SpTU 2, 036 (P348641)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348641 |
| 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 | [...] ... that house will experience wailing ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [...] ... burning of the heart; he will weep [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | ... He who equals the female mourner ... [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | ... because : they regularly weep (is synonym of): (they) who daily [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] ... he moans (is synonym of): he whose shoutings are numerous; : alternatively, he who ... [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] he sings : he whose lamentation is equal to singing ... : ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] they cease: to cease (is a synonym of): baṭāl. : like [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] a woman will perform kingship. : (If) a cat : a king : a pig : ...[...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] to become furious (means): to shout. : its rear which is outside; : BAR (means):outside [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [...] he is wearing matted hair; matted hair (when there is): sorrow; : matted hair (is a synonym of): knot ... [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [...] they will be weighed (and). : Mountain lead will be scattered; : lead [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [...] ... : they will rampage (is a synonym of): they will become wild : ... |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [...] ... to destroy him (or): to destroy her. : To destroy his house (or) his palace ... |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] ... That woman will leave him, her husband. Concerning .... like, concerning that spindle |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] ... on the skull. : a man and a woman will remain; : either a brother or a sister |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [...] a ... enters and spills her urine on top of a man. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | [...] and they bring to an end (...). : He urinates; : SUR (means): to keep wetting |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | [...] ... : right now that man will make profit ... : right now |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | [...] to recede (is a synonym of): to come to an end. : He defecates : he who blows out excrement. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | [...] ... concerning an erection. : If cats scratch a snake in a man's house. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | [...] ... (that) does not become silent. : SA.A (means): cat |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | [...] SA.A.RI (means): female lynx |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | [...] (that) vomits in a man's house (but) does not rise up. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [...] ... : alternatively that like |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | [...] ... : May the omen not say (so)! |
| Obverse [25:29] o 2626– | [...] in order to dedicate a maid |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... appears. The army [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] his governors will be deported |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] ... (that) they did not see it |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] does not appear. Concerning the city gate (through) which he will enter. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] ... (that) they were not seen |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] ... [...] ... : he will kill for me and |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] his governors will be deported : the king's governor |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | [...] his [...] : as for the king, his governors. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [...] questioning from the mouth of an expert from [...] of the extract (tablet) 56, additional (and) non-canonical (from) "(If) a city is located on height"; not completed. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] they will become rabid [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [... oblong] tablet (of) Ninurta-iušabši, brewer of [Ellil] |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] of Marduk-kišir, brewer of [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] he who reveres Anu, Adad and ... [...] |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] ... Ninurta .... : Day [...]. |
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