STT 2, 329 (P338644)
Omen, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | STT 2, 329 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338644 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Omen |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
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' | [...] king [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [(...)] an eclipse takes place in that month on the 3rd day, the 7th day (or) the 14th day: ... deaths of the enemy |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | (If) the Moon appears and is surrounded by a band of cloud from the horizon up to its position: [(...)] in the middle of heaven the Moon darkens (and) wanes. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | (If) an eclipse takes place and the day clouds over: a king - catastrophe will seize him. As for people of the land - they will experience severe famine. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | (If) an eclipse takes place and Adad raises his voice: annihilation of the land at the command that the gods speak. The people of the land will be heaped up (as corpses). The king of an important land will die quickly. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (If) an eclipse takes place and Mars flashes: the people of the land will experience famine. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] takes place and lightning flashes: a waterless flood will sweep away the land. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | [...] (and a) cloud enter a cloud: the gods will judge the intelligence of the land. [...] his days will be short. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [...] enter it: the gods will quickly bring about a flood for the land. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [...] takes place (during) the middle watch, then the watch finishes and the east wind blows: there will be [...] (during) the middle watch. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [...] takes place, then the watch finishes and the west wind blows: there will be [...]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [...] and (the sky) lightens in the north: [...] evil will reduce. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [...] and the south wind blows: there will be [...]s. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [...] and the north wind blows: there will be [...]s. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | [...] and the east wind blows: there will be ... [...]s. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | [...] finishes and the west wind blows: there will be ... [...]s. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | [...] the watch finishes and (the sky) becomes light in the east: [...] king in Subartu. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 1717–r 1818 | [...] north until daybreak: [...] ... his land will be destroyed. |
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' | [...] LUGAL [...] | |
| 2' | [(x)] ⸢AN⸣.GE₆ ina ITI BI U₄ 3-KAM₂ U₄ 7-KAM₂ U₄ 14-KAM₂ GAR{an} x x-MEŠ UŠ₂-MEŠ KUR₂ | |
| 3' | 30 IGI.BAR-ma TA AN.UR₂ AN.UR₂ EN KI.GUB-šu₂ DUR ša₂ DUNGU BABBAR NIGIN₂ | |
| 4' | [(x)] ⸢ina⸣ ŠA₃ AN{e} 30 a-dir iš-šur | |
| 5' | AN.GE₆ GAR-ma U₄ ŠU₂{up} LUGAL KARAŠ DAB-su ana UN-MEŠ KUR SU.GU₇ dan-na IGI-MEŠ | |
| 6' | AN.GE₆ GAR-ma {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB ZAH₂ KUR ina INIM DINGIR-MEŠ DU₁₁.GA | |
| 7' | ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ KUR ik-kam-ma-ra LUGAL KUR SIG{ti} ar₂-hiš UŠ₂ | |
| 8' | ⸢AN⸣.GE₆ GAR-ma AN SUR UN-MEŠ KUR SU.GU₇ IGI-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢GAR-ma⸣ NIM.GIR₂ ib-riq a-bu-ub la A-<MEŠ> KUR ub-bal | |
| 10' | [...] ⸢DUNGU⸣ ana ŠA₃ DUNGU KU₄-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ GALGA KUR i-di-nu | |
| 11' | [...] U₄-MEŠ-šu₂ LUGUD₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢ana⸣ ŠA₃-šu₂ KU₄ DINGIR-MEŠ a-bu-ub KUR ⸢ar₂⸣-hiš GAR-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... EN].⸢NUN⸣ MURU₂ GAR-ma EN.NUN ig-mur u {tu₁₅}KUR DU | |
| 2 | [...] EN.[NUN] ⸢MURU₂.BA⸣ GAL₂{ši} | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢GAR-ma EN.NUN ig-mur⸣ u {tu₁₅}MAR DU | |
| 4 | [...] GAL₂{ši} | |
| 5 | [...] u ina {tu₁₅}SI ZALAG₂ | |
| 6 | [...] x ⸢HUL TUR⸣ | |
| 7 | [...] u {⸢tu₁₅}U₁₈⸣ DU | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢GAL₂⸣-MEŠ | |
| 9 | [...] u {tu₁₅}SI DU | |
| 10 | [...] GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 11 | [...] u {tu₁₅}KUR DU | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢KI⸣ GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢ig⸣-mur u {tu₁₅}MAR DU | |
| 14 | [...] KI GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [... EN].⸢NUN⸣ ig-mur u ina {tu₁₅}KUR ZALAG₂ | |
| 16 | [...] LUGAL ina SU.BIR₄{ki} | |
| 17 | [...] {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ EN ZALAG₂ | |
| 18 | [...] x x KUR-su ZAH₂ | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.