CCP 3.9.u8 - Uncertain

Catalogue information
K.18585
Nineveh›Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
CDLI: 
P403778
Commentary
Divination›Divination Other / Uncertain
Base text: 
Uncertain
Tablet information
Assyrian
Fragment
Lines: 
9
7th cent (Assurbanipal libraries and other Assyrian cities)
Record
Jiménez, 07/2018 (Transliteration)
Jiménez, 07/2018 (Translation)
Jiménez, 07/2018 (Introduction)
By Enrique Jiménez | Make a correction or suggestion
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Jiménez, E., , “Commentary on Uncertain (CCP 3.9.u8),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project (E. Frahm, E. Jiménez, M. Frazer, and K. Wagensonner), 2013–2026; accessed September 27, 2026, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P403778. DOI:
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Introduction

This small fragment, classified as a “scholarly text” in the catalogue of the Kuyunjik Collection,1 preserves meager remains of a tabular commentary. Interestingly, ll. 3′–5′ duplicate the large commentary tablet K.4387 r. ii 51–53 (2R 47 = CCP 3.1.u72).

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Obverse
1'1'

[...] mit-ḫa-riš

⸢gá⸣ [...]

[…] “similarly” means … […]

2'2'

[...] ma-ri-šú

ki x [...]

[…] “his son” means … […]

3'3'

[GI].⸢GUR⸣ pa-nu

pa-nu qu-pu

[gi.gu]r means pānu, pānu means “basket”

4'4'

[A.KAL] ḪUN.GÁ

A.KAL ana ⸢KUR⸣ [in-neš-šá-a]

[akal] ḫunga means “the flood will become loose towards the land.”

5'5'

[A].ZI.GA BA.AB.DU₈

A.KAL ⸢DU₈⸣-[MEŠ]1

[a]ziga babdudu₈ means “the flood will relent.”

6'6'

[...] x x di x

kal x [...]

[…] … […]

7'7'

[...] x

al ⸢si₄⸣ [...]

[…] … […]

8'8'

[...] x

x x [...]

[…] … […]

1Restored with 2R 47 K.4387 r. ii 51f. (CCP 3.1.u72).

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