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It is. Here's a professional translation for this [0]: ...they made bricks. I razed that small palace in its entirety, took a large area from the fields fo
by AlotOfReading 3y ago
It is. Here's a professional translation for this [0]:
...they made bricks. I razed that small palace in its entirety, took a large area from the fields for an addition, and added (it) to it (the palace). I laid its foundations with limestone, strong stone from the mountains, and raised the terrace.
I summoned the kings of Ḫatti and Across the River (Syria-Palestine) Baʾalu, king of Tyre, Manasseh, king of Judah, Qaʾuš-gabri, king of Edom, Muṣurī, king of Moab, Ṣil-Bēl, king of Gaza, Mitinti, king of Ashkelon, ...
Even if the translation wasn't very wrong, I'd be incredibly skeptical of this because Akkadian and Sumerian share a lot of words that are written the same way, but have very different meanings (which can even be mixed within a document!). They're usually documented separately in dictionaries and most translations will have a convention to denote each usage. [1] has a good example of how dense these sorts of notational conventions can get.
[0] http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/Q003230 http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/Q003230
[1] https://brill.com/display/book/9789004417564/front-10.xml https://brill.com/display/book/9789004417564/front-10.xml
- thechao 3y agoRight? > 51. ki-ma a-tar-tim-ma ul-tu lib3-bi_a-sza3-mesz_ ab-tuq-ma Is translated as: > 51. Like the Apsû, it rose up from the heart of the earth. But 'Apsu' isn't a reading in any of those words?
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