SpTU 1, 039 (P348460)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348460 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ... : that (is) .. [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | during her malaises : ... [...] ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | ... : her feet are heavy [...] ... |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | ... : a woman. Her feet are slight [...] .... |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | sagû (means) : blood of a young woman : SA (means) : blood : GI (means) : |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | young woman : who suffers from haemorrhage. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | A woman whose blood becomes more and more visible during her pregnancy. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Sakikkû (means) : organisation of illnesses : all illnesses. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | GUL.LA : GU₂.GU₂?.SA.A : KI.ŠAR₂.RA (mean) : |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | all : the whole : total : totality. : GU₂.SA.A (is) |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | GU₂ (which means) : total : SA (which also means) : total. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | "(If) a pregnant woman is ill and if one has sexual relations with her during the 3rd month". |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | Oblong tablet of Šamaš-ah-iddin, son of .... |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | The one who reveres Anu and Ištar shall not take (this tablet) away. He must return it to its owner by the first day of the (next) month. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x ša₂ x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ŠU i-li-x [...] | |
| 3' | ina ŠA₃ ma-ru-uṣ-ti-šu₂ x [...] x | |
| 4' | ik-ka-x-ta GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ ⸢DUGUD⸣ [...]-ke-e | |
| 5' | dan-na-aš₂-šu₂ MUNUS GIR₃-šu₂ TUR [...] GAL LA LA | |
| 6' | sa-gu-u da-mu ar-[da]-tu₄ SA da⸣-mu GI | |
| 7' | ar-da-tu₄ ša na-[ah]-⸢ša₂⸣-a-tu₂ GIG{at₂} | |
| 8' | MUNUS ša₂ ina me-re-e-šu₂ da-mu i-ta-nam-ma-ru | |
| 9' | SA.GIG ri-⸢kis⸣ mur-ṣu nap-har ⸢mur-ṣu⸣ | |
| 10' | GUL.LA GU₂.[GU₂].SA.A KI.ŠAR₂(ŠA₂).RA | |
| 11' | ⸢kul⸣-lat na-⸢gab⸣ nap-har kiš-šat GU₂.SA.A | |
| 12' | GU₂ nap-har SA ⸢nap⸣-ha-ru₃ | |
| 13' | {munus}PEŠ₄ GIG-ma šum-ma ša₂ ITI 3-KAM₂ ir-tu-bu-niš-ši | |
| 14' | {im}GID₂.DA {m}{d}20—PAP—MU DUMU-A.NI {m}{d}GAN₂.ŠUL—id-[...] | |
| 15' | pa-lih {d}60 u {d}INANA la₃ TUM₃ ina ITI-šu₂ ana UMUN-šu₂ GUR-[šu₂] | |
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