Nisaba 2, pl. X (no. 2) (P238552)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 2, pl. X (no. 2) |
|---|---|
| ID | P238552 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By Verderame, Lorenzo · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | […] as it was placed on the third day … |
| Obverse [3:4] 4'4'–4'4' | […] … Saturn … |
| Obverse [4:5] 5'5'–5'5' | […] false |
| Obverse [5:6] 6'6'–6'6' | [… Sa]turn will enter it. |
| Obverse [6:7] 7'7'–7'7' | […] it is surrounded by a halo and |
| Obverse [7:8] 8'8'–8'8' | [… you] treat (it) [as …] |
| Obverse [8:9] 9'9'–9'9' | […] … will stand with it. |
| Obverse [9:10] 10'10'–10'10' | […] Sîn will strike the enemy. |
| Obverse [10:11] 11'11'–11'11' | […] passed by. |
| Obverse [11:12] 12'12'–12'12' | […] Mars will stand with it. |
| Obverse [12:13] 13'13'–13'13' | […] an eclipse during the middle watch. |
| Obverse [13:14] 14'14'–14'14' | […] there will be an epidemic. Venus will stand with it. |
| Obverse [14:15] 15'15'–15'15' | […] Saturn will stand with it. |
| Obverse [15:16] 16'16'–16'16' | […] … rises, it (the moon) is obscured completely (lit. “its entirety”) (viz. by the eclipse). |
| Obverse [16:17] 17'17'–17'17' | [… “…] is scattered” – (it is said) on account of an eclipse. |
| Obverse [17:18] 18'18'–18'18' | [… ] “it (a horn) is [shi]ning and black” – (it is said) on account of an eclipse. |
| Obverse [18:19] 19'19'–19'19' | […] is covered with patches, on its (viz., the moon’s) appearance a star will stand before its right horn. |
| Obverse [19:20] 20'20'–20'20' | [If] its [right horn] faces the earth, (on) its left side an eclipse will occur and its right side will be bright. |
| Obverse [20:21] 21'21'–21'21' | [If] its [right horn] is bent and, on its appearance, pierces the sky, trade will shrink in the lands. |
| Obverse [21:22] 22'22'–22'22' | [If] its right [horn, … (an eclipse)] will obscure (lit. obscured) it (i.e., the moon) completely (lit. “its entirety”). |
| Obverse [22:23] 23'23'–23'23' | [If] its right [horn] … and its left horn pierces the sky, trade will shrink in the land. |
| Obverse [23:24] 24'24'–24'24' | (means?) “on its appearance [at] sunset, a star stands in its left horn.” |
| Obverse [24:25] 25'25'–25'25' | [If] its right horn is pointed and a star stands inside it, in the moon … |
| Obverse [25:26] 26'26'–26'26' | [If] its right horn is stretched, in its left (horn) stands a star. |
| Obverse [26:27] 27'27'–27'27' | If its right horn is thin, an eclipse will be visible during the evening-watch of the first day and … |
| Obverse [27:28] 28'28'–28'28' | the harvest … . |
| Obverse [28:29] 29'29'–29'29' | If its right horn is thin […] … [(…)] |
| Obverse [29:30] 30'30'–30'30' | means “the enemy will dev[our] the land of Akkad […”] |
| Obverse [30:31] 31'31'–31'31' | [If] its right horn is thin […] |
| Obverse [31:32] 32'32'–32'32' | [If)] its left horn is thin […] |
| Obverse [32:33] 33'33'–33'33' | [If its … horn] is thin, a star/ the constellation […] |
| Obverse [33:34] 34'34'–34'34' | [If] its right [horn] is thin […] |
| Obverse [34:35] 35'35'–35'35' | [If] its right [horn] is thin, a star/ the constellation […] |
| Obverse [35:36] 36'36'–36'36' | […] is visible on the thirtieth day […] |
| Obverse [36:37] 37'37'–37'37' | below […] |
| Obverse [37:38] 38'38'–38'38' | If its right horn is thin, the constellation […] |
| Obverse [38:39] 39'39'–39'39' | means “At sunrise, the right side of the moon will […] the land of Akkad.” |
| Obverse [39:40] 40'40'–40'40' | means “it grew thin.” The star … […] |
| Obverse [40:41] 41'41'–41'41' | If its right horn … […] |
| Obverse [41:42] 42'42'–42'42' | means “It will be visible on the first day […] |
| Obverse [48:49] 49'''49'''–49'''49''' | […] will die. |
| Obverse [49:50] 50'''50'''–50'''50''' | […] will lie down. |
| Obverse [50:51] 51'''51'''–51'''51''' | […] there will be … |
