CCP 7.2.u137 - Uncertain

Catalogue information
British Museum
BM 39864
80-11-12,1751
BabylonBabylon (Rassam)
CDLI: 
P470018
Commentary
MiscellaneaUnknown

Broken

Base text: 
Uncertain
Tablet information
Babylonian
Fragment
Lines: 
6
Size: 
2,1 × 1,8 cm
Neo/Late Babylonian, specifics unknown
Record
Jiménez, 11/2016 (Transliteration)
Jiménez, 11/2016 (Introduction)
By Enrique Jiménez | Make a correction or suggestion
How to cite
Jiménez, E., 2016, “Commentary on Uncertain (CCP 7.2.u137),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project (E. Frahm, E. Jiménez, M. Frazer, and K. Wagensonner), 2013–2024; accessed April 16, 2024, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P470018. DOI: 10079/ncjsxzs
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Introduction

This small fragment belongs to the lower right corner of a tablet. It is represented in the catalogue of the British Museum’s “Babylon Collection” as a commentary, but it might well be a literary text of sorts. Some fifty other commentary tablets and fragments belong to the same consignment as the present fragment (80-11-12): for a list of them, click here.

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BM 039864 (unpublished unassigned ?) [Commentary (Miscellanea)]

Obverse
1'1'

[...] x [x]

[...] ...

2'2'

[...] x-ru-[x]

[...] ...

3'3'

[...] URU? [x]

[...] ...

4'4'

[...] bal?-TAR-tu₄1

[...] ...

5'5'

[...] šá a-ma-tu₄

[...] of the word

6'6'

[... ib]-bal-ka-at-tu₄

[... they cro]ssed over,

7'7'

[...]-a

[...] ...

end of obverse
reverse ostensibly uninscribed

1The sign read as [b]al could also be [u]l.

Photos by Enrique Jiménez

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