SpTU 1, 037 (P348458)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348458 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Omen |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | (If) he is ill for 1 day and his head hurts him: heat stroke; hand of the god of his father; he will die. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | (If) he is ill for 1 day and he continually puts his hands on his belly, cries out in pain (and) continually stretches out his hands: he will die. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he continually puts his hands on his belly (and) sucks his fingers: hand of the great gods; he will die. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he weeps for his house: he will die. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he weeps for his children: he will die. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he ejects excrement in his vomit: he will die. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he urinates blood in his urine: he is afflicted by the Underworld; he will die. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he howls and cries out in pain: he will die. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he continually cries "ah!" and does not drink: hand of the great gods; he will die. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and he defecates dark blood: he will die : (variant:) he is entrusted to the demon of death; he will die. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Ditto ((If) he is ill for 1 day) and his illness becomes burdensome and he no longer recognizes his acquaintance: he will die. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | (If the illness) leaves him for 1 day and overwhelms him (again) for 1 day: food for the seizer-demon; hand of the great gods; he will die. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | (If the illness) afflicts him for 1 day, leaves him for 1 day: an attack of the god seized him. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | (If the illness) afflicts him for 1 day, leaves him for 1 day, (and) when his fit overwhelms him (again), his limbs hurt him, he is feverish and trembles, he sweats and is tired and continually strongly requests to drink water: hand of Lamaštu; he will recover. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | (If) he is ill for 1 day (and) is healthy for 1 day: the ghost of father and mother seized him. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | (If the illness) flows over him for 1 day, 2 days and seizes him the third day: seizure of [...]. |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1818–o 1919 | (If) he is ill for 1 day, 2 days, 3 [days] and then the burning fever lets up from his body and after [...] the burning fever does not let up from his head: [...] to 3 days or 6 days. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | (If) he is ill for 2 days and his right temple hurts him, his right eye forms a dark spot: the hand of Jupiter will be released [...]. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | (If) he is ill for 2 days and his left temple hurts him, his left eye forms a dark spot: the hand of Jupiter will be released and [...]. |
| Obverse [21:23] o 2222–o 2323 | (If) he is ill for 2 days and his right and left temples hurt him, his right and left eyes form a dark spot: this person, his god or the god of his town have cursed (him); they will be released and [...]. |
| Obverse [23:26] o 2424–o 2626 | (If the illness) pours over him for 2 days and then seizes him on the third day, when it has seized him he has repeated cramps (and) after he has repeated cramps, he is affected by shivering, his limbs hurt him, his hands and feet are cold (and) afterwards [the fever] altogether mounts in him : (variant:) pours over him, and the sweat strikes him and he is tired: seizure of the mountain [...]. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | (If the illness) afflicts him for 2 days (and) pours over him on the third day: seizure of the mountain : he will die. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | (If) he is ill for 2 days, 3 days and then it persists so that his intestines continually seize him, blood continually flows in his mouth, his illness [...]. |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | (If) he is ill for 2 days, 3 days and then it persists so that the (critical) stage (of the illness) seizes him, on the seventh day in [...]. |
| Obverse [29:30] o 3030–o 3030 | (If) he is ill for 2 days, 3 days and then the burning fever lets up from his body (and) after (the fever) has reduced on [...] his illness [...]. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 3131–o 3131 | [...] (If) on the second (and) third days the fever becomes cold and his sweat like the lubādu-disease [...]. |
