BM 74141 (Comm. 1)
A commentary to K 4247+ i 6–8. The tablet belongs to the 1882-09-18 collection of the BM, which contains tablets mainly from Sippar (Reade 1986, xxxiii). See also BM 46280+ and K 19639. CDLI no. P461287
Transliteration
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| 1' | [. . .] ⸢x x⸣ [. . .] |
| 2' | [. . .] ⸢x⸣ ši-i ma-l[i-. . .] |
| 3' | [. . .] ⸢éme⸣.ga.lá : e-muq-tú : ⸢um.me⸣.[ga.lá . . .] |
| 4' | [. . . ém]e-ga-lá dsuen-n[a-ke₄ . . .] |
| 5' | [. . . la] ibašši(⸢gál⸣-ši) : aššu(mu) šá aššat(dam) amēli(lú) la [iparrik] |
| 6' [. . . tar-bi]-tu₄ šá-ni-tu₄ tar-den-n[i-tu₄ . . .] | |
| 7' | [. . .]-⸢na?-ti muš-x⸣-[. . .] |
Translation
1' . . . . . .
2' . . . namely . . .
3' . . . (means) wetnurse; “prudent woman” (means) wetnurse.
4' . . . we]tnurse of Sîn . . .
5' . . . “there is [no]” is said on account of (a woman) who does not [get in the way]”
6' . . . rearl]ing , (a woman of) second in rank, (a woman of) second order.
7' . . . . . .
Commentary
General[1]
4': Following the commentary in https://ccp.yale.edu/P461287, this is a citation of An I 184a (dšu-zi-an-na = um.me.ga.lá dsuen.na.ke₄), or 306b (dnin-immaₓ(gá×sig₇.me) = um!.me.ga.lá dsuen.na.ke).
5': MU read as aššu, after Gabbay (apud commentary in https://ccp.yale.edu/P461287).
6': For šanītu = tardennītu in ḪARgud, see commentary in https://ccp.yale.edu/P461287.
[1] From https://ccp.yale.edu/P461287: “This small fragment contains the remains of what appears to be a commentary text with cola. It belongs to the British Museum’s “Sippar Collection,” and comes probably from Sippar. It is uncertain which text it comments on: the few preserved lines of the text seem to be concerned with the explanation of the noun “wetnurse” (um.me.ga.lá), which in the text is equated with “housekeeper” (emuqtu) and other nouns that are now lost. The text also contains a line that appears to be quoted from the god list An = Anu, and which describe a goddess as “the wetnurse of Sîn.” The base text may then be a divinatory text that contained the word mušēniqtu, “wetnurse,” such as e.g. K15222 (unpublished). Line 6' of the text contains a quotation from Ḫargud (šanītu, “second female one” = tardennītu “youngest daughter,” attested in SpTU 2 53 i 7′).”
Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 31667; view on seal.huji.ac.il.