Lexical tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK
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Transliteration
tablet fragment
= BM 134526; collated by D. Foxvog
obverse
column 1'
(broken; few traces of wedge tails)
column 2'
beginning broken
1'. [...] = ru#-szum-tum#
2'. na#-ri#-t,u = t,i-ru-tum
3'. hi-ba-ri-t,u = ru-szum-tum
4'. hi-ba-ri-t,u = t,i!#-ru-tum
5'. na-zu-zu = ap-pa#-ru
6'. s,u-s,u-u2 = MIN<(ap-pa#-ru)>
7'. ka-ba#-'# = MIN<(ap-pa#-ru)>
in 1st sub col.: despite collation, ba# = PA?
8'. ha-az-ru = MIN<(ap-pa#-ru)>
9'. am-ba-' = ku-u2-ru
10'. dim#-mu-sza2-tu2 = ku-pu#-u2#
11'. ki#-za-za-tu = tak-ku#-su#
12'. su#-usz!-szu = ki-is,-ru sza qa-ne2-e
in 1st sub col.: usz! = DU
13'. [su]-usz!#-szu = lu-t,u-u2
in 1st sub col.: usz!# = winkelhaken + final vertical wedge of DU
14'. [ha-an]-du#-u = bi-isz-bi-sze sza SZA3 qa-ne2-e
15'. [...] = it#-tu sza har-ra-nu
16'. [...] = x-x
in 2nd sub col.: 1st x = top of vertical wedge, 2nd x = top portion of winkelhaken or oblique wedge; perhaps read: gir?#-ru?#
rest broken
column 3'
beginning broken
1'. mi#-t,i-ir-tu# = [...]
2'. ir#-mu = [...]
3'. mu-sza2-ru-u# = [...]
4'. e-ri-im#-[tu?] = [...]
5'. ni-ba-tu# = [...]
in 1st sub col.: NI & BA as copy, = IR & SZU?; needs collation
6'. lil-la-[ni?-tum?] = [...]
7'. ap#-ki-su# = [...]
8'. ti-i-nu# = [...]
9'. te#-'-[u] = [...]
10'. szur-sza2-asz2-[nu] = [...]
11'. hi-in-zu#-[ru] = [...]
12'. mar-ra-tum# = [...]
13'. al-la-me-[tum?] = [...]
14'. ap-li er-s,e#-[tu2?] = [...]
15'. er-ha-nu-u = [...]
16'. ab-nu = [...]
17'. a-nu = [...]
18'. ni#-ma-[szu?] = [...]
rest broken
reverse
broken