Geers Heft B p. 030 (K.06151) (P238616)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Geers Heft B p. 030 (K.06151) |
|---|---|
| ID | P238616 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project ccpo · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [(...) Jupiter is] the bearer of signals for the villages. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [In "The boat constellation" (mul.MÁ.GUR₈) ...] MÁ means "creator," and hence "creatress," |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...]. Hence it is as if it said ["Nabû"]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [...]. The ŠUPA-star is the shining star. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [The ... star is the star that] binds the [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [the Arrow star] is the righteous star. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [... Mercury (is)] the killer of cattle. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... Mars] (is) the bringer of continual plague. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] Bēlet-ilī ..., |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] "cart-pole" means "shaft" (of the wagon star). |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... the ...-star] bends back, in the country the star of the country will raise [...], |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[mul}SAG.ME.GAR na-aš₂ ṣa]-⸢ad⸣-du a-na da-ad-mi | |
| 2 | {[mul}MA₂.GUR₈ x x ⸢MA₂⸣ ba-nu-u₂ ba-ni-tu₄ | |
| 3 | [x x x {d}AG] ki-i iq-bu-u₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x] {mul}ŠU.PA MUL na-me-ru | |
| 5 | [x x x x (x)]-ti ka-mu-u₂ | |
| 6 | {[mul}GAG.SI.SA₂ ⸢MUL⸣ mi-ša₂-ri | |
| 7 | {[mul}UDU.TIL ⸢muš⸣-mit bu-⸢li₃⸣ | |
| 8 | {[mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu muš]-ta-bar-ru-u₂ ⸢mu⸣-[ta-nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DINGIR⸣.MAH ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mi-⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ za-ru-u₂ ma-⸢šad-du⸣ | |
| 5' | [...]-⸢x⸣-bu GAM ina ma-a-ti MUL KUR ⸢KUR⸣ [(x x)] | |
| 6' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ši | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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