NBC 07843 (P299300)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | NBC 07843 |
|---|---|
| ID | P299300 |
| Museum no. | NBC 07843 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | “[If] the moon, when it appears, is red and its right horn is curved (and) its left horn is pointed.” “(If) its horns [are directed] <to the right> (and) upwards, |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | Mars approaches it on the right.” What it says – “its horns are to the right (ZAG)” – (means) “its horns are placed in its center |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | and a complete [ecli]pse (will occur).” “If a horn of the moon is bent” refers to the thirtieth day (on which) “it (i.e., a horn) will be visible with the sun, and |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | curved.” “If, on the thirteenth day, they (i.e., the horns of the moon) are visible with the sun” means “like a makurru-boat, ....” “If a horn of the moon |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | is pointed” (refers to) the first day it (on which) “it (i.e., the horn) will be visible” and the fourteenth day (on which) “it (i.e., the horn) will stand before the sun.” |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | “[If ...] ...” (refers to) the thirtieth day (on which) “Jupiter will approach it (i.e., the moon).” “If it (i.e., the moon) lets (lit. let) its horns hang” (means) “on the first day, there will be a defeat.” |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | “[If it (i.e., the moon)] is white and lets (lit. let) its horns hang” (means) “on the first day, Jupiter will approach it (i.e., the moon).” |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | [“If] its horns pierce (ṭerû) the sky” means “(If) there is a red eclipse” (because) “to grow dark” means “DIRI.” |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | [“If] its horns are very bent” (refers to) the thirtieth and thirteenth days. “If its horns are bent” (refers to) the first day (on which) “it (i.e., the moon) will wear a crown.” |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | [“If] its horns are stretched out” (refers to) the first, fourteenth, thirtieth and twelfth days. LAL means “to stretch out,” LAL means “to be small.” |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | [“If] its horns are bent” means “an eclipse,” alternatively, “they (i.e, the horns) will not be visible.” “Dense” means “eclipse,” “scattered” means “eclipse,” “down-trodden” means “eclipse,” |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | “bright” (means) “eclipse” (or) “Venus will approach it.” “If its horns are full of blood” means “a red eclipse,” “wide” means “eclipse,” |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | “to [g]ather” means “eclipse,” “it is thick like its middle” means “eclipse,” (because) “weak (pl)” means “faint.” |
