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Hand drawing below by Ernst F. Weidner (1952)


TA8ŠA2DIRIŠEENU.U83U28LAGABAKALDU2⁄3U2ANAAKAL


Transliteration:

TA 8 ša2 DIRI.ŠE EN 28 3 KUŠ3 8 SI ILLU DU 2⁄3 KUŠ3 a-na ILLU ┌ŠU2┐ [LA2 ...]

Translation - by P.V. Neugebauer and E. F. Weidner (1915) edited by Hermann Hunger (1988)

From the 8th of month XII2 to the 28th, the river level rose 3 cubits and 8 fingers, 2/3 cubits [were missing] to the high flood [ .... ]

Note A

SymbolSyllablesMeanings
TA issu: from , out of , since , after
what
ṭehû. approach, come near to; - The Assyrian Dictionary. Volume 19, Ṭ (2006) pg 71
ištu: from (a point in space or time), out of (a place, an object, a quantity), since, after, by; - The Assyrian Dictionary. Volume 7, I & J (2004) pg 286
8 8
ĝar
niĝ2
ša2
 Place
Thing
of
DIRI DIRI
ŠE Addaru: Adar, the twelfth month
barley
EN bēlu: boss, chief, master, lord ; owner
adi: until, as far as, together with, including, plus
28 twenty-eight
3 3
U2
kuš3
 load, horn
unit
8 8
LAGAB
RI3
GUR4
niĝin2
ellag
KUR4
 block; excess

thick
encircle, total
bibbu: Mercury
KUR4 = ba'lu which means either ba'ālu: to be abnormally large, to become bright or shine brightly;
or ba'ūlu: great, important; - The Assyrian Dictionary, Volume 2, B (1965) pg 1, 184
A.KAL
ILLU		 Water
DU
DE6
GUB
TUM6
 go
bring
stand, sheep
ŠANABI šinipu: two-thirds
U2
kuš3
 load, horn
unit
A A
NA do, sky, be, heaven, man, not, lie,
A.KAL
ILLU		 Water

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