| Obverse [31:32] o 3232–o 3232 | [... (If) on] the second (and) third days that-of-seizing has continually stricken him, he has fever and sweat [...]. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 3333–o 3333 | [... (If) on the second] (and) third days [...], he has fever and sweat ... [...]. |
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) |
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| o | ||
| 1 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG-ma SAG.DU-su GU₇-šu₂ U₄.DA.TAB.BA U₄.DA.TAB.BA ŠU DINGIR AD-A.NI GAM | |
| 2 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG-ma ina ŠA₃-šu₂ ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GAR.GAR{an} ši-gu-u₂ GU₃{si} ŠU-MIN-šu₂ NIR.NIR{aṣ} GAM | |
| 3 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-ma ina ŠA₃-šu₂ ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GAR.GAR U-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-na-ṣab ŠU DINGIR rab-bu-ti GAM | |
| 4 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-ma ana E₂-šu₂ ER₂ GAM | |
| 5 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-ma ana DUMU-MEŠ-šu₂ ER₂ GAM | |
| 6 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-⸢ma⸣ ŠE₁₀ pa₂-ru-ti-šu₂ iz-zi GAM | |
| 7 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-⸢ma⸣ ina KAŠ₃-šu₂ UŠ₂ iš-tin ana KI GIG GAM | |
| 8 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-ma i-leb-bu u i-sa-aʾ GAM | |
| 9 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-ma a-a GU₃.GU₃-ma la₃ NAG ŠU DINGIR GAL.GAL GAM | |
| 10 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-ma UŠ₂ MUD iz-zi GAM ana GAL₅.LA₂ UŠ₂ pa-qid GAM | |
| 11 | |KI.MIN| <(U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG)>-ma GIG-su DUGUD-su-ma ZU-šu₂ la₃ u₂-ad₂-da GAM | |
| 12 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ TAG₄-šu₂-ma U₄ 1-KAM LAL-šu₂ NIG₂.GU₇ {d}DIM₂.ME.LAGAB ŠU DINGIR GAL-MEŠ GAM | |
| 13 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ DAB-su U₄ 1-KAM₂ BAR-šu₂ ZI DINGIR DAB-su | |
| 14 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ DAB-su U₄ 1-KAM₂ BAR-šu₂ U₄ LA₂-šu₂ LA₂-šu₂ UB-MEŠ-šu₂ GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ KUM₂-ma i-ra-ʾu-ub | |
| 15 | IR ŠUB-su-ma ina-ah u A ana NAG ma-gal URU₄-MEŠ ŠU {d}DIM₂.ME ⸢DIN⸣ | |
| 16 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ GIG U₄ 1-KAM₂ ba-liṭ GIDIM AD u AMA DAB-[su] | |
| 17 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ U₄ 2-KAM₂ i-re-[eh-hi]-⸢šum⸣-ma ina U₄ 3-KAM₂ DAB-su DAB{it} [...] | |
| 18 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ U₄ 2-KAM₂ U₄ 3-[KAM₂] ⸢GIG⸣-ma KUM₂ UH₂ ina SU-šu₂ DU₈-ma ⸢EGIR⸣ [...] | |
| 19 | KUM₂ UH₂ ina SAG.⸢DU⸣-[šu₂ la₃] DU₈ ana U₄ 3-KAM₂ ana U₄ 6-KAM₂ [...] | |
| 20 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ GIG-ma SAG.KI-⸢šu₂⸣ [ša₂ 15 ⸢GU₇⸣-šu₂ IGI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 GISSU DU₃ ŠU {d}U₄.AL.TAR BUR₂-[ma ...] | |
| 21 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ GIG-ma SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 ⸢GU₇⸣-šu₂ IGI-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 GISSU DU₃ ŠU {d}U₄.AL.TAR BUR₂-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 22 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ GIG-ma SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 u 2.30 GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ IGI-MIN-šu₂ ša₂ 15 u 2.30 GISSU ib-[na-a] | |
| 23 | NA BI DINGIR-šu₂ u DINGIR IRI-šu₂ iz-zur BUR₂-MEŠ-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 24 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ ŠUB-šu₂-ma ina U₄ 3-KAM₂ DAB-su U₄{ma} DAB-šu₂ im-ta-na-ag-ga-gu EGIR im-ta-⸢nag⸣-[ga-ag] | |
| 25 | ra-i-ba TUKU{ši} UB-MEŠ-šu₂ GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ ŠU-MIN-šu₂ u GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ SED{a} EGIR{[nu} KUM₂] | |
| 26 | 1{niš} i-rak-kab-šu₂ i-re-eh-hi-šu₂ u IR ŠUB-su-ma ina-ah DAB KUR{i} [...] | |
| 27 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ DAB-su ina U₄ 3-KAM₂ i-re-eh-hi-šu₂ DAB{it} KUR{i} GAM | |
| 28 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ U₄ 3-KAM₂ GIG-ma uš-tar-di-ma ŠA₃-šu₂ DAB.DAB-su UŠ₂ ina KA-šu₂ ŠUB.⸢ŠUB⸣{a} ⸢GIG-su⸣ [...] | |
| 29 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ U₄ 3-KAM₂ GIG-ma uš-tar-di-ma hu-qu DAB-su ina U₄ 7-KAM₂ ina [...] | |
| 30 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ U₄ 3-KAM₂ GIG-ma KUM₂ ṣar-hu ina SU-šu₂ DU₈-ma EGIR DU₈ ina [...]; ⸢GIG-su⸣ | |
| 31 | [...] ina U₄ 2-KAM₂ ina U₄ 3-KAM₂ KUM₂ SED u IR-su GIM lu-ba-⸢ṭi⸣ [...] | |
| 32 | [... ina U₄] 2-KAM₂ ina U₄ 3-KAM₂ ša₂ DAB ŠUB.ŠUB-su KUM₂ u IR TUKU [...] | |
| 33 | [... ina U₄ 2-⸢KAM₂⸣ ina U₄ 3-KAM₂ [...] ⸢KUM₂⸣ u IR TUKU x [...] | |
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