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in, on
one
to give
)Ar (god
fortification
reign
)Assyria (city-state

physicians lancet
street

sky-god

god



.

.

..

sky

iron

sunshade

tower, district
to know

to know

subterranean water

hide, skin
to replace

slave

slave

month

month

month

month

word
mouth

pig

to speak
to call out

tooth

date

.18
4

date
tongue, language
to eat
city
assembly
table
table
)south (wind

to enter

farmer, plowman

a plow

.
.
8

8th Babylonian
)month (Oct-Nov
excellent

brother
)to be (come
different

year

name

enemy
life

to speak
word, name
liter measure

qa = 1 liter
shepherd
stela

to fall
to throw

not

not

lieutenant

gardener

gardener

.
.

.6
.
.
4

netherworld

)Ea (god

rope, 13 bur = 2.16


hectares

rope, 13 bur = 2.16


hectares

)Laga (city

.
.

esteemed
to get old
old
old
to open
if
be ended

.

.

span = 25 mm.

..

to live
middle, half

.


.

seed

)Ninurta (god
serf, commoner
gazelle
serf, commoner
to divide, separate
headdress, cap

headdress, cap

seah = 10 liters


...

...

interest
diviner, haruspex

diviner, haruspex

tail, rear part

to be, exist

door

life
arousal, muster,
attack

arousal, muster,
attack

bird


. .

woman of the
palace

. ..

woman of the
palace

reed
prince
left, left side/hand

)Ishtar (goddess

until

(= .)

)Marduk (god
)moon (-god

- -

.. . - -

lord

10

Sennacherib

.
.

.
.

commissioner
)Enlil (god
)Enlil (god

)Enlil (god

)Enlil (god

(= .)

)Nippur (city

14

harvest, summer
mountain
field = 3600 m.2

11

side
neck


.
. 8

)Kutha (city

tribute

kor = 300 liters

to return, turn
horn
to prosper

head

land-registry
officer

.
.

12

north
head

available assets

lock

.
5

.
4

..

..

boat
sailor
sailor

cargo boat

cargo boat
(business) associate

wine

four

four

13

touch

gate, door
Babylon (city-state)
Babylon (city-state)
city gate
10th Assyrian
month (Dec-Jan)

.
.

furrow, field

furrow, field

.
.

furrow, cultivated
field

10th Babylonian
month (Dec-Jan)

copper, bronze

..

10th Babylonian
month (Dec-Jan)

14

wood- or
metalworker

wood- or
metalworker

city in southern
Mesopotamia

city in southern
Mesopotamia

Nineveh (city)

artisan, scholar,
lender
scribe, scholar

star

from

from

to praise

.
.

15

threshold
abundance
9th Babylonian
month (Nov-Dec)
9th Babylonian
month (Nov-Dec)
9th Babylonian
month (Nov-Dec)
9th Babylonian
month (Nov-Dec)
son

small
boy, male servant
child
position of heir,
inheritance



.
.


.
.

16

.
..

.
.
..

state scribe
state scribe

daughter, girl

father

gall bladder, bile

gall bladder, bile

straw

straw

king

.
.

17

to bind
religious festival

moist

scraps, bran

breast

to give

steppe

way
road, journey,
campaign
wild bull

city wall

18

elephant
flesh, meat

fire

fire-god

fire-god

fire-god

5th Babylonian
)month (July-Aug

.
.

5th Babylonian
)month (July-Aug
a purchase, price

to crush
thigh

19

lap
to go

.4

.
.

to stand
courier
courier
ass, homer

horse
rest, remainder

after, behind

after, behind

dust

dust

beer

20

brewer

oil

ointment (ration)

gatekeeper

sixty

administrator

border, neighbor,
plot
stone

basket, box

..

..

bordering on,
beside

male

21


.
.


.
. 4

cloister

wide

mother

basket, box
cloister

temple courtyard

branch, frond

branch, frond

scepter

overseer

22

breast

. ..

overseer

?white coral
branch, staff
Nabu-bel-shumate
)(king

religion office, duty

farmer, land tenant

tree, wood

.

.

reed thicket,
canebrake

23

shepherd

beam, log
forest, grove


.11
.
.
.

sun-god

fire-god

fire-god

fire-god

.

.

fire

shade

ox

2nd Babylonian
)month (April-May


.4
.

.

fire

2nd Babylonian
)month (April-May

24

reserve of barley

.

.

.

reserve of barley

west

land of the
Amorites

wagon, cart, Ursa


Major

wagon, cart, Ursa


Major

.

.
.

temple
administrator

)Marduk (god

..-


- -

Merodach-Baladan
)(king

cubit

25

to count

span = 25 mm.


.
5

.

.

.

plant

rope = ca. 60
meters

chief shepherd

chief shepherd

shoreland,
water meadow

milk

work, corve duty

work, corve duty

chief minister

vizier

26

house

.
.
.
.

Eabzu (temple)

a temple of Marduk

daughter-in-law,
bride

a temple of Marduk

.
.

