SpTU 1, 041 (P348462)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348462 |
| 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 | [...] the baby [...] the nipple when he is born. [...] (means) breast. : |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | On his neck, on his neck. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | kišid SAHAR, meaning given by the dust. Secondly, kišid SAHAR (means) : that (is) thrown in the dust. Thirdly, that (is) thrown on the ground. : |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | BI.LU (means) : būšānu-disease. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | He is afflicted by adversity : meaning, Lamaštu seeks him in marriage. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | He is always infected : salāʾu (means) : to have palpitations. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] ... (means) : he is annoyed. : In the crook of his mother's arm (means) : on his mother's breast. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] meaning, a sorceress did it for a test. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] He is always infected (means) : he has palpitations. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] Anu's daughter. : (If) tuft of hair from his neck |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] ... : ... at midday on the day of the moon's disappearance. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Trembling does not ... [...] |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] ... (means) : to finish |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] emēru (means) : to blow |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] ... his buttocks |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] ... meaning, |
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 | [... la-aʾ]-ʾu₅ ki-ma al-du ṣer-ti | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢tu⸣-lu-u₂ ki-ša-da-nu-uš-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [ki-ša]-da-nu-uš-šu₂ ki-šid SAHAR lib₃-bu-u₂ ana KI{ti₃} qi₂-ši | |
| 4 | [ša₂]-⸢niš⸣ ki-šid SAHAR ša₂ ina e-pe-ri na-du-u₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢šal⸣-šiš ša₂ ina qaq-qar na-du-u₂ BI.LU bu-ša₂-nu | |
| 6 | [me]-eh-ra DAB-su lib₃-bu-u₂ {d}DIM₃.ME i-har-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [it]-ta-na-as-la-aʾ-ma sa-la-a₄ na-ka-da | |
| 8 | [...] x ina-an-ziq ina ki-rim-me AMA-šu₂ ina tu-le-e AMA-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [... lib₃]-bu-u₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU a-na mal₂-tak-tu₂ DU₃{us₂-su} | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢it⸣-ta-na-as-la-aʾ i-nak-kud | |
| 11 | [... DUMU].MUNUS {d}a-nu sap-pu ul-ti GU₂-šu₂ | |
| 12 | [...]-ti a-na bu-um-bu-lu ma-šil NU DU₃ | |
| 13 | [...] ga-la-ti NU DU₃ | |
| 14 | [...] x qa-tu-u₂ | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢e⸣-me-ri na-pa-hi | |
| 16 | [...]-ri qin-na-ti-šu₂ | |
| 17 | [...] x lib₃-bu-u₂ | |
| 18 | [...] ... [...] | |
Sources & licences
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