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  • Measurements of Esagil and Ezida

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  • Q007971

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  • First Millennium
  • unclear provenience
  • Metrological
  • Temple Measurements

Measurements of Esagil and Ezida

Obverse
o 1o 1

TA* lìb-bi IM.DIŠ a-na IM.[MIN]

From south to [north]:

o 22

7 ku-bur-re-e ša 4-a-a ina 1.KÙŠ

7 (wall) thicknesses of 4 cub[its],

o 33

2 ku-bur-re-e qa-na-a-a 10-te ša [ṣuppān?]

2 (wall) thicknesses of 1 reed (= 6 cubits), i.e. 1/10 [ṣuppān] (= 60 cubits).

o 44

PAP 40 ina 1.KÙŠ ku-bur-ra-te [ša? É?]

In total: 40 cubits, the (wall) thick[ness]es [of the temple].

o 55

8 ina 1.KÙŠ lìb-bi áš-ru-ka-[]

8 cubits: the interior of the lob[by]

o 66

ša -dUTU-é-babbar-ra

of Kaudebabbarr[a].

o 77

14 (erasure) ina 1.KÙŠ É GIŠ.GIGIR

14 cubits: the Char[iot] House.

o 88

77 ina 1.KÙŠ ki-sal-lu ša dEN

77 cubits: the Court of Bēl.

o 99

6 ina 1.KÙŠ SAG.KI ša É dIDIM

6 cubits: the (short) side of the chapel of Ea.

o 1010

6 ina 1.KÙŠ É IM.DIŠ ša É GAŠAN-ía

6 cubits: the south room of the chapel of [lt]iya.

o 1111

7 ina 1.KÙŠ SAG.KI ša ki-sal-li ša É dGAŠAN-[ía]

7 cubits: the (short) side of the courtyard of the chapel of B[ēltiya].

o 1212

6 ina 1.KÙŠ SAG.[KI] ša -reb ša É d60 dINANNA

6 cubits: the (short) si[de o]f the entrance of the chapel of Anu and Išt[ar].

o 1313

6 ina 1.KÙŠ áš-ru-ka- ša -dlamma-ar-ra-[bi]

6 cubits: the lo[b]by of Kalammaar[abi].

o 1414

PAP 1 ME 70 ÚS ša é-sag-íl

In total: 17[0] (cubits), the length of Esagil.


o 1515

TA lìb-bi [IM].EŠ₅ a-na IM.4

From east to west:

o 1616

7 ku-bur-re-[e ša 4]-a-a ina 1.[KÙŠ]

7 (wall) thickn[esses of 4] cu[bits],

o 1717

2 ku-bur-[...]

2 (wall) thickn[esses ...]

o 1818

[...]

[...]

o 1919

[...]

[...]

o 2020

[...]

[...]

o 2121

[...]

[...]

o 22a22a

[...]

[...]

o 22b22b

<[...]>

<[...]>

o 2323

4 [...]

4 [...]

o 2424

14 ina [...]

14 i[n ...]

o 2525

8 ina [...]

8 i[n ...]

o 2626

PAP 1 ME [...]

In total: 10[0 ...]


o 2727

80 ÚS 55 SAG [...]

80 (cubits) the (longer) side, 55 (cubits) the (short) si[de: ...]

o 2828

37 ÚS 12 SAG [...] x

37 (cubits) the (longer) side, 12 (cubits) the (short) si[de: ...] ...

o 2929

37 ÚS 10 SAG pa?-[x]-ḫu

37 (cubits) the (longer) side, 10 (cubits) the (short) si[de: the c]e[l]la.

o 3030

37 ÚS 11 SAG [...]-šú

37 (cubits) the (longer) side, 11 (cubits) the (short) si[de]: its [...]

o 3131

x ina 1.KÙŠ ÚS [...] ?-šú

... cub[its: the (longer) si]de of [...] its gate.

o 3232

[x]+12 ŠID x[...] x x

[...]+12 ... [...] ...

o 3333

[x] ÚS 20 SAG [...] dAMAR.UTU

[...] (cubits) the (longer) side, 20 (cubits) the (short) s[ide: ...] Marduk.

o 3434

x ina 1.KÙŠ [...]- ša .x.x

... cub[its ...] of Ka-...

o 3535

[...] ša É dsu-x-[x]

[... o]f the chapel of the deity Su-...

o 3636

[...] ru-ka- [...]

