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CUSAS 18, 016 (P252113)

Divination, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationCUSAS 18, 016
IDP252113
Museum no.MS 3104
CollectionSchøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreDivination
Find spotuncertain (mod. uncertain)

English translation

By Johnson, J. Cale · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

LineEnglish
obverse col 1 3'If a man goes into the chapel of his god,
obverse col 1 4'right in front of him (as he goes in)
obverse col 1 5'a ... flees:
obverse col 1 6'his days with (his) god will be long.
obverse col 1 7'If a man’s intestines in the morning:
obverse col 1 8'growl.
obverse col 1 9'he will become dejected.
obverse col 1 10'If at midnight a man's
obverse col 1 11'two ears are ringing:
obverse col 1 12'... him.
obverse col 1 13'If a man’s ...
obverse col 1 15'they (fem.) will drive him from ...
obverse col 1 16'If, as a man is walking along
obverse col 1 18'a ... keeps fleeing from in front of him:
obverse col 1 19'that man ... with (his) god.
obverse col 1 20'If a man ... at night ...
obverse col 1 21'goes in ...
obverse col 2 3'If a man ...
obverse col 2 6'If a man ...
obverse col 2 7'bathes in the river:
obverse col 2 8'it yields a sign ...
obverse col 2 9'the girgiszszu-pustule ...
obverse col 2 10'a grave illness
obverse col 2 11'he will suffer'.
obverse col 2 12'If a man is in a weakened condition for 7 months
obverse col 2 13'and in the river:
obverse col 2 14'he bathes: his body
obverse col 2 15'will have lice'.
obverse col 2 16'If a pig is eating in a man’s house:
obverse col 2 17'afterwards, the man’s household will lack food'.
obverse col 2 18'If sheep are grazing in a man’s house:
obverse col 2 19'the man’s household will have food in the future'.
obverse col 2 20'If there is a man ... to a wild ass or
obverse col 2 21'to a dog:
obverse col 2 24'someone planning to do him harm
obverse col 2 25'will speak to him'.
obverse col 2 26'If a man, in the month of Simānu, a house
obverse col 2 27'builds: in the man's house
obverse col 2 28'a chill-demon will be bound'.
obverse col 2 29'If a man captures and releases a bird:
obverse col 2 30'the oath he swears, viz'. the oath-demon,
obverse col 2 31'will not approach him'.
obverse col 2 32'If a dog’s jaw in ...
obverse col 3 4'If in the toilet of a man’s house
obverse col 3 5'a shoot appears:
obverse col 3 6'the man’s household will have food in the future.
obverse col 3 7'If a bunch of snakes in a man’s house
obverse col 3 8'are kissing each other:
obverse col 3 9'the people will be built up'.
obverse col 3 10'If mongooses in a man’s house
obverse col 3 11'are kissing each other:
obverse col 3 12'he will achieve greatness'.
obverse col 3 13'If a man, when he is putting on his garment,
obverse col 3 14'the front of the garment gets twisted,
obverse col 3 15'wherever he goes,
obverse col 3 16'his wrists will cling (to each other)'.
obverse col 3 17'Then that garment
obverse col 3 18'he should stretch,
obverse col 3 19'into warp
obverse col 3 20'split it up and
obverse col 3 21'leave it as a pledge:
obverse col 3 23'... wherever he goes,
obverse col 3 24'he will prevail against his legal adversay'.
obverse col 3 25'If a man, when he is putting on a garment,
obverse col 3 26'the folds get rolled up:
obverse col 3 27'... to his lap ...
obverse col 4 1If a man ... on a chair ...:
obverse col 4 6wherever he goes
obverse col 4 7he will achieve ... .
obverse col 4 8If a man gets up from (his) chair and,
obverse col 4 9on the leg of (his) chair,
obverse col 4 10catches the fringe (of his garment),
obverse col 4 11and as he rises,
obverse col 4 12it tears:
obverse col 4 13someone who dwells in his house
obverse col 4 14will slander him.
obverse col 4 15That man (his) chair
obverse col 4 16should turn over
obverse col 4 17and that leg
obverse col 4 18put down at the back:
obverse col 4 19the voice of the person who is dwelling (in his house) will be diminished.