.
.

a temple of Marduk


.
.

.
.

granary, silo

granary, silo

daughter-in-law,
bride


..
.
.

palace

temple of ama in
Sippar

tablet house, school


.
.

27


.

.

temple of ama in
Sippar

.5

village

.
8

)wall (of building


be strong
young man
ebony

pot
land
)people (pl.

28

trust
to return, turn

human being
innkeeper,
beer merchant

.
.

Ur, city in southern


Mesopotamia

Ur, city in southern


Mesopotamia

brother

Sumerian moongod

right side/hand

animals shoulder

animals shoulder

garden plot = 36
m.2

to write


).(=

29

.


.

middle
11th Babylonian
)month (Jan-Feb
11th Babylonian
)month (Jan-Feb
mina

mina
great, big
admin. of date
orchards

orchard

30

courtier
dais
1st Babylonian
)month (Mar-Apr



..

crown

herald
soldier

arm, side
proximity, what
adjoins

.

.

.

.

.

1st Babylonian
)month (Mar-Apr

31

hand
barber
3 cubit = 16.7 cm

3 cubit = 16.7 cm

3 cubit = 16.7 cm

.

.

4th Babylonian
month (June-July)

4th Babylonian
month (June-July)

4th Babylonian
month (June-July)
4th Babylonian
month (June-July)

.
.
.
.

4th Babylonian
month (June-July)

.
.
.
.

3 cubit = 16.7 cm

4th Babylonian
month (June-July)

offering of sheep
fisherman, soldier
fisherman, soldier
singer (m)

32

)singer (f

good

date palm

camel
to conquer
land
mountain

east

barley

grain, units of
measurement

barley ration, food


allowance

33

barley, grain

barley, grain

sesame or flax
barley, grain
barley, grain
to be(come) long,
delayed
to be(come) long,
delayed

barley, grain

sesame or flax

barley, grain

grain


..

34

long

long
quay
prostitute

prostitute
white

day
day

35

sun-god
sun

bronze

Larsa, city in
southern Babylonia

Euphrates river

city north of
Babylon

ear

heart

.4

food allotment,
fodder


.
.

ox-driver

36

army
soldier, army
army
army

15

bead
(ox-)tail, whip
(ox-)tail, whip
good, pleasant
3600
wind
wind
clay

37

tablet

)Adad (god

mist, fog

whirlwind
lung

ring

ten
bur = 2.48 hectares

bur = 2.48 hectares

on, over

bur = 2.48 hectares

cow


.
.
.

bur = 2.48 hectares

38

)cattle, bovines (pl.

Kish, a city east of


Babylon


6

6

night

black

basin, flask

basin, flask

bow

builder

39

like

bed

lightning

)Elam (country

)Elam (country
to bring
to bring
calf

)Marduk (god
offering, sacrifice

foot

temple attendant

bone

governor

..

40

governor

god of the
netherworld


.
.

esteemed

disease

twenty
rope = ca. 60
meters
thirty
moon-god

forty

7th Babylonian
month (Sept-Oct)

7th Babylonian
month (Sept-Oct)

.6

fifty

41

.
5
5


.

front
front
thousand

.
.

eye

42

defeat
gift

steward

good

to birth
to birth
to equal

.


.

wholeness
judge
reach

place

earth

with

hard soil

threshing floor, lot

young woman

young woman

43

military camp

.
.

pure
gold

silver

food, ration

food, ration

to, for

if

bushel = 60 liters

one

prisoner

44

to bind

)Nammu (goddess

chariot

..
.

sheep, goats

reed marsh
to sit
to sit

hundred

45

weapon
garment

boxwood

hired-person

sheep

sheep

seize
to go past
6th Babylonian
month (Aug-Sept)
6th Babylonian
month (Aug-Sept)
6th Babylonian
month (Aug-Sept)
6th Babylonian
month (Aug-Sept)

.
.

6th Babylonian
month (Aug-Sept)
6th Babylonian
month (Aug-Sept)

wool

46


.

.
.

clothing, wardrobe
two
dog
lion

wolf

two-thirds
two-thirds

three

shekel

five-sixths

heir, son

47

physician

thorn tree

thorn tree

.
.

.
.

sea

product (math)
open field, meadow

field

subsistence field
water


.


.

..

water



.


.

multiply by, times

48

..

river, canal

..8

poplar
canal worker

canal worker

river-god
fish

to divide, separate

food

rod = 6 meters

)accounting (record

.7

49

red stone

goods

four

five

property
)possession(s

six

seven

seven

eight
eight

50

nine

mule

.

.

woman
girl, fem. servant
jenny
innkeeper,
beer merchant

lady

high priestess

high priestess

wife

.
.

merchant

51

fem. servant

seat

pure

(mud) brick

3rd Babylonian
month (May-June)
3rd Babylonian
month (May-June)
3rd Babylonian
month (May-June)

4
4


.
4

.
4

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