... .4. .. . .


2016

:


.

18
)

(
1977
3
)

( 1893

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

pig

word

mouth

to speak

to call out

tooth

date

date

tongue, language

to eat

city

assembly

table

table

.18

)south (wind

to enter

farmer, plowman

a plow

 .
.
8

8th Babylonian
)month (Oct-Nov

excellent

brother

)to be (come
different

enemy

life

year

name

to speak

word, name

liter measure

qa = 1 liter

shepherd

.


.

stela

to fall

to throw

not

not

lieutenant

gardener

gardener

netherworld

.
.
4

esteemed

to get old

old

old

to open

if

be ended

)Ea (god

rope, 13 bur = 2.16

hectares

rope, 13 bur = 2.16

hectares

)Laga (city

.
.

seed

to live

middle, half

span = 25 mm.

)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

bird

to be, exist

door

life

arousal, muster,
attack

arousal, muster,
attack


. .

woman of the
palace

. ..

woman of the
palace

reed

prince

left, left side/hand

)Ishtar (goddess

until

lord

)Marduk (god

(= .)

)moon (-god

- -

Sennacherib

.. . - -

10

commissioner

)Enlil (god

)Enlil (god

.
.

)Enlil (god

.
.

)Enlil (god

(= .)

)Nippur (city

14

harvest, summer

mountain

field = 3600 m.2

side

neck

11


.
. 8

)Kutha (city

tribute

kor = 300 liters

to return, turn

horn

to prosper

north

head

head

land-registry
officer

.
.

available assets

12

lock

boat

. 5

sailor

. 4

sailor

..

cargo boat

..

cargo boat

(business) associate

wine

four

four

touch

13

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)

10th Babylonian
month (Dec-Jan)

..

copper, bronze

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

to bind

religious festival

17

city wall

to give

moist

scraps, bran

breast

steppe

way

road, journey,
campaign

wild bull

elephant

flesh, meat

18

fire

fire-god

fire-god

fire-god

5th Babylonian
)month (July-Aug

.
.

5th Babylonian
)month (July-Aug

a purchase, price

to crush

thigh

lap

to go

19

to stand

courier

.4

courier

ass, homer

.
.

horse

.4

rest, remainder

after, behind

after, behind

dust

dust

beer

20

brewer

oil

ointment (ration)

gatekeeper

male

sixty

administrator

bordering on,
beside

..

border, neighbor,
plot

..

stone

basket, box

8.

21

basket, box

.
.

cloister

.
.
4

cloister

wide

mother

temple courtyard

breast

branch, frond

branch, frond

scepter

overseer

22

overseer

?white coral

branch, staff

Nabu-bel-shumate
)(king

religion office, duty

farmer, land tenant

shepherd

tree, wood

reed thicket,
canebrake

beam, log

forest, grove

. ..

23

.11

sun-god

fire-god

fire-god

fire-god

fire

fire

shade

ox

2nd Babylonian
)month (April-May

2nd Babylonian
)month (April-May

reserve of barley

.
.4

.

24

.

.

reserve of barley

west

land of the
Amorites

wagon, cart, Ursa

Major

.

.

wagon, cart, Ursa

Major

to count

temple
administrator

)Marduk (god

- -

Merodach-Baladan
)(king

cubit

span = 25 mm.

..-

25

plant

rope = ca. 60
meters

chief shepherd

chief shepherd

shoreland,
water meadow

milk

work, corve duty

work, corve duty

chief minister

vizier

house

.5

26

Eabzu (temple)

.
.

a temple of Marduk

.
.

daughter-in-law,
bride

.
.

a temple of Marduk

.
.

a temple of Marduk

.
.

tablet house, school

.
.

granary, silo

granary, silo

..

daughter-in-law,
bride

.
.

palace

temple of ama in
Sippar

27


.

.

temple of ama in
Sippar

.5

village

.8

)wall (of building

be strong

young man

ebony

pot

land

)people (pl.

trust

to return, turn

28

human being

innkeeper,
beer merchant

brother

Ur, city in southern

Mesopotamia

Ur, city in southern

Mesopotamia

Sumerian moongod

right side/hand

animals shoulder

animals shoulder

garden plot = 36
m.2

to write

).(=

29

orchard

middle

11th Babylonian
)month (Jan-Feb

.


.

11th Babylonian
)month (Jan-Feb

mina

mina

great, big

admin. of date
orchards

courtier

dais

1st Babylonian
)month (Mar-Apr

30

1st Babylonian
)month (Mar-Apr

crown

herald

soldier

arm, side

proximity, what
adjoins

hand

barber

3 cubit = 16.7 cm

3 cubit = 16.7 cm

.

.

3 cubit = 16.7 cm

..

31

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)

.
.

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

grain

barley, grain

barley, grain

barley, grain

barley, grain

sesame or flax

sesame or flax

..

barley, grain

barley, grain

to be(come) long,
delayed

to be(come) long,
delayed

34

long

long

quay

prostitute

prostitute

white

day

day

sun-god

sun

bronze

35

Larsa, city in
southern Babylonia

Euphrates river

city north of
Babylon

ear

heart

.4

ox-driver

food allotment,
fodder

army

soldier, army

army

.
.

army

36

bead

(ox-)tail, whip

(ox-)tail, whip

good, pleasant

3600

wind

15

wind

clay

tablet

)Adad (god

mist, fog

37

whirlwind

lung

ring

ten

bur = 2.48 hectares

bur = 2.48 hectares

bur = 2.48 hectares

bur = 2.48 hectares

on, over

cow

.
.
.

)cattle, bovines (pl.

38

Kish, a city east of

Babylon

night

black

basin, flask

basin, flask

bow

builder

like

bed

lightning

)Elam (country

39

)Elam (country

to bring

to bring

calf

)Marduk (god

offering, sacrifice

foot

temple attendant

..

bone

governor

governor

40

god of the
netherworld

.
.

esteemed

disease

twenty

rope = ca. 60
meters

thirty

moon-god

forty

fifty

7th Babylonian
month (Sept-Oct)

7th Babylonian
month (Sept-Oct)

.6

41

eye

front

front

thousand

.55

defeat

gift

steward

good

to birth

to birth

to equal

42

wholeness

judge

reach

place

earth

with

hard soil

military camp

threshing floor, lot

young woman

young woman

43

pure

gold

silver

food, ration

food, ration

to, for

one

if

bushel = 60 liters

prisoner

to bind

44

hundred

)Nammu (goddess

chariot

sheep, goats

reed marsh

to sit

to sit

weapon

garment

boxwood

..
.

45

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

.
.

multiply by, times

product (math)

open field, meadow

field

subsistence field

water

water

..

48

river, canal

poplar

..8

canal worker

..8

canal worker

river-god

fish

to divide, separate

red stone

food

rod = 6 meters

)accounting (record

.7

49

property

)possession(s

goods

four

five

six

seven

seven

eight

eight

nine

50

mule

woman

girl, fem. servant

jenny

innkeeper,
beer merchant

lady

high priestess

.
.

high priestess

wife

merchant

fem. servant

51

seat

pure

(mud) brick

3rd Babylonian
month (May-June)

3rd Babylonian
month (May-June)

.
4

3rd Babylonian
month (May-June)

.
4

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