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What follows are some notes on possible translations of the transliterated cuneiform on the Old Babylonian Tag in this collection. Meanings are from [[http://www.sumerian.org/sumerian.pdf]].
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What follows are some notes on possible translations of the transliterated cuneiform on the [[Site.CuneiformTag|Old Babylonian Tag]] in this collection. Meanings are from [[http://www.sumerian.org/sumerian.pdf]].
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What follows are some notes on possible translations of the transliterated cuneiform on the Old Babylonian Tag in this collection. Meanings are from [[http://www.sumerian.org/sumerian.pdf]].
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**1. 1(disz) u8 1(disz) udu-nita2**
1(disz) = 1
u8= ewe (female sheep)
1(disz) = 1
nita2 = ram (male sheep)
**2. ri-ri-ga** = fallen
**3. ki dumu-i-hu-ur** = from mar(dumu)-ihur
# uncertain
**reverse
$ blank space
# seal impression
1. iti sig4-a**
iti = calendar month
sig4: sun-dried unbaked brick; brickwork; wall(s) [? SIG4 archaic frequency: 2].
a, e4: n., water; watercourse, canal; seminal fluid; offspring; father; tears; flood. [A archaic frequency: 519] interj., alas!.
prep., locative suffix - where; in; when - denotes movement towards or in favor of a person.
def. article, nominalizing suffix for a noun or noun clause, denoting 'the'.
**2. mu inim {d}en-lil2 x **
mu: n., name; word; year; line on a tablet, entry; oath (cf., ñu10) [MU archaic frequency: 99].
v., to name, speak (cf., mug).
prep., because.
conjugation prefix, suggests involvement by speaker, used especially before dative infixes, preferred for animate and agentive subjects.
inim: word; statement; command, order, decree; oath, agreement; matter, affair, concern, subject (in, 'one discrete individual', + eme, 'speech’).
{d} King?
en: n., dignitary; lord; high priest; ancestor (statue); diviner [EN archaic frequency: 1232; concatenates 3 sign variants] .
**# uncertain
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1. {d}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar** = Lipit-Ishtar
**2. lugal kal-ga** = "dedicated to the esteemed King Lipit-Ishtar";
lugal: king; owner, master (lú, 'man', + gal, 'big') [LUGAL archaic frequency: 80].
kal-(l): v., to esteem, value; to be rare; to make dear, endear; to be appreciated (cf., kalag) (ka,
'mouth' + la, 'youthful beauty, abundance') [KAL archaic frequency: 60; concatenates 3 sign variants] .
ga: n., milk (chamber + water) [GA archaic frequency: 245; concatenation of 3 sign variants] .
conjugation prefix, 'also'; 'and then'.
modal prefix, cohortative, used with hamtu forms.
**3. lugal i3-si-in{ki}** = of Isin
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1. lu2-{d}x-x-x **
lú: grown man; male; human being; someone, anyone, no one; gentleman [LU2 archaic frequency: 85].
lu: n., many, much; man, men, people; sheep.
v., to be/make numerous, abundant; to multiply; to mix; to graze, pasture (reduplication class [?]) (cf., lug).
**2. dub-sar**
dub-sar: scribe ('tablet' + 'to write').
**3. dumu x-x-x**
dumu: child; son; daughter (dú,'to bear, give birth', + mú,'to sprout, grow'; probably pronounced domu).
**4. ARAD2-zu**
arad(2),urdu(2),ir3,11: (male)slave;servant;subordinate(Akk.loanwordfromwardum,'male slave, man-servant') [IR11 archaic frequency: 10].
zu,sú: n.,wisdom,knowledge.
v., to know; to understand; to inform, teach (in marû reduplicated form); to learn from someone (with -da-); to recognize someone (with -da-); to be experienced, qualified.
Dictionary - http://www.sumerian.org/sumerian.pdf
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**1. 1(disz) u8 1(disz) udu-nita2**
1(disz) = 1
u8= ewe (female sheep)
1(disz) = 1
nita2 = ram (male sheep)
**2. ri-ri-ga** = fallen
**3. ki dumu-i-hu-ur** = from mar(dumu)-ihur
# uncertain
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$ blank space
# seal impression
1. iti sig4-a**
iti = calendar month
sig4: sun-dried unbaked brick; brickwork; wall(s) [? SIG4 archaic frequency: 2].
a, e4: n., water; watercourse, canal; seminal fluid; offspring; father; tears; flood. [A archaic frequency: 519] interj., alas!.
prep., locative suffix - where; in; when - denotes movement towards or in favor of a person.
def. article, nominalizing suffix for a noun or noun clause, denoting 'the'.
**2. mu inim {d}en-lil2 x **
mu: n., name; word; year; line on a tablet, entry; oath (cf., ñu10) [MU archaic frequency: 99].
v., to name, speak (cf., mug).
prep., because.
conjugation prefix, suggests involvement by speaker, used especially before dative infixes, preferred for animate and agentive subjects.
inim: word; statement; command, order, decree; oath, agreement; matter, affair, concern, subject (in, 'one discrete individual', + eme, 'speech’).
{d} King?
en: n., dignitary; lord; high priest; ancestor (statue); diviner [EN archaic frequency: 1232; concatenates 3 sign variants] .
**# uncertain
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1. {d}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar** = Lipit-Ishtar
**2. lugal kal-ga** = "dedicated to the esteemed King Lipit-Ishtar";
lugal: king; owner, master (lú, 'man', + gal, 'big') [LUGAL archaic frequency: 80].
kal-(l): v., to esteem, value; to be rare; to make dear, endear; to be appreciated (cf., kalag) (ka,
'mouth' + la, 'youthful beauty, abundance') [KAL archaic frequency: 60; concatenates 3 sign variants] .
ga: n., milk (chamber + water) [GA archaic frequency: 245; concatenation of 3 sign variants] .
conjugation prefix, 'also'; 'and then'.
modal prefix, cohortative, used with hamtu forms.
**3. lugal i3-si-in{ki}** = of Isin
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1. lu2-{d}x-x-x **
lú: grown man; male; human being; someone, anyone, no one; gentleman [LU2 archaic frequency: 85].
lu: n., many, much; man, men, people; sheep.
v., to be/make numerous, abundant; to multiply; to mix; to graze, pasture (reduplication class [?]) (cf., lug).
**2. dub-sar**
dub-sar: scribe ('tablet' + 'to write').
**3. dumu x-x-x**
dumu: child; son; daughter (dú,'to bear, give birth', + mú,'to sprout, grow'; probably pronounced domu).
**4. ARAD2-zu**
arad(2),urdu(2),ir3,11: (male)slave;servant;subordinate(Akk.loanwordfromwardum,'male slave, man-servant') [IR11 archaic frequency: 10].
zu,sú: n.,wisdom,knowledge.
v., to know; to understand; to inform, teach (in marû reduplicated form); to learn from someone (with -da-); to recognize someone (with -da-); to be experienced, qualified.
Dictionary - http://www.sumerian.org/sumerian.pdf