SpTU 1, 076 (P348497)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 076 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348497 |
| 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 man, when entering a house, (on) the threshold his foot [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | (If) a man enters his (personal) god's temple and a mouse [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | (If) a man, in the morning, his intestines are convulsing [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | (If) a man, during the middle watch, his ears ring [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | (If) a man, while living abroad, lays out his father [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | (If) a man, when rising early, weeps: the body [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | (If) a man, during the middle watch, weeps: [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | (If) a man enters his house, then goes out [...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | (If) a man, when walking on a road, a pig ... [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | (If) a man, when walking on the street [sees] a pig (which) lies across a reeds [...]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | (If) a man sees a dog and [...] to a house [...]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | (If) a man keeps swallowing his heart1 and [...]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | (If) a man enters his brother's house: his brother's wife [...]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | (If) a man, on the middle of his skull, a wound [...]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | (If) a man, [...] cultivating, water in the river [...]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | (If) [...] water in the river ... [...]. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | (If) [...] meat for a dog ... [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] ... that the mouth of a dog [...]. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] builds a mudbrick house [...]. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] seizes and ... [...]. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...] (in) the morning, the dogs's excrement [...]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | (If) a man laments "Eee" (like) a bird ... [...]. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | (If) a man laments "Eee" (like) a man [...]. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | (If) a man, in his house, [...] a white sprout [...]. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | (If) a man enters his shrine and a mongoose ... [...]. |
| Obverse [25:27] o 2626–o 2727 | (If) a man is resident in a house and a mongoose ... [...] in between them [...]. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | (If) a man, in his house, ... in ... [...]. |
| Obverse [28:30] o 2929–o 3030 | (If) a man, in his house, ... [...]. |
| Obverse [29:31] o 3030–o 3131 | 33rd [...]. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 3131–o 3131 | (If) a man, when walking, [... inclines] his head to [...]. |
| Obverse [31:32] o 3232–o 3232 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) inclines his head to his right [...]. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 3333–o 3333 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) inclines his head to his left [...]. |
| Obverse [33:34] o 3434–o 3434 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) keeps lying down [...]. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 3535–o 3535 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) the front of his foot... [...]. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 3636–o 3636 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) scowls [...]. |
| Obverse [36:37] o 3737–o 3737 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...]. |
| Obverse [37:38] o 3838–o 3838 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking) [...]. |
| Obverse [38:39] o 3939–o 3939 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...] forwards [...]. |
| Obverse [39:40] o 4040–o 4040 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...] backwards [...]. |
| Obverse [40:41] o 4141–o 4141 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...] on his left [...]. |
| Obverse [41:42] o 4242–o 4242 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...] his hands [...]. |
| Obverse [42:43] o 4343–o 4343 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...] the neck [...]. |
| Obverse [43:44] o 4444–o 4444 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...]. |