obverse col 4 20If a cloth keeps falling from a man’s body:
obverse col 4 21fire will continually break out
obverse col 4 22and in his own home;
obverse col 4 23he will be continually afraid;
obverse col 4 24confinement will seize the owner of the cloth
obverse col 4 25(and) this complaint
obverse col 4 26will be raised against him.
obverse col 4 27He should rinse that cloth in water,
obverse col 4 28turn over his bed,
obverse col 4 29its head at the feet
obverse col 4 30he places,
obverse col 4 31twine the ...,
obverse col 4 33the fringe to its head,
obverse col 4 34... soak it in water
obverse col 4 35and ... foot.
obverse col 5 10'If a cloth/blanket on the body of a man
obverse col 5 11'does not touch his face,
obverse col 5 12'but his chest ...
obverse col 5 13'does not stay on him:
obverse col 5 14'for the owner of the garment, losses,
obverse col 5 15'his solid figure will be made light.
obverse col 5 16'... he grabbed its edge,
obverse col 5 17'double it up,
obverse col 5 18'the fringe into the middle
obverse col 5 19'he curls,
obverse col 5 20'and place it for the ...:
obverse col 5 27'... the owner of the garment
obverse col 5 28'will not experience ... .
obverse col 5 29'If there is a depression in the middle of the blanket
obverse col 5 30'... and,
obverse col 5 31'a wedge above and below
obverse col 5 32'it forms,
obverse col 5 33'the owner of the blanket his omen
obverse col 5 34'will not be able to fulfill.
obverse col 5 35'He should make a clay figurine,
obverse col 5 36'recite the name of the owner of the blanket ... .
obverse col 6 16'... he will die.
obverse col 6 17'76 (lines), not checked
obverse col 6 18'If a dog in a man’s house with its paws
obverse col 6 19'marks the walls:
obverse col 6 20'the household of the man will die in front of it;
obverse col 6 21'his days are near.
obverse col 6 22'If on the table
obverse col 6 23'a lizard its eggs
obverse col 6 24'lays.
obverse col 6 25'in his family
obverse col 6 26'... will come into existence.
obverse col 6 27'If a man ... at the budum-festival,
obverse col 6 28'in the temple or during a food offering,
obverse col 6 30'is appointed for him in this way,
obverse col 6 31'one of the people among his ...
obverse col 6 32'will get sick and ... .
obverse col 6 33'If a mongoose ... its young
obverse col 6 34'to the hole, ...
obverse col 7 9'If he gets ...:
obverse col 7 11'... he will die.
obverse col 7 12'If a sick man’s two nostrils
obverse col 7 13'are ...: he will die.
obverse col 7 14'If his veins
obverse col 7 15'are yellow-green: he will get better.
obverse col 7 16'If his veins
obverse col 7 17'are stretched out, he will die.
obverse col 7 18'If the veins of his hands
obverse col 7 19'are thickened, he will die.
obverse col 7 20'If he is stricken in the head:
obverse col 7 21'it is Hand of Bēlet-ilī.
obverse col 7 22'If he is stricken in the rear:
obverse col 7 23'it is Hand-of-Šamasz.
obverse col 7 24'If he is stricken in the eye:
obverse col 7 25'it is Hand of Sîn.
obverse col 7 26'If he is stricken in the spleen:
obverse col 7 27'it is Hand-of-Adad.
obverse col 7 28'If he is stricken in the gut:
obverse col 7 29'it is Hand-of-Ninszubur.
obverse col 7 30'If he is stricken in the anus:
obverse col 7 31'it is Hand-of-Timua.
obverse col 7 32'If he is stricken in the foot:
obverse col 7 33'it is Hand-of-Gemini.
obverse col 8 3'... he has ...
obverse col 8 4'If ... before his god
obverse col 8 5'he sets,
obverse col 8 6'and blocks the fumigation:
obverse col 8 7'for seven days there will be no bread.
obverse col 8 8'If his fingers in:
obverse col 8 9'the ...
obverse col 8 10'are cold: it is Hand-of-a-Ghost.
obverse col 8 11'If is fingers
obverse col 8 12'are constantly roaming:
obverse col 8 13'his days are near.
obverse col 8 14'If during the bibbulu (disappearance of the moon)
obverse col 8 15'a scorpion ... the head (of a man)
obverse col 8 16'there will be shade, viz. protection.
obverse col 8 17'If on bibbulu
obverse col 8 18'a lizard with 2 tails
obverse col 8 19'is sighted, he will grow rich.
obverse col 8 20'If in the month of Tebetu
obverse col 8 21'a frog with a tail is sighted:
obverse col 8 22'he will get sick.
obverse col 8 23'If in his house a lizard
obverse col 8 24'without a tail is sighted:
obverse col 8 25'his wife to many sons
obverse col 8 26'will give birth and
obverse col 8 27'there will not be enough bread for the mouth of each one.

