CT 18, pl. 01, Rm 0355 (P345975)

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

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Lexical (explicit malku-sharru 3)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Text

tablet fragment
  disconnected join with 81-7-27, 55; copied & collated by D. Foxvog
  transliteration includes 81-7-27, 55 copied & collated by D. Foxvog
obverse
column 1
  beginning broken
1'. [...] = MIN#<(%n giszimmaru)>
2'. [ma-ar-ra]-tum# = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
3'. [ar-ha-nu]-u = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
4'. [up-pu?-usz]-tum = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
5'. [x-x]-tum# = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
6'. [x-x?]-x-tum = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
7'. [x-x?]-lu-u2 = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
  in 1st sub col. perhaps read: [s,i?-il?]-lu-u2 "thorn" of datepalm
8'. [x-x?]-x-bu = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
  in 1st sub col. perhaps read: [lib3]-lib3?#-bu "offshoot of datepalm"
9'. [x-x?]-re-e = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
10'. [x-x]-a-tum = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
  in 1st sub col. perhaps read: [s,u2?-ba?]-a-tum "palm-tree bark"
11'. [...]-tum = MIN<(%n giszimmaru)>
column 2
  beginning broken
1'. [x]-x-[x-x?] = [...]
2'. x-id-x-[x?] = [...]
  in 1st sub col. perhaps read: gi?#-id-mu?# "bunch of dates" < WSem.
  ruling
3'. a-ra-zi-[x] = [...]
  in 1st sub col. it is unlikely that the entry is a-ra-zi-[qu]; contextually entries relating to datepalms, etc., seem more plausible
4'. hu-tu-[x-x] = [...]
  in 1st sub col. perhaps read: hu-la?-[me?-tum?] "kind of datepalm"; needs coll.
5'. a-da-[x-x] = [...]
6'. a-x-[x-x] = [...]
7'. x-[...] = [...]
  in 1st sub col.: x may be RA
8'. [...] = [...]
9'. x-[...] = [...]
  in 1st sub col.: x = beginning of LUM-like sign
10'. x-[...] = [...]
  rest broken
reverse
column 1
  = col. 4
1. ne-ma-szu = i#-[s,u]
2. ka#-ak-tal-tum = MIN<(i#-[s,u])>
3. ka#-lu-u2-tum = MIN<(i#-[s,u])>
4. [a?]-ka#-lu-u2-tum = MIN<(i#-[s,u])>
  in 1st sub col.: only the final vertical wedge of KA is visible; spacing seems insufficient to write both A & KA
5. [da]-ki#-ru-u2 = MIN<(i#-[s,u])>
6. [mi]-ri-szu = MIN<(i#-[s,u])>
7. [hu]-uk = MIN<(i#-[s,u])> [x]
  ruling
8. [gu-ma]-a-lum = {gesz}SZINIG#
9. [hu-pu2]-a#-lum = MIN<({gesz}SZINIG#)>
10. [tu-ma]-a#-nu = {gesz}UR3#
11. [lam]-mu = {gesz}U3-SUH5#
12. [u2-ri]-ib#-hu = {gesz}SZENNUR#
13. [su-pa]-lum = {gesz}EREN#
14. [ti-ia]-rum = {gesz}EREN#
15. [ti-ia]-ar = {gesz}EREN# [x-x]
16. [bu-ut,-na]-tum = bu-[t,u-ut-tu]
17. [{gesz}ta-ni]-it#-tim = [...]
18. [{gesz}ti-ik]-ni#-tim = [...]
  ruling
19. [{gesz}e]-ni#-tum = {gesz#}[x-x]
20. [mu]-ur#-ra-nu = MIN<(%n e'ru)>
21. ma!-nu-u2 = MIN<(%n e'ru)>
  in 1st sub col.: ma! = GISZ, acc. copy & coll.; recoll.
22. a#-mu-mi-isz-tu = bala-[tu?]
23. ba#-asz-ma = MIN<(bala-[tu?])>
  in 1st sub col.: ASZ & MA probably = LA, which the scribe wrote by mistake (perhaps a misreading from his source)
24. e#-gu = a-sza2-[gu]
25. [a]-ma-ri-du = MIN<(a-sza2-[gu])>
26. [a]-pu2-u2 = MIN<(a-sza2-[gu])>
27. [ni]-i-mu = el#-[pe-e-tum]
  rest broken
column 2
  = col. 5
1. [...] = [da-al]-tum#
  line probably fits somewhere around exemplar K 4375 rev. ii 10
  n lines broken
2'. e#-[ri-im-tum] = [x]
3'. esz-[szu-u2] = [x]
4'. gu-[du-gu] = [x]
5'. mu-kil# [ba-a-bi] = [x]
6'. da-[al-tum] = [x]
7'. ha-a-[ra-li] = [...]
8'. ar-[ka-bi-in-nu] = [...]
9'. {gesz}hu-[un-ti hu-ra-s,i] = [...]
10'. tu-'#-[a-ma-ti] = [...]
11'. ha#-ap#-[ha-ap-pu] = [...]
  rest broken
column 3
  = col. 6
  beginning broken
1'. [...] = [x]
2'. [...] = [x]
3'. [...] = [x]
4'. [...] = [x]
5'. [...] = [x]
  in 2nd sub col. of ll. 1'-5' probably restore: [MIN<(%n paszszuru)>]
  rest broken

Text content

Genre(s) Lexical (explicit malku-sharru 3)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P345975

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation fragment

Provenance

Provenience Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number Rm 0355 (+) 1881-07-27, 0055

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) Rm.355
Digital Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts (DCCLT) P345975
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P345975
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P345975

References

  • primary: CT 18, 01, Rm 0355

    [Thompson1904CT18] Thompson, Reginald Campbell. 1904. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts From Babylonian Tablets In The British Museum 18.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-07-05 at 18:51:39 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 15:26:27 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-10-27 at 09:15:02 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2008-05-26 at 05:18:30 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-08-17 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Veldhuis, Niek CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“CT 18, Pl. 01, Rm 0355 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P345975.
CT 18, pl. 01, Rm 0355 artifact entry (No. P345975). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P345975 (Original work published 2006)
CT 18, pl. 01, Rm 0355 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P345975 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P345975},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P345975},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“CT 18, Pl. 01, Rm 0355 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 5, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P345975.
CT 18, pl. 01, Rm 0355 artifact entry (No. P345975). (2023, July 5). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P345975 (Original work published 2006)
CT 18, pl. 01, Rm 0355 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P345975 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jul 5},
	title = {CT 18, pl. 01, {Rm} 0355 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P345975},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P345975},
}


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M1  - 2026/10/19/
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