[... : the l]obb[y ...]

Reverse
r 37r 37

[...]

[...]

r 3838

[...]

[...]

r 3939

[...]

[...]

r 4040

[...]

[...]

r 4141

8 ÚS [...]

8 (cubits) the (longer) si[de, ...]

r 4242

20 ÚS [...]

20 (cubits) the (longer) si[de, ...]

r 4343

20 ÚS 5? [...]-tum

20 (cubits) the (longer) side, 5 [...] ...

r 4444

11 ÚS 6 SAG [...]-ti

11 (cubits) the (longer) side, 6 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...] ...

r 4545

10 ÚS 6 SAG [...] x-

10 (cubits) the (longer) side, 6 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...] ...

r 4646

26 ÚS x [...] x

26 (cubits) the (longer) side, ... [...] ...

r 4747

20 ÚS [...] x

20 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...] ...

r 4848

41? ÚS [...] šá

41 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...] ...

r 4949

26 ÚS [...] x

26 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...] ...

r 5050

27 ÚS 10 [...]-še

27 (cubits) the (longer) side, 1[0 ...] ...

r 5151

17 ÚS <x> SAG [...] x-

17 (cubits) the (longer) side, <... (cubits)> the (short) si[de ...] ...

r 5252

19 ÚS 11 SAG [...]

19 (cubits) the (longer) side, 11 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]

r 5353

22 ÚS 9 [...]

22 (cubits) the (longer) side, 9 (cubits) [...]

r 5454

16 ÚS 14 SAG [...]

16 (cubits) the (longer) side, 14 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]

r 5555

20 ÚS 12 SAG [...]

20 (cubits) the (longer) side, 12 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]

r 5656

9? [...]

9 [...]

r 5757

6? [...]

6 [...]

r 5858

24 ÚS [...]

24 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...]

r 5959

27 ÚS [...]

27 (cubits) the (longer) side, [...]

r 6060

2 ME 2 ÚS 1 [...]

202 (cubits) the (longer) side, 1 [...]

r 6161

1 LIM ÚS 5 ME SAG [...]

1000 (cubits) the (longer) side, 500 (cubits) the (short) si[de ...]


r 6262

2 ME 30 áš-li [...]

230 ašlu-unit[s ...]

r 6363

2 ME 30 áš-li [...]

230 ašlu-unit[s ...]

r 6464

PAP 5 ME 21 áš-[li ...]

In total: 521 ašlu-u[nits ...]

r 6565

ša 30 ina 1.KÙŠ áš-[lu ...] x [(x)]

of 30 cu[bi]ts an ašlu-u[nits ...] ... [...]

r 6666

PAP 15 LIM 6 ME 30 <<ME>> 4 [...] x AN [(x)]

In total: 15630 (cubits). 4 [...] ... [...]

r 6767

PAP-ma 16 LIM [1 ME] 29-ma? [x LIM / ME IM.DIŠ] 6? ME IM.[MIN]

And in total: 16[1]29 (cubits). [... (cubits): south.] 600 (cubits): [north].

r 6868

5? ME IM.EŠ₅ [x] LIM / ME IM.4 PAP 3 LIM [x] ME kip-pat é-[zi?-da?]

500 (cubits): east. [...] (cubits): west. In total: 300[0 ...], the circumference of Ezida.

r 6969

1 LIM ÚS AN.TA 1 LIM ÚS KI.TA

1000 (cubits): the upper (longer) [si]de; 1000 (cubits): the low[er] (longer) side.

r 7070

5 ME ÚS* AN.TA 5 LIM* ÚS* KI.TA1

500 (cubits): the upper (short) side; 500 (cubits): the lower (short) side.

r 7171

PAP 3 LIM kip-pat é-zi-da

[In t]otal: 3000 (cubits), the ci[rcum]ference of Ezid[a].

1ÚS must be a mistake for SAG, being measurements of the (longer) side already given in line r 69.


Adapted from A.R. George, Babylonian Topographical Texts (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 40), 1992. Translated and lemmatized by Giulia Lentini, 2019-2020, as part of the LMU-Munich-based project Living Among Ruins (directed by Karen Radner and Jamie Novotny), which is funded by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung as part of the Lost Cities program (coordinated by Martin Zimmermann and Andreas Beyer). Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/btto/Q007971/.

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