| Obverse [44:45] o 4545–o 4545 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...]. |
| Obverse [45:46] o 4646–o 4646 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...]. |
| Obverse [46:47] o 4747–o 4747 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...]. |
| Obverse [47:48] o 4848–o 4848 | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...]. |
| Obverse [48:52] o 4949– | (If) ditto (a man, when walking,) [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | (If) ditto [...]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | (If) ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | 34th [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | (If) a man [...] his saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | (If) a man ditto and [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | (If) a man ditto and [...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | (If) a man ditto and [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | (If) a man ditto and [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | (If) a man ditto and like a king [...]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | (If) a man ditto and like a head [...]. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 22'22'–r 22'22' | (If) a man ditto and like [...]. |
| Reverse [22:23] r 23'23'–r 23'23' | (If) a man [...] his white saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [23:24] r 24'24'–r 24'24' | (If) a man [...] his black saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 25'25'–r 25'25' | (If) a man [...] his red saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [25:26] r 26'26'–r 26'26' | (If) a man [...] his green saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [26:27] r 27'27'–r 27'27' | (If) a man spits [...]. |
| Reverse [27:28] r 28'28'–r 28'28' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 29'29'–r 29'29' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [29:30] r 30'30'–r 30'30' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [30:31] r 31'31'–r 31'31' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [31:32] r 32'32'–r 32'32' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [32:33] r 33'33'–r 33'33' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [33:34] r 34'34'–r 34'34' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [34:35] r 35'35'–r 35'35' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [35:36] r 36'36'–r 36'36' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [36:37] r 37'37'–r 37'37' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [37:38] r 38'38'–r 38'38' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [38:39] r 39'39'–r 39'39' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [39:40] r 40'40'–r 40'40' | (If) a man spits on the ground [...]. |
| Reverse [40:41] r 41'41'–r 41'41' | (If) a man spits on (another) man [...]. |
| Reverse [41:42] r 42'42'–r 42'42' | (If) a man, his saliva, his land [...]. |
| Reverse [42:43] r 43'43'–r 43'43' | (If) a man, his saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [43:44] r 44'44'–r 44'44' | (If) a man, his saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [44:46] r 45'45'–r 46'46' | (If) a man, his saliva [...]. |
| Reverse [45:47] r 46'46'–r 47'47' | (If) a man throws (away) his nasal mucus and [...]. |
| Reverse [46:49] r 47'47'–r 49'49' | The evil of spat-out saliva: for a man not to [...] your tongue ... in your mouth [...] which (on) top of your tongue; your heart [...]. |
| Reverse [49:50] r 50'50'–r 50'50' | (If) a man, his garment ... [...]. |
| Reverse [50:51] r 51'51'–r 51'51' | [...] ... Uruk ... [...]. |
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 | NA ana E₂ ina KU₄-šu₂ as-kup-pa-tu₄ ⸢GIR₃⸣-šu₂ IK [...] | |
| 2 | NA ana E₂ DINGIR-šu₂ KU₄-ma hu-mu-um-ṣi-ru x [...] | |
| 3 | NA ina še-er-ti ŠA₃-MEŠ-šu₂ i-ar₂-ru-ru [...] | |
| 4 | NA ina MURU₂{ti} GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ i-ha-za-za x [...] | |
| 5 | NA ina a-la-a-ni a(MIN-)ba-šu₂ uš-ni-il x [...] | |
| 6 | NA ina še-ri-šu₂ i-bak-ki pa-ag-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | NA ina qab-li-ti i-bak-ki ⸢U₃⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢NA⸣ ana E₂-šu₂ KU₄-ma E₃ x x [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢NA⸣ ina DU KASKAL ŠAH{hu} ZA [...] | |
| 10 | ⸢NA⸣ ina SILA ina DU-šu₂ ŠAH GI GIB(GI) x [...] | |
| 11 | NA UR.⸢GI₇⸣{a} i-ta-mar-ma ana E₂ x [...] | |
| 12 | NA ŠA₃-šu₂ i-ta-na-li-it-ma x [...] | |
| 13 | NA ana ⸢E₂⸣ ŠEŠ-šu₂ KU₄ DAM ŠEŠ-šu₂ [...] | |
| 14 | NA ina qab-la-at UGU-šu₂ si-im-[mu] [...] | |
| 15 | NA x x x e-re-ši A ina ID₂ [...] | |
| 16 | [...] AD A ina ID₂ I RA [...] | |
| 17 | [...] UZU ana UR.GI₇ U₂ GUL [...] | |
