SpTU 1, 090 (P348511)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 090 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348511 |
| 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 | A planet appears in Nisannu (I): (this means) Jupiter, alternatively Mercury, appears in Nisannu (I). |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | A planet keeps appearing in second Ululu (VI/2): (this means) Mars appears in Leo. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | A planet appears at the start of Ululu (VI): (this means) Saturn appears ...ly at the start of Ululu (VI), or rises acronychally. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | A planet appears in Tašritu (VII): at sunrise and sunset there will be battle: (this means) Saturn appears in Tašritu (VII), imbued with brilliance, and .... |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | A planet appears in the 6th month: (this means) Saturn appears in Ululu (II)). An |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | A planet flares up in Kislimu (IX) and remains lit up: (this means) Mars is imbued with brilliance in Saggitarius. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | A planet stands in Ṭebetu (X) and its halo is black: (this means) Mars approaches Saturn in .... Its halo is black: (this means) its halo is dark. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | A planet appears in Addaru (XII): (this means) Mars appears in [...] imbued with radiance. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | A planet appears at sunrise (or) at the rising of the sun: the enemy will take from the land: (this means) Mars appears in the Crab, imbued with brilliance. ŠU.TI.A: (this means) they took. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 1212–o 1414 | [...] remains visible in the sky and does not set: (this means) Mars from the top of ... [...] is on it, imbued with brilliance; alternatively they remain visible: (this means) ... [...]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | A planet, whose name is Ninurta, appears with the moon at the rising of the sun: (this means) [...] appears with the moon; alternatively it ... with the rising of the sun and [...] is captured. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | A planet when it rises in the tail of the moon [...]: (this means) Mars rises acronychally. : Tail (means): rear. [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'r 1'–r 2'2' | [...] is dark [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | Alternatively, a steady illumination [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | and the evil that he speaks [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Mars, when it rises very faintly, [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | they appear from rising in the Furrow [...] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | Mars is dark: the offspring of cattle will become extensive. [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | The Raven reaches the path of the Sun: (that is) [...] |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | Commentary and oral tradition; reading out from the Series "When Anu, Ellil" [...], written and properly executed from a writing board. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 11'11'–r 13'13' | Tablet of Iqiša, son of Ištar-šum-ereš, descendant of Ekur-zakir. [Hand of] Anu-ab-uṣur, son of Anu-mukin-apli, descendat of Kuri. Uruk, Ululu (VI), day x. [...], Philip, king of all lands. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 13' | {m}pi-il-pi-is-su LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
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