UCP 09-09, 398-399, pl 09-10 (P247890)
Lexical, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | UCP 09-09, 398-399, pl 09-10 |
|---|---|
| ID | P247890 |
| Museum no. | HMA 9-01789 |
| Collection | Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3245, 45.6388 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | (If there is a solar eclipse) on the 17th day: [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | (If) on the 18th day (or) the [nth] day: [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | (If) on the 19th day: a king will die in that year. [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | (If) on the 20th day: the king of Subartu will die by a weapon. [...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | (If) on the 28th day: the king of the world will become ill and recover. His family [...]. In that year there will be a rising of the enemy and the land will become convulsed and [...] into a fortress. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | (If) on the 29th day: the king of Akkad's reign will end. Adad will devastate the grain of the granaries. Conflict [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (If) on the 30th day: the king's reign will be long. Hunger will appear in the land. Conflict [...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | (If) it is eclipsed from the 1st day to the 30th day: a throne in the land [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | (If) on the day it is eclipsed Venus and Jupiter appear with it: peace for the king, hunger for the land. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | (If) it is eclipsed on its uncounted (day): annihilation will destroy Subartu (or): annihilation will destroy a distant land. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | (If) it is eclipsed in Nisannu (I): there will be a dead man in the land. A king will die. His god will die. All evil will appear in the land (or): evil will appear to the army. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | (If) the Sun is eclipsed in Ayyaru (II) on the 1st day: the land will disperse. Armies will arise. : (If) on the 9th day: there will be starvation in the land. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | (If) on the 11th day: there will be ... and caterpillars in the land. The army of the land will shrink (or): hunger [...]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | (If) on the 13th day: the king will become a fugitive (or): hunger [...]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | (If) on the 14th day: rains from heaven, floods from the underground water will come (or): there will be starvation. (If) on the 15th day: the king of Elam will die. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | (If) on the 16th day: king will send enmity to king (or): the king of Subartu will die by a weapon. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | (If) on the 18th day: the king - his land will revolt and there will be blasphemy (or): there will be hunters' pitfalls in the land. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] will bring [...] land. They will enjoy its consumption in the land. : (If) on the 21st day: king will send enmity to king. |
| Obverse [19:23] o 20'20'– | [...] hunger. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | (If) on the [nth] day: [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | (If) on the 30th day: city, king, and his people [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | (If) it is eclipsed from the 1st day to the 20th day: the king of the city of Akkad; alternatively, the land of Akkad will be destroyed. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | (If) on the day that it is eclipsed Venus and Jupiter appear with it: city, king, and his people will be at peace. Lions will go wild. The ways will be cut off. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | (If) it is eclipsed on its uncounted (day): there will be deaths in the land. King will become hostile to king. Epidemic of the people; alternatively, the army. Alternatively, the king will become hostile. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | (If) it is eclipsed in Ululu (VI): a king will die and the land will experience sorrow. Alternatively, sorrow [...]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | Total: 1 sixty, 44 lines. Tablet 33 of the series of "When Anu [...]". |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | (If) the Sun is eclipsed in Šabaṭu (XI) on the 1st day: king will send enmity to king. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Written, checked and properly executed according to its original. Copy of an old writing board. Tablet of Anu-aha-ušabši, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, incantation priest of Anu and Antu. [...] Reš temple, scribe of "When Anu, Ellil". |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 12' | [... {e₂]}⸢re⸣-eš {lu₂}UMBISAG U₄ {d}60 {d⸣}[EN.LIL₂.LA₂ ...] | |
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