| 18 | [...] ŠU₂ ša KA UR.[GI₇] [...] | |
| 19 | [...] SIG₄ E₂ ip-pu-[uš] [...] | |
| 20 | [...] iṣ-bat-ma U₂ PI x [...] | |
| 21 | [...] ⸢še⸣-er-ti ze-e UR.GI₇ [...] | |
| 22 | NA i-ʾi MUŠEN i-na-sa₃-sa [...] | |
| 23 | NA i-ʾi NA i-na-sa₃-⸢sa⸣ [...] | |
| 24 | NA ina E₂-šu₂ ha-ab-bur-ru pe-ṣi [...] | |
| 25 | NA ana i-ši-ir-ti-šu₂ KU₄-ma {d}NIN.⸢KILIM⸣ [...] | |
| 26 | NA ina E₂ ⸢a⸣-šib-ma {d}NIN.KILIM x KA ⸢GAR⸣ x [...] | |
| 27 | ina bi-ri-šu₂-nu [...] | |
| 28 | NA ina E₂-šu₂ {d}NIN x KA ina KI x [...] | |
| 29 | NA ina E₂-šu₂ {d}NIN x x [...] | |
| 30 | 33 [...] | |
| 31 | NA ina DU-šu₂ TE{su} ana KU x [ŠUB{di]} [...] | |
| 32 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ TE{su} ana 15-šu₂ ŠUB{⸢di⸣} [...] | |
| 33 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ TE{su} ana GUB₃-šu₂ ŠUB{⸢di⸣} [...] | |
| 34 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ it-ta-nap-⸢ra⸣-[qid] [...] | |
| 35 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ pa-ni GIR₃-šu₂ I [...] | |
| 36 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ u₂-ha-an-[ni-iṣ] [...] | |
| 37 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ GA BI [...] | |
| 38 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ TA RI [...] | |
| 39 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ ana IGI-šu₂ [...] | |
| 40 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ ana EGIR-šu₂ [...] | |
| 41 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ ana ⸢GUB₃⸣-šu₂ [...] | |
| 42 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ ŠU-MIN-šu₂ [...] | |
| 43 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ ⸢GU₂⸣ x [...] | |
| 44 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ NE [...] | |
| 45 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 46 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 47 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ [...] | |
| 48 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ [...] | |
| 49 | {<|KI.MIN|(NA)>} ina DU-šu₂ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | MIN x [...] | |
| 2' | x x [...] | |
| 3' | 34 [...] | |
| 4' | NA UH₂-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | NA |KI.MIN|ma x [...] | |
| 6' | NA |KI.MIN|ma x [...] | |
| 7' | NA |KI.MIN|ma x [...] | |
| 8' | NA |KI.MIN|ma x [...] | |
| 9' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM [...] | |
| 10' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM [...] | |
| 11' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM [...] | |
| 12' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM [...] | |
| 13' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM [...] | |
| 14' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM x [...] | |
| 15' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM x [...] | |
| 16' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM LUGAL [...] | |
| 17' | ⸢NA⸣ [...]-⸢ma GIM⸣ AŠ [...] | |
| 18' | ⸢NA⸣ |KI.MIN|ma GIM x [...] | |
| 19' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM x [...] | |
| 20' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM ŠA x [...] | |
| 21' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM SAG [...] | |
| 22' | NA |KI.MIN|ma GIM BAR [...] | |
| 23' | ⸢NA UH₂⸣-su BABBAR{at} [...] | |
| 24' | NA ⸢UH₂⸣-su GE₆{at} [...] | |
| 25' | NA ⸢UH₂⸣-su ⸢SA₅⸣ [...] | |
| 26' | NA ⸢UH₂⸣-su SIG₇{at} [...] | |
| 27' | NA ⸢UH₂⸣-su ŠUB-ma x [...] | |
| 28' | NA ⸢UH₂⸣-su ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 29' | ⸢NA UH₂⸣-su ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 30' | NA UH₂-su ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 31' | NA UH₂-su ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 32' | NA UH₂-⸢su⸣ ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 33' | NA UH₂-su ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 34' | NA UH₂-su ana KI ⸢ŠUB⸣ [...] | |
| 35' | NA UH₂-su ana KI ⸢ŠUB⸣ [...] | |
| 36' | NA UH₂-[su] ana KI ⸢ŠUB⸣ [...] | |
| 37' | NA UH₂-⸢su⸣ ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 38' | NA ⸢UH₂-su⸣ ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 39' | NA ⸢UH₂-su⸣ ana KI ŠUB [...] | |
| 40' | NA ⸢UH₂-su⸣ ana KI ⸢ŠUB⸣ [...] | |
| 41' | NA ⸢UH₂⸣-su ana UGU ⸢LU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 42' | NA UH₂-su KUR-su [...] | |
| 43' | NA UH₂-su ⸢MAR⸣ x [...] | |
| 44' | NA UH₂-su TI x [...] | |
| 45' | NA UH₂-su ŠAR KA x [...] | |
| 46' | <NA> u₂-pa-⸢ṭi⸣-šu₂ ŠUB-ma LA x [...] | |
| 47' | ⸢HUL UH₂ ŠUB⸣-ma ana ⸢LU₂⸣ la₃ x [...] | |
| 48' | EME-⸢ka⸣ x ina KA-ka [...] | |
| 49' | ša₂ UGU EME-ka ŠA₃-ka [...] | |
| 50' | NA lu-bu-uš-ta-šu₂ x [...] | |
| 51' | x x UNUG{ki} x [...] | |
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