SpTU 1, 070 (P348491)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348491 |
| 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' | [...] like [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] like a leather bag ... [...] ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] like a leather bag ... [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] ... a leather bag, it does not have four [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the right [...] is trimmed: the princes's army [...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | If an anomaly's left foot [...] is trimmed: the enemy's army [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | If an anomaly's left feet [...] are trimmed ... [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | If an anomaly's feet ... [...] are trimmed: behind ... [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | If the four feet of an anomaly ... [...] are trimmed: the man's enemy [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | If an anomaly's right foot is short: the enemy will pursue the prince during his conquest [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | If an anomaly's left foot is short: the prince will pursue the enemy during his conquest [...]. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'–r 14'14' | If an anomaly's front legs are short: hand-lifting prayer ... [...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | If an anomaly's rear legs are short: ... the king's reign [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | If an anomaly's feet ... are short: the king's reign [...]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | If an anomaly's right foot is long and it is treading the ground with its shins: [...]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | If an anomaly left (foot) is long and it is treading the ground with its shins: ... [...]. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | If an anomaly's front feet are long and its shins [...]: the king's weapon ... [...]. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | If an anomaly's feet [...] behind the house [...]. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | If an anomaly's feet ... [...]. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 22'22'–r 22'22' | If an anomaly's front foot [...]. |
| Reverse [22:23] r 23'23'–r 23'23' | If an anomaly's front ... foot [...]. |
| Reverse [23:24] r 24'24'–r 24'24' | If an anomaly's front feet ... [...]. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 25'25'–r 25'25' | If an anomaly's rear ... foot [...]. |
| Reverse [25:26] r 26'26'–r 26'26' | If an anomaly's rear ... foot [...]. |
| Reverse [26:27] r 27'27'–r 27'27' | If an anomaly's rear feet: the foundations [...]. |
| Reverse [27:28] r 28'28'–r 28'28' | If an anomaly's feet ... [...]. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 29'29'–r 29'29' | If an anomaly's feet ... its belly ... [...]. |
| Reverse [29:30] r 30'30'–r 30'30' | If an anomaly's right feet is twisted outwards ... [...]. |
| Reverse [30:31] r 31'31'–r 31'31' | If an anomaly's left foot is twisted outwards: the animal stall [...]. |
| Reverse [31:32] r 32'32'–r 32'32' | If an anomaly's front feet are twisted outwards: that household will be scattered [...]. |
| Reverse [32:33] r 33'33'–r 33'33' | If an anomaly's rear feet are twisted outwards: the rear of the house [...]. |
| Reverse [33:34] r 34'34'–r 34'34' | If an anomaly's four feet are twisted outwards: a mighty lord will attack and will provoke the fall of the country. |
| Reverse [34:35] r 35'35'–r 35'35' | If an anomaly's right feet turn towards the belly: that animal stall will become poor. : If an anomaly ... [...]. |
| Reverse [35:36] r 36'36'–r 36'36' | If an anomaly's front feet turn towards the belly: that animal stall will be scattered. : If an anomaly's feet [...]. |
| Reverse [36:37] r 37'37'–r 37'37' | If an anomaly's four legs turn towards the belly: the land will revolt [...]. |
| Reverse [37:38] r 38'38'–r 38'38' | If an anomaly's feet turn towards the diaphragm: its body [...] |
| Reverse [38:39] r 39'39'–r 39'39' | If an anomaly (has) two feet on its front, another is located on its rear ... [...]. |
| Reverse [39:40] r 40'40'–r 40'40' | If an anomaly's four feet turn towards its front ... [...]. |
