CCP 6.1.12 - Aa II/4 (pirsu 12)

Catalogue information
British Museum
BM 38525
80-11-12,409
Babylon›Babylon (Rassam)
CDLI: 
P469990
Commentary
Lexical›Aa

Broken

Base text: 
Aa II/4 (pirsu 12)
Tablet information
Babylonian
Fragment
Columns: 
2
Lines: 
8
Size: 
3,1 × 2,9 cm
Neo/Late Babylonian, specifics unknown
Record
Jiménez, 01/2015 (Identification)
Jiménez, 05/2017 (Transliteration)
Jiménez, 05/2017 (Introduction)
Jiménez, 05/2017 (Translation)
Veldhuis, 05/2017 (Suggestion [l. 3′])
Gabbay, 05/2017 (Suggestion [l. 2′])
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How to cite
Jiménez, E., 2015, “Commentary on Aa II/4 (pirsu 12) (CCP 6.1.12),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project (E. Frahm, E. Jiménez, M. Frazer, and K. Wagensonner), 2013–2026; accessed September 29, 2026, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P469990. DOI: 10079/d2547s8
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Introduction

This small fragment preserves meager remains of a previously unidentified commentary on Aa II/4. This originally two- or three-column tablet belong to the British Museum’s “Babylon Collection”, and shares its consignment number (80-11-12) with two other Aa commentaries: BM 38137 (CCP 6.1.16.A.b, on Aa III/1) and BM 38519 (CCP 6.1.u4, on Aa VI). The section preserved is devoted to explaining the Akkadian readings of the sign eš when read as bà. The most interesting feature of the fragment is that it lists the rare word ūṭu, “half cubit” (under the archaizing writing ú-ṭú-um) as one of these readings.

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Obverse
1'1'

[(...) x]

[x] ⸢x x⸣ [...]

[(…)] … […]

2'2'

[(...)] ⸢x⸣

mi-iš-lu₄ : ⸢UD-x⸣ [...]1

[(…)] … “Half” (Ea II 167 = Aa II/4 171) … […]

3'3'

[(...)] ⸢x⸣

meš-lu : ba-aEŠ gi-[gu-ru-u eš-še-ku ...]2

[(…)] … “Half.” EŠ, read /ba/, is the gi[guru eššeku-sign (?) …]

4'4'

[(...)] ⸢x⸣

su-ú-tu₄ : ba-⸢x⸣ [...]

[(…)] … “sūtu”-vessel (Aa II/4 176) … […].

5'5'

[(...)] ⸢x⸣

ú-ṭúṭu-um : ú-⸢tuṭu⸣ [...]3

[(…)] … “Half cubit” — “half cubit” […].

6'6'

[(...)] ⸢x⸣

⸢da x (x⸣) A.ŠÀ : ⸢x⸣ [...]

[(…)] … of the field … […]

7'7'

[(...)]

IG/⸢KABx x⸣ [...]

[(…)] … […]

8'8'

[(...)]

gi [...]

[(…)] … […]

9'9'

[(...)]

za?-[...]

[(…)] … […]

1Compare perhaps BAR U₄mu : mi-šil ta-am-mu in CCP 4.2.B ll. 22-23 (courtesy U. Gabbay).

2The restoration at the end of the line, based on Aa II/4 169ff., was suggested by Niek Veldhuis.

3Note the archaizing writing of ú-ṭú-um

Photos by Enrique Jiménez

Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum