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SpTU 2, 038 (P348643)
CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348643 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Teratological > Šumma izbu; CANONICAL > Technical > Commentary |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BE ⸢iz⸣-[bu TUN₃-šu₂ ina maš-kan₂ MUR-šu₂ ša₂ ZAG GAR{at} LUGAL MAR.TU]{⸢ki⸣} LUGAL URI{ki} i-dak | If an anomaly's head is located on the right side of its lung: the king of the Westland will kill the ki[ng of Akkad]. |
| 2 | kit-⸢ta⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] ina TUR₃ LUGAL iʾ-al-du | Kit-eta'e ...... is in the king's stall. |
| 3 | it-ta-⸢x-x-x⸣ ⸢x⸣ [x x x pa-le]-e ša₂-niš | he has ...ed, ... a new year |
| 4 | a-na ka-ša₂-du pa-le-⸢e⸣ ⸢x x x x x x x⸣ ⸢DUL⸣ lib₃-bi | For the kašadu-festival, pālê-ē’e-disease (and) e-ṭālu-e-mcbi, |
| 5 | lib₃-bi ku-tu-um ŠA₃ pa-pa-an lib₃-⸢bi⸣ ⸢x x x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ šar-ri | The heart is a kutû-disease. The attention of the heart ... the king |
| 6 | MUL.GAL {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA {lu₂}GU₂.EN.NA [x x nap]-⸢har LUGAL⸣ EN-MEŠ | The Pleiades, the oxen-drivers, the entire royal entourage of lords |
| 7 | GU₂ nap-har EN be-lu ina du-[x] x x-šu ⸢E₃-ma⸣ MAS.SU₃ TE{am} | (If) the neck of the totality of the lord, in his ... ešuma emāe-plant: an epidemic will approach. |
| 8 | MAS.SU₃ a-ša₂-re-du MAS.SU₃ kab-tu ⸢ME⸣.[HE₂ hi-in-ṣi mu-ter šu-uh-hu | MAS.SU₃ (means) “asaredu-plant.{sidian;}MAŠSÙ (also means): big. eME.HE (also refers to the plant) ḫinṣu-plant; MUter means 'hand-lifting.' |
| 9 | mu-uš-tin-na-šu₂ pe-hi mu-uš-tin-na pi-il-šu₂ ša₂ u₂-ša₂-ri a-šar ši-na-a-tu₂ | (Sum) The one who looks at his wife, the one who sees her (Akk) His wife, whose face is the one of the woman, the man of the mountains, the lord of lands |
| 10 | uṣ-ṣa-ni SUR{su-ur} ši-tin-nu SUR ⸢ta-ba-ku⸣ ša₂ ši-na-a-tu₂ ina ṣa-a-tu₂ | “If he slips through the cracks of the šītinnu-vessel, I will be able to open the e22tabakû-tree (and) that one in the reed screen. |
| 11 | qa-bi KAŠ₃-MEŠ-šu₂ u šit-ta-šu₂ DU{⸢ak⸣} ⸢šit⸣-tu₄ zu-u₂ | It is said that his beer and his šittu-offerings will be made, that the ēṣi-e-tû-incantation is known. |
| 12 | til-la-tu₂ e-mu-qa ⸢GIR₃⸣ {lu₂}⸢KUR₂ ana KUR⸣-ka ⸢u₂⸣-ta-šar u₂-ta-aš₂-ša-ar | The end of battle, the strength of the šēpê-demon, the enemy, to your land he turned. |
| 13 | il-la-ku a-ša₂-ar sa-na-qa a-ša₂-ri a-la-ku | I will go to the field, I will pass the sanāqa of the field |
| 14 | SI e-še-ru ša₂ a-la-ku ina ṣa-a-tu₂ qa-bi u₂-⸢qal-lal⸣ ub⸣-ba-at | (Sum) The horn of the ešeru-bird is the one who goes to the ṣātu-festival. (Akk) Its horns are the one that go to the temple. |
| 15 | GUL a-ba-at LA₂ ka-mu-u₂ da-a-ku zi-im hu-wa-wa | GUL (means) “to exceed. KA₂.MÚ₂ (also means) ... |