| Reverse [40:42] r 41'41'–r 42'42' | If an anomaly's four feet turn towards its rear and its face is located [...]. |
| Reverse [41:42] r 42'42'–r 42'42' | [...] circles on the right and its claw [...] in front of its tail [...]. |
| Reverse [42:43] r 43'43'–r 43'43' | [...] ... [...] Tablet 15: "If a woman is pregnant [...]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] [ki]-ma [...] | |
| 2' | [...] BI SU HA [...] | |
| 3' | [...] [ki]-ma na-⸢ru-qu⸣ x x [(x)] SU HA x [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x ki-ma na-ru-[qi₂] ⸢KI⸣ GA SU HA ⸢UZ⸣ MA [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x na-ru-qi₂ LIMMU₂-<<MEŠ>> la₃ ⸢TUKU⸣ [...] x x x [...] | |
| 6' | [x] iz-[bu] [...] ša₂ 15 kaṣ₃-ṣa-at EREN₂ NUN [...] | |
| 7' | BE iz-bu GIR₃ [(x)] 2.30 kaṣ₃-ṣa-at EREN₂ KUR₂ [...] | |
| 8' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ 2.30 kaṣ₃-ṣa ⸢RU⸣ x [...] | |
| 9' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ x [x]-MEŠ kaṣ₃-ṣa EGIR x [...] | |
| 10' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-ME-šu₂ LIMMU₂ x [x] kaṣ₃-ṣa KUR₂ LU₂ [...] | |
| 11' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-šu₂ ša₂ 15 ku-ri-a-at {lu₂}KUR₂(KUR) NUN ina ki-ši₂-it-ti-šu₂ ⸢UŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 ku-ri-a-at NUN {lu₂}KUR₂ ina ki-ši₂-it-ti-šu₂ ⸢UŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-<MEŠ>-šu₂ IGI-MEŠ LUGUD₂.DA-MEŠ [x] ni-iš ŠU-MIN-šu₂ KI BAR UL MA HIR [...] | |
| 14' | A ŠU₂ x x ⸢RU⸣ DAG [...] NUN IN [...] | |
| 15' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ EGIR-MEŠ LUGUD₂.⸢DA⸣ [x] ŠU₂-MEŠ BAL LUGAL [...] | |
| 16' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢NI⸣ IS ta-⸢ar⸣-x [x] LUGUD₂.DA-MEŠ BAL LUGAL [...] | |
| 17' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-šu₂ ša₂ 15 GID₂.DA-ma ina ⸢kin⸣-[ṣi]-šu₂ KI i-kab-ba-as x [...] | |
| 18' | BE iz-bu [...] ša₂ 2.30 GID₂.DA-ma ina kin-[ṣi-šu₂] x KI i-kab-ba-as ⸢RU⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-[šu₂] ⸢IGI⸣-MEŠ GID₂.DA-ma ⸢kin⸣-[ṣi-šu₂] [x] {giš}TUKUL LUGAL x [...] | |
| 20' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] EGIR E₂ [...] | |
| 21' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 22' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-šu₂ IGI{tu₄} [...] | |
| 23' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-šu₂ IGI{tu₄} ša₂ [...] | |
| 24' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ IGI{tu₄} ⸢RU⸣ [...] | |
| 25' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-⸢šu₂ EGIR⸣{tu₄} ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | |
| 26' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-šu₂ ⸢EGIR⸣{tu₄} ša₂ x [...] | |
| 27' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-[šu₂] ⸢EGIR⸣{tu₄} SUHUŠ [...] | |
| 28' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-[šu₂] [x] BA x [...] | |
| 29' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ [x] BA [x] ŠA₃-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 30' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-[šu₂] 15 ⸢ana ki-di pa⸣-as-lat x [...] | |
| 31' | BE iz-bu ⸢GIR₃-šu₂⸣ 2.30 ana ki-di pa-⸢as⸣-lat ⸢TUR₃⸣ [...] | |
| 32' | BE iz-bu ⸢GIR₃⸣-ME-šu₂ IGI-MEŠ ana ki-di pa-as-la E₂ BI ⸢BIR⸣ [...] | |
| 33' | BE iz-bu ⸢GIR₃⸣-ME-šu₂ EGIR-ME ana ki-di [pa]-as-la EGIR ⸢E₂⸣ [...] | |
| 34' | BE iz-bu ⸢GIR₃⸣-ME-šu₂ 4-BA ana ki-di pa-⸢as⸣-la EN dan-nu ZI-ma KUR u₂-⸢šam⸣-[qat] [...] | |
| 35' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-ME ša₂ 15 ana ku-tum₃ ŠA₃ GUR{ar₂} TUR₃ BI UKU₂{in} BE iz-bu x [...] | |
| 36' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ IGI{tu₄} ana ku-tum₃ ŠA₃ GUR-MEŠ TUR₃ BI BIR BE iz-bu GIR₃-ME [...] | |
| 37' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ 4-BA ana ku-tum₃ ŠA₃ GUR-MEŠ KUR ⸢BAL⸣ [...] | |
| 38' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ ana pa-pa-an ŠA₃-šu₂ GUR-⸢MEŠ SU-šu₂⸣ [...] | |
| 39' | BE iz-bu 2 GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ ana IGI-šu₂ ša₂-ni-tu₄ ana EGIR-šu₂ GAR{at} x [...] | |
| 40' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ 4-BA ana IGI-šu₂ GUR-MEŠ HI [...] | |
| 41' | BE iz-bu GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ 4-BA ana EGIR-šu₂ GUR-MEŠ u pa-nu-šu₂ GAR [...] | |
| 42' | [...] 15 NIGIN-ma ana IGI KUN-šu₂ UMBIN-šu₂ [...] | |
| 43' | [...] x [...] ⸢IM⸣ 15-KAM₂ BE MUNUS ⸢PEŠ₄⸣ [...] | |
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