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1'[...]
2'[...]
3'_DISZ lu2_ a-na# _e2_ i3-li2-szu i-ru-ub-ma
4'x x x x a-na pa-ni-szu
5'in#-ne2-ru-ub
6'[u2]-mu#-szu# it#-ti _dingir_ ar-ku
7'_DISZ dili_ i+na# szi-ir-tim ir-ru-szu
8'i#-ha#-ru-ru# x x x
9'x x x x in-na-di
10'_DISZ dili_ i+na qa2-ab-li-ti
11'uz#-na#-szu i-ha-za-a
12'[x] x [x] x-us-su2
13'[_DISZ dili]_ x x-szu i+na a-wa?-tim?
14'[x] x bi x szu nu? x x
15'[i-na _e2]_ u2#-sze#-s,e#-a#-szu#
16'[_DISZ] dili sila_ i+na a-la#-ki#-szu#
17'[x] x x x x-ma
18'[a-na] pa#-ni#-szu# it#-te#-ne2#-ru#-ub
19'_[lu2_ szu-u2] it-ti _dingir_ ha ni? asz?
20'[_DISZ dili_ x x] i+na _ge6_ i-x / x
21'[a-na x x x] x i-ru-ub
22'[...] x x
23'[_DISZ_ x x x x x x] x
obverse col 2
1'x x [...]
2'[...]
3'_DISZ dili_ x [...]
4'si2-x [...]
5'it-ta#-[x-x-x]
6'_DISZ dili_ i+na# x [x x] x
7'me i+na# na#-ri i#-ra#-mu#-uk
8'it?-tum i-la-kam#
9'za x hi ge-er-gi x
10'mu-ur-s,a le-em-nam
11'i-im-mar
12'_DISZ dili iti 7(disz) i3-la2-e_
13'i-la#?-ak-ma i-na na-ri
14'me i-ra-mu-uk zu-mu-ur-szu#?
15'kal-ma-tam u2-ka-al
16'_DISZ_ i+na _e2 dili szah2_ i-ka#-al#
17'_e2 dili_ a-na# _egir ninda_ u2-za#-ma#
18'_DISZ_ i+na _e2 dili udu_ i#-ka#-lu
19'_e2 dili_ a-na _egir# ninda#_ i-ra-szi
20'_DISZ dili_ a-na _ansze-edin_ u
21'a-na _ur-gi gar_
22'x x x x x x
23'x [x] x x x
24'ka#-pi#-id# _hul_-szu#?
25'i#-qa2#-ab#-bi#-szum
26'_DISZ dili_ i+na# _{iti}sig4-a e2_
27'i-pe-esz i-na _e2 dili_
28'szu#-ru#-pu ra#-ki#-is#
29'_DISZ dili muszen_ i-s,a-bat u2-wa-szar
30'ma-mi-it# i#-tam#-mu#-u2
31'u2#-ul i-t,e4-he-szum
32'[_DISZ_ i?]-si2? kal-bi i-na
33'[x x] x x x ku-u2
34'[...] x x
obverse col 3
1'_DISZ_ x [...]
2'it-[...]
3'mu-uh-hi# x [x x]
4'_DISZ_ i+na _e2 dili_ i+na a-su2-ri
5'ha-[bu]-rum wa-s,i
6'_[e2 dili_ a-na] _egir# ninda_ i-ra-szi#
7'_DISZ_ i+na _e2 lu2 musz-hi-a_
8'it#-ta-asz-szi-qu2
9'_ug3 du3_-i
10'_DISZ_ i+na _e2 dili {d}nin-kilim_
11'it-ta-asz-szi-qa2
12'ra-bu-tam i-pe2-esz
13'_DISZ dili tug2_-su2 i+na li-it#-bu#-szi#
14'pa-ni-szu ik-ta-na-na
15'a-szar i-la-ku
16'ri#?-it#-ta-szu# in-ne2-mi-da
17'i-nu-mi#-szu#-ma _tug2_ sza-ti
18'i#-[sza-da]-ad-ma
19'[x x] x a-na szu-ti-i
20'i#-le-te-ma
21'a-na ma-asz-ka-nim i-sza-ka-an
22'ki-s,a-IL ta su2? BAD?