| Obverse [13:14] 1414–1414 | [“If] its horns are curved” (refers to) the thirtieth day (and) means “eclipse.” “It grows dark” means “eclipse.” |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | “[If] its horns are full of protuberances” (means) “a planet will circle it (i.e., the moon) and then approach it.” |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | “[If] its horns are long” (refers to) “the fifteenth day.” MEŠ (means) “it is numerous” (or) “it is surrounded.” |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | “If its horns are like ...” (means) “eclipse ... ‘peace of the sky’ ...” |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | “If its horns are distorted and unrecognizable” means “complete eclipse.” “To be wide” |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | (means) “to be broad,” (which) means “eclipse.” “If its horns are pointed and red” (refers to) the first day it (on which) “it (i.e., the Moon) will be thick” (because) ZI (means) “to be red” |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | (and) ZI means “to be firm.” “If its horns are bent and sheathed” (refers to) the thirtieth day and the fifteenth day. |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | means “If its horns are very short and unsheathed” (refers to) the thirtieth and fourteenth days. “If its horns are curved inwards” |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | (refers to) the thirteenth day. “They are turned outwards” (refers to) “the fifteenth day.” “If its horns are bent outwards” (means) “eclipse.” |
| Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323 | “If its horns are both black” (refers to) the thirtieth day and the x day. “If its horns are both bright” (refers to) the first day, |
| Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424 | the x day, and the fourteenth day. “If both its horns are equal” refers to the first day and the fourteenth day. “If (the horns) are like a bow” (means) “eclipse.” “If one horn extends beyond the other” (refers to) the first and fifteenth days. |
| Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525 | “If one horn wraps around another” refers to the first and fourteenth days. “If the white star …” [refers to “…] |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | and Venus”; alternatively (it means) “it is surrounded by many stars” because of …. |
| Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727 | “If [, when it (i.e., the moon) appears, its meeting horns ...” (means) “Mercury and Mar[s (…).”] |
| Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828 | “If [, when it appears, the mo]on grows dark (and) a star rises” means “at the heliacal rising of the moon, a star will approach it [(…)]”. |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | [“C]ross” means “stars”; alternatively (it means) “it is encircled by a rainbow (and) pierced” |
| Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030 | [“The star]s of both horns” (means) “the Rainbow Star (and) Venus,” |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | [alternatively (it means) “Ud]altar in the east, Šulpa’e’a in the west.” |
| Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232 | [(From) “If the moon], when it appears, is red, its right horn is bent, (and) its left horn is pointed.” |
| Obverse [32:33] 3333–3333 | [“If an eclipse] occurs and stars surround (it)” (means) “(there is) an eclipse and planets move/stand, and when the eclipse occurs |
| Obverse [33:34] 3434–3434 | […].” “Distant clouds” (means) “in the east and west, there is cloud.” |
