SpTU 1, 040 (P348461)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348461 |
| 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) a confined woman is swollen (and) belches: she will die. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | She is stricken by grey hair on her head. : SAG.GIŠ.RA (means) |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | stricken : SAG (means) : weapon : GIŠ (also means) : weapon, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | RA (means) : to beat. Alternatively, RA (means) : to strike : RA (means) : to beat. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Thirdly, GAZ (means) : to strike : GAZ (also means) : to break. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | nēʾir qaqqadi (means) beater of the head. : With a šigû-lament |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | I called you. : The hair of his head is red : sāmata (also means) |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | scattered. : The grape of his eye is dragged out. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | that (is) his eyeball comes out. : His loins beat |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | that (is) severe difficulty in breathing for lifting or putting (things) down. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Whose nature does not change. : (If) his nose is pinched: he will die. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | ṣapāru (means) : to constrict : ṣapāru (also means) : to be crooked |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | ṣapāru (also means) : to not be able to stretch out. SA (means) : vein. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | that (is) ... [...] |
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 | MUNUS ha-riš-ti i-di-ip i-giš-šu₂ BA.UŠ₂ | |
| 2 | ši-bit SAG.DU-šu₂ nu-uʾ-ʾu₅-rat SAG.GIŠ.RA | |
| 3 | nu-u₂-u₂-ru SAG kak-ku GIŠ kak-ku | |
| 4 | RA ma-ha-ṣu ša₂-niš RA na-a-ra RA ma-ha-ṣu | |
| 5 | šal-šiš GAZ na-a-ra GAZ he₂-pu-u | |
| 6 | ne₂-ʾi-ir SAG.DU ma-hi-iṣ muh-hi KI ši-gu-u₂ | |
| 7 | al-si-ka pe-ret SAG.DU-šu₂ sa-mat sa-ma-ta | |
| 8 | sa-ap-ha-at ka-ra-an IGI-MIN-šu₂ šad-du | |
| 9 | ša₂ kak-kul-tu₄ i-ni-šu₂ u₂-ṣa-a UR₂-šu₂ da₂-a-ka | |
| 10 | ša₂ ana da-ke-e u ša₂-ka-nu dan-na niš-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ša₂ ši-kin-ni la₃ iš-nu-u₂ KIR₄-šu₂ ṣa-pir UŠ₂ | |
| 12 | ṣa-pa-ru kub-bu-lu₄ ṣa-pa-ru ṣu-un-du-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 13 | ṣa-pa-ru la ta-ra-ṣu SA šer₂-a-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | x [...] | |
| 4' | i-x-[...] | |
| 5' | ša₂ x [...] | |
| 6' | x [...] | |
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