23'a-szar i-la-ku
24'_ugu lugal inim gub-ba_
25'_DISZ dili tug2_ i+na li-it-bu-szi
26'ki-ri-mu ka#-ap-lu-u2
27'ir# x x a-na su2-ni-szu
28'[...] x ur?
29'[...] x
obverse col 4
1[_DISZ dili_ x x] i-na _{gesz}gu-za_
2[...] x x x
3[x x x x x x]
4[x x x x x x]
5x x [x x] za x
6a-szar i#-la#-ku#
7qa2#-as#-su2# i#-ka#-sza-ad
8_DISZ dili_ i+na _{gesz}gu-za_ it-ba-a
9i+na ka-pa-al _{gesz}gu-za_
10si2-si2-ik-tam ik-bu-us2
11i+na te-be2-szu
12it-ta-ki#-is
13wa-szi-ib _e2_-szu
14kar-s,i-szu i-ka-al
15_dili_ szu-u2 _{gesz}gu-za_
16usz-ba-la-ka-at
17ka-ap-lam szu-a-ti
18u2-sze-er?-de
19wa-asz-bu# _ka#_-szu i-ma-t,i
20_DISZ tug2_ i+na pa-gar3 _lu2 szub#?-ba?_
21_izi_ it-ta#-na#-an-pa-ah
22u3 i+na# szu#-ub#-ti-szu
23ig#-da#-na-lu-ut
24_lugal tug2_ u2-su2-ur-tum#! i-s,a-bat
25ri-ig-mu-um szu-u2
26e-li-szu isz-sza#-ka#-an
27_tug2_ sza-ti me i-s,a-pu
28_{gesz}nu2_-szu usz-ba-la-ka#-at
29re-szi-szu a-na szi-[pe]-tim#
30i#-sza#-[ka-an]
31[x x] x usz-te-s,e-ep
32i-x [...] x x
33si2-si2-ik-tam a-na re-szi-szu
34[...] a i-ra-sa3-an
35[...] x szi-pe-tim#?
obverse col 5
1'x x [...]
2'x x x [...]
3'[x] x x x [x x]
4'szi-mi-x [...]
5'x x x x [x]
6'x te [x x] x
7'x li2 x ka x
8'x x x x [x]
9'x x x [...]
10'_DISZ tug2_ i+na pa-gar3 _lu2_
11'_igi nu_ il-ta-pa-at
12'u3 ir-ti ib? usz? szu#?
13'i+na# zu#-um-ri#-szu# NU GI
14'a-na _lugal tug2_ i-bi-su2#-u2#?
15'_alam_-szu _gi_ usz-qal4-lal?