| Obverse [52:53] 53'''53'''–53'''53''' | […] Ditto, a god will devour in the land. |
| Obverse [53:54] 54'''54'''–54'''54''' | […] … there will be a defeat of the army. |
| Obverse [54:55] 55'''55'''–55'''55''' | [If …] a star stands in its left horn, an eclipse of the king of Martu will occur. |
| Obverse [55:56] 56'''56'''–56'''56''' | [If …] is divided in two, that land will perish. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] GIM GAR U₄.3.KAM₂ BA ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ SAG | |
| 4' | [...]-⸢ma⸣ {d}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢la⸣ kit-tu₄ | |
| 6' | [... {d}UDU.IDIM].⸢SAG⸣.UŠ ana ŠA₃-šu₂ KU₄-ma | |
| 7' | [...] TUR₃ NIGIN-ma | |
| 8' | [... GIM ... ta]-⸢har⸣-ra-aṣ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ MUL KI-šu₂ GUB-ma | |
| 10' | [...] {⸢d⸣}30 KUR₂ i-mah-ha-aṣ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣{ki} DIB | |
| 12' | [...] {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu KI-šu₂ GUB-ma | |
| 13' | [...] AN.GE₆ qab-li-ti | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢UŠ₂⸣-MEŠ GAR-MEŠ {d}dil-bat KI-šu₂ GUB-ma | |
| 15' | [...] {d}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ KI-šu₂ GUB-ma | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x⸣ SAG ⸢E₃⸣-ma gab-bi-šu₂ a-rim | |
| 17' | [...] BIR aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ AN.GE₆ | |
| 18' | [... nam]-⸢ra⸣-at u GE₆{at} aš₂-⸢šu₂⸣ AN.GE₆ | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x⸣ e-di-⸢ih⸣ ina IGI.LA₂-šu₂ MUL ina UGU SI ZAG-šu₂ GUB-ma | |
| 20' | SI ZAG]-⸢šu₂⸣ KI IGI-[ma] GUB₃-šu AN.GE₆ GAR-ma ZAG-šu₂ nam-rat | |
| 21' | SI ZAG]-⸢šu₂⸣ GAM-ma ⸢ina⸣ [IGI.LA₂]-⸢šu₂⸣ AN ṭe-rat KI.LAM KUR.KUR TUR | |
| 22' | SI] ⸢ZAG-šu₂ x⸣ [x x] gab-bi-šu₂ ir-rim-ma | |
| 23' | SI] ZAG-šu₂ ⸢x x-ma⸣ SI GUB₃-šu₂ AN ṭe-rat KI.LAM KUR TUR{ir} | |
| 24' | [ina] {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A ina IGI.LA₂-šu₂ ina SI GUB₃-šu₂ MUL GUB-ma | |
| 25' | ⸢SI⸣ ZAG-šu₂ ed-de-et-ma MUL ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB ina ŠA₃ {d}30 ki-i GUB{zu} u ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 26' | ⸢SI⸣ ZAG-šu₂ tar-ṣa-at ina GUB₃-šu₂ MUL GUB-ma | |
| 27' | SI ZAG-šu₂ SIG AN.GE₆ EN.NUN.AN.USAN₂ UD.1.KAM₂ IGI-ma GAR ⸢x⸣ | |
| 28' | {d}NISABA qab-⸢li⸣-[(x)] | |
| 29' | SI ZAG-šu₂ SIG ⸢x x x x x x x x x⸣ [(x x)] | |
| 30' | {kur}URI{ki} KUR₂ ⸢GU₇⸣ [...] | |
| 31' | ⸢SI⸣ ZAG-šu₂ SIG [...] | |
| 32' | ⸢SI⸣ GUB₃-šu₂ SIG ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 33' | SI x-šu₂] SIG ⸢MUL⸣ [...] | |
| 34' | SI] ZAG-šu₂ SIG ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 35' | SI] ⸢ZAG⸣-šu₂ SIG ⸢MUL⸣ [...] | |
| 36' | [x x (x)] U₄.30.KAM₂ IGI-ma [...] | |
| 37' | šap-liš [...] | |
| 38' | SI ZAG-šu₂ SIG-ma MUL ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 39' | ina {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ ZAG {d}30 {kur}⸢URI⸣{[ki} ...] | |
| 40' | iq-ti-in MUL ⸢GAR x x⸣ [...] | |
| 41' | SI ZAG-šu₂ ⸢IGI x x⸣ [...] | |
| 42' | U₄.1.KAM₂ IGI [...] | |
| 43'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ šu₂ ⸢x⸣ | |
| 44'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ x | |
| 45'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ BI | |
| 46'' | [...] GUB-ma | |
| 47'' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ma | |
| 48''' | [...] ⸢dir x x x x⸣ [x x (x)] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 49''' | [...] UŠ₂ | |
| 50''' | [...] ŠUB{di} | |
| 51''' | [...] GEŠTU₂ GAL₂{ši} | |
| 52''' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ SI x | |
| 53''' | [...] ⸢KIMIN⸣ DINGIR ina KUR GU₇ | |
| 54''' | [...] ⸢x⸣-a ŠUB{ti₃} ERIN₂{ni} GAL₂ | |
| 55''' | [...] MUL ina SI 150-šu₂ GUB AN.GE₆ LUGAL MAR.TU GAR | |
| 56''' | [...] ⸢a-na 2-šu₂ BAR{uz} KUR BI ZAH₂ | |
| 57''' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ |
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