sagig X r 3 (TDP 86), XIII 42' (TDP 114), XIV ii 12-14 (TDP 132), and XIV iii 48' (TDP 140).

6The restorations of the line are courtesy of H. Stadhouders. Compare IGI-MIN-šú pár-da in Sagig XII 112′′.

7The first preserved word may be a Kassite plant name, such as habigalzu, kabittigalzu, or šagabigalzu.

8The equation of the plant lipištu with ú.šimEREN is attested in Uruanna III 426 and elsewhere (see CAD L 199a). In Sagig, lipištu is attested only in Sagig XIV ii 52 (TDP 136).

9Cf. GISSU, Sagig XVI 21-23? H. Stadhouders (privatim) suggests translating “a lesion that narrows his eyesight.”

10Compare Sagig XIV ii 69 (TDP 138), kalīt zikartīšu. Compare SA.GIG in Sagig XIV iii 38' (TDP 140).

11Compare šap-ṣu = dannu in the Theodicy commentary (o 16). It may be a notarikon analysis of SA.GAL (Sagig XIV iii 39'). Compare ri-bit-su e.g. in Sagig XIV iii 42'-57' (TDP 140).