TSŠ 0046 (P010717)

Lexical tablet excavated in Shuruppak (mod. Fara), dated to the ED IIIa (ca. 2600-2500 BC) period and now kept in Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. x
2'. alim
3'. am-si-har-an
4'. bi2-lam
5'. gu4 zubi(LAK459)
6'. gu4 a
7'. az
  rest broken
column 2
1. udu su4
2. durah
3. x
  animal head sign with a straight ear, PESZ2? PIRIG?
4. ur#-bar
5. nig ANSZE
6. giri17
7. |MASZ.GU2.GAR3|
8. AN-NI2 [x]
  rest broken
column 3
  about 5 lines missing
6'. [x-x] zi#-[...]-GIR2@g
7'. lipisz(LAK386)? KESZ2(LAK612)
8'. pesz2 ZI
9'. x x
  sign is definitely not lu2, as read by Sjoberg KA or GIR3 x KAR2 = giri16?
10'. pesz2#? [...]
column 4
1. [...]
2. [...]
3. [...]
4. [...]
5. [...] x
6. GIR2@g#? BUR? TE@g#
7. IM#-[...]
8. x x x
  rest broken
column 5
  broken
column 6
  beginning broken
1'. [x] ur
2'. [x] su4
3'. [x] ur
4'. ku5:da
5'. sag-GURUSZ
6'. szah2-{gesz}gi
7'. a-IN? szah2
8'. [...]-x bur
9'. [x]-gu-x-[x]
10'. [...] eh-eh
  rest broken
column 7
1. x x x
2. erinx(|MUSZ%MUSZxMASZ|)-na
3. nig2-bunx(LAK618)
4. bir5 ANSZE
5. bir5 gi-zi
6. bir5 sugx(|SUD.PA.EL|)
  Krebernik OBO 160, 281: sign is not SUD but BU@g
7. bir5 sag-GURUSZ
8. sumun2 kur
9. MA-DAR
10. SU-SU MA
11. gi x
  sign??
12. |HIxNUN| LA
13. utua(LAK777) dara4
14. gir2 SZESZ
  not clear from photo if sign is SZESZ or URI3
15. DU#-DU-na
  Akkadian asqudu?
  cf. column 8 13, 14: read na-DU-DU?
16. bir5# sahar
17. bir5# sza3
18. bir5# lu2
19. bir5# gi6#
column 8
1. [x] DIM@g# HI
2. musz gi
3. gir2 musz
4. mar
5. ir la2
6. LAK115
7. a-sig-[x]
8. |MAxX| KESZ2
9. sanga2(LAK175)
10. sze-mes
11. musz zu2 gu7
12. bir5 zu2
13. na-DU-DU dara4
14. na-DU-DU TAR
15. musz tir
16. {d}ezina2 GAN
17. |ZI&ZI| MA
18. eh tug2
19. eh sag
20. eh# x
column 9
1. bir5 A-NE-NE
2. bi2-za-gir5-balag
3. BU SZEG9 ma-nu
4. gal-ma-na
  probably Fremdwort; Akkadian kalmatu(m), "louse"
5. bur2-balag
  reading bur2 by Sjoberg unverified CHECK LAK 50; SUR?
6. bir5 gir2
8. u8 sze gu7
  sign form for szurim is typically LAGABxGU4 (CHECK)
7. kuszu2 a gu7
9. siki |SAGxTAK4|
10. bir5 MU DU
11. nig2 a siki tal2
12. bi2-lumx(|ZU&ZU.SAR|)
13. nig2-zi-pa-pa