| Obverse [34:35] 3535–3535 | [… it ri]ses, and the daylight which from <…> until daybreak, the wind will not cease” (or) “it stands in a fiery glow.” |
| Obverse [35:36] 3636–3636 | [“…] there is [di]sruption.” “It goes (into) the “cattle-pen” and is bright” (means) “the eclipsed moon is surrounded by a “cattle-pen” and becomes bright in its midst.” |
| Obverse [36:37] 3737–3737 | [“will be left over]” means “will devastate.” “It will be completely covered and turns into a glow” (means) “it will be covered in its entirety.” |
| Obverse [37:38] 3838–3838 | [“If the moon grows dark and its crown] disturbs the sky” means “(the eclipse) will last a long time.” |
| Obverse [38:39] 3939–3939 | [“If the moon, in the month of] Nisannu, when it appears, is dark” (means) “in the first night watch, an eclipse will occur.” |
| Obverse [39:40] 4040–4040 | [“In the month of] Nisannu an eclipse will occur” (means) “in the middle night watch it will occur.” From “An eclipse will occur and the day will be dark.” |
| Obverse [40:41] 4141–4141 | [Long table]t of Zēr-kitti-<līšir>, nêšakku-priest of Enlil, son of Aplāya, nêšakku-priest of Enlil, |
| Obverse [41:42] 4242–4242 | [desce]ndant of Gimil-Sîn, the Sumerian (i.e., “from Nippur”). |
| Obverse [42:43] 4343–4343 | [...] goes behind Ninurta, the hero of the gods. |
| Obverse [43:44] 4444–4444 | ... Nabû, (read) akkû, means “Nabû of the scribal arts,” |
| Obverse [44:45] 4545–4545 | expert in [...], creator of everything, performer of skilled work, lord of creation, |
| Obverse [45:46] 4646–4646 | skilled performer of accounting, servant of everything, who loves everything, |
| Obverse [46:47] 4747–4747 | the one who commands the whole (world), whose command the gods of heaven and the netherworld honor. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 ina IGI.LA₂-šu₂ SA₅ SI ZAG-šu₂ ke-pat SI GUB₃-šu₂ ed-de-et SI-ME-šu₂ <ZAG> AN.TA | |
| 2 | [IGI.LA₂] {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ZAG TE-šu₂-ma SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ZAG ša₂ iq-bu-u₂ SI-šu₂ ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GAR | |
| 3 | [u AN].⸢GE₆⸣ TIL{ti₃} SI 30 ka-pi-ip U₄ 30-KAM it-ti {d}UTU in-nam-mar-ma | |
| 4 | [ka]-⸢ap⸣-pa-at U₄ 13-KAM KI 20 IGI-ma GIM {giš}MA₂.GUR₈ ina IM BAD RU SI 30 | |
| 5 | [ud]-du-da-at U₄ 1-KAM IGI-ma U₄ 14-KAM ina IGI {d}UTU iz-za-az-ma | |
| 6 | x]-KA/SAG-mu GAZ U₄ 30-KAM {d}SAG.ME.GAR TE-šu₂-ma SI-MEŠ-šu₂ id-di U₄ 1-KAM ⸢GAZ⸣ | |
| 7 | BABBAR-ma SI-ME-šu₂ id-di U₄ 1-KAM {d}SAG.ME.GAR TE-šu₂-ma | |
| 8 | SI-MEŠ-šu₂ AN{e} ṭe-ri-a AN.GE₆ SA₅ a-da-ri DIRI | |
| 9 | SI-MEŠ-šu₂ kup₃-pu-pa U₄ 30-KAM U₄ 13-KAM SI-ME-šu₂ kap-pa U₄ 1-KAM AGA ip-pir-ma | |
| 10 | SI-MEŠ-šu₂ tar-ṣa U₄ 1-KAM U₄ 14-KAM U₄ 30-KAM U₄ 12-KAM LAL ta-ra-ṣa LAL ma-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 11 | SI-MEŠ-šu₂ kap-ṣa AN.GE₆ ša₂-niš NU IGI ša₂-pa-a AN.GE₆ sap-ha AN.GE₆ kab-sa AN.GE₆ | |
| 12 | nam-ra AN.GE₆ {d}dil-bat TE-šu₂-ma SI-ME-šu₂ UŠ₂ ma-la-a AN.GE₆ SA₅ rap-ša₂ AN.GE₆ | |
| 13 | ⸢pu⸣-uh₂-hu-ra AN.GE₆ GIM MURUB₄-šu₂ kab-ri AN.GE₆ SIG-MEŠ un-nu-tu | |
| 14 | SI-ME-šu₂ ke-pa-a U₄ 30-KAM AN.GE₆ a-dir AN.GE₆ | |
| 15 | SI-ME-šu₂ ṣer-ši SA₅-ME {d}UDU.IDIM NIGIN-šu₂ TE-šu₂-ma | |