16'x x usz pa-ti-szu is,-bat
17'usz-te-s,e-ep-ma
18'si2-si2-ik-tam a-na _sza3_
19'i-ka-pi-is,-[ma]
20'_ugu_ x [x x] x
21'_tug2_ x [...] x
22'i-x x [x] x
23'a-na x x x x-tim
24'i-na ru-x x x x
25'a-na ma-sze-er-tim
26'i-sza-ka#-an#
27'_lugal tug2_ x sza x x
28'u2-ul# i-mar
29'_DISZ_ i-na _sza3 tug2# mi#-iq#-tum#
30'x x x-ma
31'_DISZ an-ta ki-ta_
32'usz-te-eb-ni
33'_lugal tug2_ it-ta-szu
34'u2-ul u2-ma-la
35'_alam im_ i-pe-esz
36'_mu lugal tug2_ i-za-kar
37'[x] x x a x [x]
obverse col 6
1'[...] ad
2'[...] x a
3'x x [x] x x
4'x x pa-nam? a-na pa-nim
5'szu-te-eb-x
6'[ki]-ma me-gi4-x [x]
7'x x x _lu2_ x [x]
8'x it-ta-na-x x
9'x x x
10'_DISZ_ mi-iq-tum#? x x x
11'ki-ma me-gi4-x
12'x x x x x
13'x x x x x
14'szi-x x x x tir
15'ta-ba#-al
16'x x x x x _ba-usz2_
17'1(gesz2) 1(u) 6(disz) _nu-e3_
18'_DISZ_ i+na _e2 lu2 ur?_ i-na _giri3_
19'i-ga-ra u2-s,a-ar
20'_e2 lu2_ a-na _igi_-szu i-ma-at
21'_u4_-mu-szu qer-bu
22'_DISZ_ i+na _{gesz}banszur_
23'_eme-szid_ pe-li-sza
24'isz-ta-ka-an
25'i+na ni-szu#-ti-szu
26'x x x ib-ba-asz-szi
27'_DISZ dili_ i-na bu-di-im
28'i+na# _e2 dingir_ i+na _kurum6_-szu
29'x x mu-um
30'ki-a-am sza-ak-na-szu#
31'i-na _murub4#? kaskal kur_-ti-szu
32'_nam gig_-ma _he2-gar_
33'_DISZ_ {d}nin-kilim dumu-mesz_-szu
34'a-na hu#-ur-ri
35'x x x
obverse col 7
1'x x x x szu
2'x x x x x
3'[x] x [x]-asz-szi
4'[...] x [x]
5'[...] x [x]
6'x x x x x
7'x x x x x
8'_DISZ_ x x x x x x
9'[x x]-am i-ra-asz-szi
10'[...] x-ti
11'i-x x x x il? _usz2_
12'_DISZ tu-ra_ na-hi-ra#-szu
13'szu-ta-as-nu-qa2 _usz2_
14'_DISZ_ szi-ir-ha-nu#-szu
15'_sig7 ti-la_
16'_DISZ_ szi-ir-ha-an-szu
17'_gid2 ba-usz2_
18'_DISZ_ szi-ir-ha-an _szu_-szu
19'ku-bu-tu _ba-usz2_
20'_DISZ sag_ ma-hi-is,
21'_szu dingir-mah_
22'_DISZ_ i+na _egir_ ma-hi-is,
23'_szu {d}utu_
24'_DISZ_ i+na _igi_-szu ma-hi-is,
25'_szu {d}nanna_
26'_DISZ_ t,u3#-li-ma ma-hi-is,
27'_szu# {d}iszkur_
28'_DISZ_ i+na _sza3#_ ma-hi-is,
29'_szu [{d}]nin-szubur_
30'_DISZ_ i+na szu-bur-ri ma-hi-is,
31'_szu {d}ti-mu2-a_
32'_DISZ_ i+na _giri3_ ma-hi-is,
33'_szu# {d}masz-tab-ba#_
34'[_DISZ_ i+na x ma]-hi#-[is,]
obverse col 8
1'[...] x
2'[x x] x x x
3'x x _mud_ u2-kal
4'[x x] x _igi_ a-na _dingir_
5'isz-ku#-un-ma
6'_mu2_ i-pa-ri-ik
7'_u4 7(disz)-kam ninda nu gar_
8'_DISZ szu-si_-szu isz-tu
9'li#-bi# [ri]-tim
10'u2-ka-s,a-a# _szu gidim_
11'_DISZ szu-si_-szu
12'it-te-ne2-eh-le-a
13'_u4_-mu-szu qer-bu
14'_DISZ_ i+na _u4-na2#-[a]_
15'_gir2-tab sag#-[du lu2_ iz-qu-ut?]
16'_gissu#_ sza#-ki#-in#
17'_DISZ_ i+na _u4-na2#-a_
18'_eme-szid kun_ 2(disz)-ta
19'i-ta-mar i-szar-ru
20'_DISZ_ i+na _{iti}ab-e3_
21'_bil-za-za kun_ i-ta-mar
22'i-mar-<ra>-as,
23'_DISZ_ i+na _e2_-szu _eme-szid_
24'sza _kun# nu# gar# igi#!_
25'_dam#_-[szu2 _dumu]-mesz_ ma-du-ti
26'ul#-[la-ad]-ma
27'_[ninda_ a-na pi]-szu _nu gar_
28'[_DISZ_ x x] x x

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