SAA 10 102. Copying Texts for the Royal Library (CT 53 417+) [from astrologers][via saao/saa10]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

o 1'1'

[GIŠ.na-mul-lum] : ⸢na⸣-[mul-lu]

(1) "[Namullu] = plank bed";

o 2'2'

[GIŠ.ŠÍTA] : kak-ku : GI : ⸢qa⸣-[nu-u]

(2) "[Šita] = weapon"; "Gi = reed";

o 3'3'

[GI.GUR].⸢ḪÚB⸣ : ḫúp-pu : DUG : ⸢kar⸣-[pa-tum]

(3) "[Gurh]ub = large basket"; "Dug = earthenware";

o 4'4'

[x x x] zik-ri DINGIR-MEŠ d⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU]

(4) "Marduk [...] the word of the gods";

o 5'5'

[MUL].APIN PAB an-ni-ú IM [x x x]

(5) [Mul] Apin: all these tablet[s] (exist) in three copies.

o 6'6'

ša ⸢03⸣-šú-nu mdu-gul—IGI—[DINGIR?]

(6) Dugul-pan-[ili] and Kiṣir-Aššur are both copying Urra.

o 7'7'

mki-ṣir—aš-šur ki-lal-le-šú-[nu]

o 8'8'

UR₅.RA : i-šaṭ-ṭu-⸢ru⸣

o 9'9'

ú-⸢ba⸣-áš-šim man-za-za [ana DINGIR.DINGIR]

(9) "He created stations [for the great gods"];

o 10'10'

d[EN].⸢LÍL⸣ zik-ri DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ina še-mi-šú]

(10) "[As Illi]l [heard the words of the gods"];

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rr beginning broken away

r 1'1'

⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]

r 2'2'

na-mar-⸢ku⸣-[x x x x x]

(r 2) behind schedu[le ......]

r 3'3'

IM.GÍD.DA [x x x x x]

(r 3) one-column tablet [......]

r 4'4'

a-ta-mar ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x]

(r 4) I saw [......]

r 5'5'

ina pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ [x x x x x]

(r 5) at my disposal [......]

r 6'6'

DUB-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]

(r 6) tablets [......]

r 7'7'

[x x x x x x] ⸢ni⸣ [x x x x x]

r 8'8'

[x x x x x x] áš ina [x x x x x]

r 9'9'

[x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)


Adapted from Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (State Archives of Assyria, 10), 1993. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P313830/.