| 16 | SI-ME-šu₂ GID₂.DA-MEŠ U₄ 15-KAM MEŠ i-mad-di NIGIN₂-ma | |
| 17 | SI-ME-šu₂ GIM šal-ma AN.GE₆ ša₂ SILIM{im} AN{e} šak-nu | |
| 18 | SI-MEŠ-šu₂ pu-us-su-la-ma la u₂-ta-ad-da-a AN.GE₆ TIL{ti₃} na-pal-ku-u₂ | |
| 19 | ⸢ra⸣-pa-aš₂ AN.GE₆ SI-ME-šu₂ ed-da-ma SA₅ U₄ 1-KAM i-kab-bir-ma ZI sa-a-mu | |
| 20 | ZI ka-a-nu SI-ME-šu₂ ke-pa-a u šal-pa U₄ 30-KAM U₄ 15-KAM | |
| 21 | SI-ME-šu₂ ku-ri-a u la šal-pa U₄ 30-KAM U₄ 14-KAM SI-ME-šu₂ ana ŠA₃{nu} kap-ṣa | |
| 22 | U₄ 13.KAM ana ki-da-nu tur-ra U₄ 15.KAM SI-ME-šu₂ ana ki-da₂-nu kun-nu-ša₂ AN.GE₆ | |
| 23 | SI-ME-šu₂ TEŠ₂-MEŠ GE₆-MEŠ U₄ 30.KAM U₄ 30.KAM SI-ME-šu₂ TEŠ₂-MEŠ ZALAG₂-MEŠ U₄ 1.KAM | |
| 24 | U₄ 1.KAM U₄ 14.KAM SI-ME-šu₂ ki-lat-tan mit-ha-ri U₄ 1.KAM U₄ 14.KAM GIM {giš}BAN AN.GE₆ SI SI i-ti-iq U₄ 1.KAM U₄ 15.⸢KAM⸣ | |
| 25 | ⸢SI SI⸣ i-dir U₄ 1.KAM U₄ 14.KAM MUL BABBAR ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 26 | ⸢u {d}dil⸣-bat ša₂-niš MUL ma-du-tu₄ sa-hi-ir aš₂-šu₂ {d}⸢x⸣-[(x)] | |
| 27 | {[d}30 ina IGI.LA₂-šu₂] ⸢SI⸣-MEŠ šu-ta-tu-tu {d}GU₄.UD u {d}ṣal-bat-a-[nu (...)] | |
| 28 | [ina {d}30 IGI.LA₂-šu₂ {d]}30 ŠU₂ MUL a-ṣi ina na-an-mu-ru ša₂ {d}30 MUL TE-šu₂ [(x x)] | |
| 29 | [pal]-⸢lu⸣-ur-ti MUL-MEŠ ša₂-niš {d}man-za-⸢at₂⸣ e-bi-ih ṭe-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 30 | [MUL]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ SI-MEŠ ki-lal-la-an {d}man-za-⸢at₂⸣ {d}dil-bat | |
| 31 | [ša₂-niš {mul}U₄].AL.TAR ina {d}UTU.E₃.A {d}UTU.E₃.A {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃.A ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.⸢A⸣ | |
| 32 | [(ša₂) 30 ina IGI.LA₂-šu₂ SA₅{ma} SI ZAG-šu₂ ke-pat SI 2.30-šu₂ ed-de-et | |
| 33 | AN.GE₆] ⸢GAR⸣-ma MUL-MEŠ NIGIN-MEŠ AN.GE₆ {d}UDU.IDIM-ME DU-ME-ma U₄ AN.GE₆ GAR-ma | |
| 34 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ DUNGU SUD-MEŠ ina {d}<UTU>.E₃.A {d}<UTU>.E₃.A u {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A DUNGU GAL₂{ši}ma | |
| 35 | [...] ⸢E₁₁⸣-ma u ZALAG₂ ša₂ ul-tu <...> EN ZALAG₂ IM la ib-baṭ-ṭal ina IZI.AN.⸢NE⸣ GUB | |
| 36 | [... di]-il-hu GAL₂-ma <ina> TUR₃ DU{ak} u ZALAG₂ AN.GE₆ TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma ina ŠA₃ ZALAG₂ | |
| 37 | [i-ri-ih]-ha ⸢i⸣-ra-ah-hi-iṣ TEŠ₂.BI i-rim-ma ana bir-ṣa GUR gab-bi-šu₂ ir-rim-ma | |
| 38 | {d}30 a-dir qim-mat-su] AN{e} dal-hat ma-di-iš uš-ta-an-na-ah-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 39 | {d}30 ina {iti]}⸢BARA₂⸣ ina IGI.LA₂-šu₂ a-dir ina EN.NUN.AN.USAN AN.GE₆ GAR-ma | |
| 40 | {d}30 ina {iti]}⸢BARA₂⸣ AN.GE₆ GAR ina EN.NUN.MURUB₄.BA GAR-ma ša₂ AN.GE₆ GAR-ma U₄ ŠU₂{up} | |
| 41 | {[im}GID₂].⸢DA⸣ {m}NUMUN-kit-ti-<GIŠ> {lu₂}NU.EŠ₃ {d}en-lil₂ A ša₂ {m}A{a} {lu₂}NU.EŠ₃ {d}SI | |
| 42 | [ŠA₃].⸢BAL⸣.BAL {m}gi-mil-{d}EN.ZU{na} šu-me-ru₆-u₂ | |
| 43 | [x x] EGIR {d}nin-urta UR.SAG DINGIR-MEŠ AL.DU | |
| 44 | [x x] ⸢x⸣-a-nu {d}NA₃ ak-ku-u₂ {d}na-bi-um ša₂ ṭup-šar-ru-tu₄ | |
| 45 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ it-pe-šu ba-nu-u₂ ka-la-mu e-piš šip-ri be-lu nab-ni-tu₄ | |
| 46 | [(x) e]-⸢piš⸣ NIG₂.KA₉ le-ʾu-u₂ mut-tab-bil ka-la-mu ra-ʾi-im kul-lat | |
| 47 | [mu-ma]-ʾe-er gi-mir ša₂ a-na e-peš KA-šu₂ DINGIR-ME ša₂ AN{e} u KI{ti₃} uš-taq-ru |
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