CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039 (CT 12, pl. 40-41) [Nabnitu]

to sing

(...) = to sing

to grow = to sing

to play a musical instrument = to sing

song = to sing

(...) = to sing

performer of the ilu song = singer, musician

performer of the endu song = singer, musician

song of jubiliation = singer, musician

body

back = body

quickly

to sing = to cry out, lament

first song, lament = to cry out, lament

(...) = to cry out, lament

to sing = to cry out, lament

to sing = to cry out, lament

(...) = to be feverish/angry?: of the heart

lamentation singer = lamentation

to shout = shout

to shout = type of lamentation priest

lamentation singer? = type of lamentation priest

performer of the ilu song = type of lamentation priest

performer of the ilu song = type of lamentation priest

performer of the ilu song = type of lamentation priest

performer of the ilu song = type of lamentation priest

type of divine emblem = socle for divine symbols

to lament

to tear the back, break? = to make a swishing sound?: of breaking

tears, wailing = wailing, lamentation

wailing, lamentation

(...) = wailing, lamentation

to be distant

to be distant

to be distant

to be distant

(...) = distance

(distant?) road, caravan = distance

type of trap?

to wave = to sway, swish?: of the tail

to tremble, beat = to sway, swish?: of hair

(...) = to sway, vibrate?: of beating, throbbing

dust fly = type of large fly

(...) = to twitter, of a bird

(...) = to twitter, of a bird

(...) = to spin, of a spindle

(...) = to bend?: of limbs

to (...) a field = to set transverse to?: of a levee

to reinforce a dike = to set transverse to?: of a levee

(...) and come! = to bend, twist, of walking

Streaming from heaven = to shine, twinkle?: of a star or planet(?)

seized innards = to suffer contractions?: of the innards

dispersed? innards = to suffer contractions?: of the innards

bound innards = to suffer contractions?: of the innards

to have diarrhea = to suffer contractions?: of the intestines

seized innards = to suffer contractions?: of the intestines

destroyed/buckled wall = to suffer contractions?: of the intestines

good quality lapis lazuli = trim (of lapis lazuli)

string of lapis lazuli beads = trim (of lapis lazuli)

string of lapis lazuli beads = trim (of lapis lazuli)

lapis lazuli necklace = trim (of lapis lazuli)

processed lapis lazuli = trim (of lapis lazuli)

processed lapis lazuli with a gold trim? = (lapis lazuli with a) trim of gold

(...) = trim of gold

(...) = trim of precious stone

(...) pectoral ornament = trim of precious stone

selected? pectoral ornament = trim of precious stone

pectoral ornament with tiny detail? = trim of precious stone

(...) = trim of precious stone

to bend? the neck = to continually twist oneself up: of a man

to shout = to bray, bellow

to shout = to bray, bellow

to answer = to bray, bellow

to rejoice = to sing joyfully

song = to sing joyfully

song of the heart = to sing joyfully

(...) = to sing joyfully

shouting, braying one

(...) heart = jubilation of the heart

(...) heart = jubilation of the heart

(...) = jubilation of the heart

(...) = region

region, district

anger

turning innards, anger = anger

angry heart = anger

crown

crown

crown: Emesal dialect

raised head = crown: Emesal dialect

raised hand = crown: Emesal dialect

agagin axe = agû: of an axe

flood wave = flood of water(!)

flood wave = flood of water(!)

kohl

negligent = to be lazy, negligent

disdain = to be lazy, negligent

to cease, abandon = to be lazy, negligent

to stick out, protrude

to repeatedly stick out, protrude

to go around, search

to go around, search

to pay attention, to look for = to go around, search

to seek = to go around, search

to change one's appearance = to change: of (...)

to look at = to go around: of (...)

to look around = to go around: of (...)

ašuba stone = setting for a precious stone?

large crescent-shaped door pivot? = part of a door pivot

burzi vessel with bevelled rim?

large bond = plaited reeds?

weak bond = plaited reeds?

very large bond = plaited reeds?

peddlar = tramp, vagabound

roamer around a city wall

roamer around a city

roamer around a meadow

intestines = coiled intestines

(...) = to be deathly still

silence

net for carrying straw or barley

base of the foot = sole of the foot

runner, part of the foot? = sole of the foot

porous vessel

type of carrying net

part of a temple

(...) = part of a temple

absuhur fish

(...) = attention of the heart

(...) = to hold back, detain

(...) = to hold back, detain

(...) = to hold back, detain

(...) = to hold back, detain

to set aside, leave behind = to hold back, detain

to set, place = to hold back, detain

to set, place = to hold back, detain

tears = to hold back, restrain: Emesal dialect

gala priest = kalû priest: Emesal dialect

man? = kalû priest: Emesal dialect

sur priest = kalû priest: Emesal dialect

lagar priest = kalû priest: Emesal dialect

lagar priest = kalû priest: Emesal dialect

(...) = kalû priest: Emesal dialect

(...) = kalû priest

sur priest = kalû priest

chief sur priest = kalû priest

woman selected (by omens?) = kalû priest

to thicken the intake? = to hold back: of water

to split the intake? = to hold back: of water

to tie up the intake? = to hold back: of water

to trim the intake? = to hold back: of water

resin? = to hold back: of water

to withold, restrain (tears) = to hold back, restrain: of a man

large burzi vessel = kallu bowl

(...) = silence, hush

(...) = hush

(...) = quiet street

to be silent? = to be silent: of the day

shout, cry = to roar, shout

to roar, shout

to roar, shout

to put to words = to roar, shout

(...) = to roar, shout

distant days = consent, approval

first tablet of the lexical series Nabnitu

palace of Aššurbanipal, king of the world, king of Aššur

who Nabû and Tašmetu gave broad wisdom

that which is learned by a bright eye, the highest level of the scribal art

which among the kings that preceded me

they had not learned any of that work

the wisdom of Nabû, cuneiform signs, as many as have been created

I wrote on tablets, I checked and collated

for the viewing of my repeated reading

I established inside of my palace