| 16 | pa-ni hu-um-ba-ba SAG zi-i-mu SAG pa-ni bi-ši-im-ti | (If) the face of a man is swollen: he will die. |
| 17 | hu-le-e bi-nu-ut hu-le-e ba-ša₂-mu ba-nu-u | (Sum) The one who is enraged, he is a sigh of sorrow (Akk) I am the one who was ecstatic, I am a cry of sorrow |
| 18 | ša₂-niš pa-ni hu-le-e ku-uk-ku qa-ab-li-ti ki-ma | Secondly, the face of evil (and) the neck of the enemy like |
| 19 | qa-nu-u₂ ša₂ zi-ba-ni-tu₄ E₂.ERIN₂ ša₂-niš ku-uk-ku | Hand of the zibānû-demon Érin, hand of the kukku-disease |
| 20 | kur₃-ru₃ E₃ ma-hi-ri ip-paṭ-ṭar ša₂-niš ma-hi-ir i-nap-pu-uš | (If) a curse comes out against me: he will be struck down; another curse will be made against me. |
| 21 | BE iz-bu GIM SUHUR.MAŠ₂{ku₆} u₃ MUŠ qu₂-lip-tu₂ sa-hi-ip | If an anomaly is split like a fish or a snake. |
| 22 | uz-za-at {d}SUEN LU₂ ep-qa SA₅ qu₂-lip-tu₂ qu₂-lip₂-tu₂ | The uzzat-priestess of Sîn, the man who performs the extispicy, the reddish quliptu-disease, the yellow-dyed quippa. |
| 23 | BE iz-bu SIK₂ na-ši ma-li-i na-ši SIK₂.UZ₃ ma-li-i | If an anomaly is surrounded by a halo, it is covered with a haemorrhage. |
| 24 | SIG₂.UZ₃ pe-eš-tu₄ GEME₂ ma-li-i a-mu-ut ma-li-i | SIG₂.UŽ means “female goat, male goat, female goat, |
| 25 | GEME₂ a-mu-ut ZAG-šu₂ HAD₂ i-mit-ta-šu₂ ša₂-bu-ul-la-at | (If) a sow gives birth to a word on its right side: its offspring will be scattered. |
| 26 | {ha-a}HAD₂ a-ba-lu ŠA₃-MEŠ-šu₂ ina GU.DI-šu₂ GAR-MEŠ ŠA₃ er-ri | “ḪāDU (means) stag. His hands are placed on his neck. Hand of Erru |
| 27 | mu-ma-as-su-ku ih-ta-aš₂-ma la ba-nu-u₂ il-la-kam-ma | “If he slips through the thresholds and is not present, he will come and |
| 28 | mu-ma-as-su-ku la ba-nu-u₂ ha-a-šu₂ a-la-ku | (Sum) I am the one who screams untowardly (Akk) The one who does not roar, I am a liar |
| 29 | UL šu-ut KA u maš-a-a-al-ti ša₂ pi-i um-ma-nu ša₂ lib₃-bi | UL (means) “the mouth and the mouth-washing-spirits of the mouth of the master, of the heart.’ |
| 30 | BE iz-bu TUN₃-šu₂ ina maš-kan₂ MUR-šu₂ ša₂ 15 GAR{at} 18{u₂} mal₂-sutₓ(BAN₂) | If an anomaly's head is located on the right side of its lung: the 18th, it will rain. |
| 31 | BE iz-bu NU AL.TIL BE U₈ si-li-is-su GU₇ {im}GI₃.DA | If an anomaly is not finished: the ewe will eat its offspring. |
| 32 | {m}BA{ša₂-a} bu₁₂-kur₂ {m}{d}INANA-MU-KAM ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}E₂.KUR-za-kir | Iqiša, son of Ištar-iddin-ēriṣ, descendant of Ekur-zakir |
| 33 | {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ TIR.AN.NA{ki}{u₂} NU pa-lih {d}a-nu {d}EN.LIL₂ | exorcist of Tirana who does not revere Anu and Enlil |
| 34 | {d}e₂-a lit-bal-šu₂ ša₂ {i}TUM₃-šu₂ {d}IŠKUR lit-bal-šu₂ | May Ea carry off, may Adad carry off. |
| 35 | {iti}ŠU U₄ 14-KAM MU 6-KAM {m}pi-il-pi-is-su LUGAL KUR.KUR | Month of Tammuz, 14th day, 6th year of Pilpissu, king of the lands. |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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