Lexical tablet excavated in Babylon (mod. Bābil), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
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© Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Transliteration
obverse
column 1
1'. [...] = %a [...]-i
2'. [...] = %a [...]
3'. [...] = %a [...]-'i
4'. [...] = %a [...]-i
5'. [...] = %a [...]-a'-i
6'. [...] = %a [...]-bi
7'. [...] = %a [...]
8'. [...] = %a [...]-lu#-li
9'. [...] = %a [MIN]
10'. [...] = %a [...]-sza2#-ru
11'. [...] = %a [...]-ma#-lu
column 2
1'. gi#-ti#-il# = %a [...]
2'. erin2-sag-gi4#-[a] = %a [...]
3'. ga-an-bar# = %a [...]
4'. zabar-dab5# = %a [...]
5'. dub-si = %a [...]
6'. dub{GAM-sar}-sag = %a [...]
7'. gu3{gu-mu-usz}-musz = %a MIN
8'. gu-za-la2 = %a MIN
9'. MUNUS gu-<za>-la2 = %a gu-za-li{lu}-[x]
10'. ad-gi4-gi4 = %a ma-li-ku#
11'. ki-mah ad-gi4-gi4 = %a rab sik-ka-ti#
single ruling
12'. GAL sik-ka-ti3 gan-nu a2-zi-da = %a MIN<(rab)> qan-nu sza2 i-mit-[ti]
13'. GAL sik-ka-ti3 gan-nu a2-gub3-bu = %a MIN<(rab)> MIN<(qan-nu)> sza2 szu-me#-[li]
single ruling
14'. ra-gaba = %a SZU<(%a/n r=akibu)>{u}
reverse
column 1
1. lu2-kin-gi4-a = %a mar szip-ri#
2. e2-dub-ba{e-pi-sza2-ad-bu}-a = %a sza2-an-da-bak-ka#
3. lu2-tusz-a nibru{ki} = %a a-szib ni-ip-pu-ru
4. gu2-en-na = %a SZU<(%a/n guenakku)>{ku}
5. {sza3-tam}NAR = %a sza3-tam-mu
6. {me-na-ri}GAR = %a MIN<(sza3-tam-mu)>
7. sza3-tam e2 nig2-gu2-na = %a sza2-tam E2 u2-na-a-[te]
8. gab2-sar = %a SZU<(%a/n kabszarru)>{ru3}
9. dub#-sar = %a SZU<(%a/n t,upszarru)>{ru3}
10. dub-sar zag3-ga = %a za-zak-[ku]
11. dub-sar gesztu2-la2 = %a suk-ku-[ku]
12. dub-sar a-sza3-ga = %a sza2-as-suk-[ku]
13. GAN2{mu-lu-gid2}-gid2 = %a a-bi asz-[li]
14. [...]-gid2 = %a sza2-di-id asz#-[li]
15. [...] = %a [...] x# [...]
column 2
1. [...] = %a [...]-u
2. [...] = %a [...]-u
3. [...] = %a [...]-u
4. [...] = %a [...] x
5. [...] = %a [...] x
6. [...] = %a [...] x
7. [...] = %a [...] x