SpTU 3, 088 (P348692)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348692 |
| 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 Column i [0:1] o i 1'o 1'–o i 1'o 1' | [...] ... liʾbu-disease (gloss: break) |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 2'2'–o i 2'2' | [...]: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column i [2:4] o i 3'3'–o i 4'4' | [...] he trod on a [...]-bird: he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [3:5] o i 4'4'–o i 5'5' | [...] (gloss: new break). |
| Obverse Column i [4:6] o i 5'5'–o i 6'6' | [...] Šamaš; he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | [...]: hand of Ištar; he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | [...] and his right eye forms a dark spot (gloss: new break) he will speak [...] god of his town; he will be released and he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [7:9] o i 8'8'–o i 9'9' | [...] his left [temple] hurts him and his left eye forms a dark spot: the hand of Šulpae will be released and he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | (If) his right and left temples hurt him (and) his right and left eyes form a dark spot: this man, his god or the god of his town has cursed (him); he will say a prayer (to) his god; it (the cruse) will be released and he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | (If) his right temple hurts him and his right eye is swollen and sheds tears: hand of a ghost; alternatively, Ištar. |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11' | (If) his left temple hurts him and his left eye is swollen and sheds tears: hand of a ghost; alternatively, Ištar. |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12' | (If) his right and left temples hurt him and his fever (is) equally high: hand of his god; he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 13'13'–o i 13'13' | (If) his right and left temples hurt him but his fever (is) not equally high: hand of the god of his town; his illness will be long and : [...] and he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [13:15] o i 14'14'–o i 15'15' | (If) his temple(s) hurt him (and) stab him, the veins of his eyes sting him (and) the muscle(s) of (his) neck hurt him: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 15'15'–o i 15'15' | (If) he is beaten on his temple(s): hand of Kubu. |
| Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16' | (If) he is beaten on his right temple: hand of ...; he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17' | (If) he is beaten on his left temple: hand of his god. |
| Obverse Column i [17:20] o i 18'18'– | (If) he is beaten on his right temple: hand of a ghost; (variant:) hand of a god; he will recover. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o 1'–o ii 1'o 1' | [...] his temples [...] (with) fever ... [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [1:3] o ii 2'2'–o ii 3'3' | [...] his temples (and) his ears are not feverish [...]; he is repeatedly affected by affliction of the head: either hand of Sin or [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | [...] his temples (are) not feverish: he is affected either by the hand of his god or the hand of the god of his town; he will die. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | [...] his temples (gloss: break) (are) simultaneously feverish: hand of Sin ... Šamaš. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | [...] his temples (and) his ears hurt him and his body is feverish: alternatively, Sin. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | (If) his temples hurt him and his body is feverish for 3 days: hand of a god; he will die. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8' | (If) his temples hurt him and are cold: hand of Azu. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 9'9'–o ii 9'9' | (If) his temples (and) his ears hurt him and are cold 5 days: hand of Azu. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 10'10'–o ii 10'10' | (If) his temples are feverish and his ears are cold: either hand of his god or hand of Kubu. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | (If) his temples continually pulsate together and his sweat flows all the time (and) he vomits: hand of Ištar (or): hand of Šamaš. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:13] o ii 12'12'–o ii 13'13' | (If) his both temples quake together (or) : they pulsate and his sweat flows all the time (for) 5 days: hand of Ištar. |
| Obverse Column ii [13:15] o ii 14'14'–o ii 15'15' | (If) his temples are fallen (and) his eyes are fixed: that patient will not live. |
| Obverse Column ii [14:15] o ii 15'15'–o ii 15'15' | (If) some veins lie across his right temple: he will live. |
| Obverse Column ii [15:16] o ii 16'16'–o ii 16'16' | (If) some veins lie across his left temple: his illness will be long but he will recover. |
| Obverse Column ii [16:18] o ii 17'17'–o ii 18'18' | (If) some veins lie across his temples: his illness will be long. |
| Obverse Column ii [17:18] o ii 18'18'–o ii 18'18' | (If) some veins become bigger (and) lie across his temple(s): he will recover. |
| Obverse Column ii [18:19] o ii 19'19'–o ii 19'19' | (If) the vein of his temple [...] ... is divided and feverish: he is healthy and will recover. |
| Obverse Column ii [19:20] o ii 20'20'–o ii 20'20' | (If) the vein of his temple is divided and dark: his illness will become heavy; he is beaten by adversity. |
| Obverse Column ii [20:21] o ii 21'21'–o ii 21'21' | (If) the vein of his right temple afflicts him and his right eye contains blood: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [21:22] o ii 22'22'–o ii 22'22' | (If) the vein of his left temple afflicts him and his left eye contains blood: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [22:23] o ii 23'23'–o ii 23'23' | (If) the vein(s) of his temple(s) afflict him and his eyes contain blood: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [23:24] o ii 24'24'–o ii 24'24' | (If) the vein of his right temple afflicts him and his right eye contains tear(s): hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [24:25] o ii 25'25'–o ii 25'25' | (If) the vein of his left temple afflicts him and his left eye contains tear(s): hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [25:26] o ii 26'26'–o ii 26'26' | (If) the vein of his temples afflicts him and his eyes contain tear(s): hand of [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [26:27] o ii 27'27'–o ii 27'27' | (If) the vein(s) of his temples afflict him and blood ...: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [27:28] o ii 28'28'–o ii 28'28' | (If) the vein of his temple ... [...] afflicts him and blood ... do not see: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [28:29] o ii 29'29'–o ii 29'29' | (If) the vein of his right temple becomes thick and bigger ... (his) right eye: hand of a ghost. |
| Obverse Column ii [29:32] o ii 30'30'– | (If) the vein of his left temple becomes thick and bigger ... (his) left eye: hand of [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1 | (If) the vein(s) of his right temple are dark: reduction of the illness (but) he will die. |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | (If) the vein(s) of his left temple are dark: reduction of the illness. |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33 | (If) the vein(s) of his temple(s) are dark: he will die. |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 44–r i 44 | (If) [... his] right temple [...] is dark: despondency. |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 55–r i 55 | [...] left is dark: his illness will be long but he will recover. |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66 | [...] he will recover. |
| Reverse Column i [7:10] r i 88– | [...] and he will recover. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1r ii 1–r ii 1r ii 1 | (If) he is affected by throbbing of the temple and his body hurts him: hand of a ghost. |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22 | (If) he is affected by throbbing of the temple and his hands and his feet are paralysed: hand of a ghost. |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33 | (If) he is affected by throbbing of the temple, šimmatu-paralysis or rimûtu-paralysis: hand of a ghost. |
| Reverse Column ii [3:5] r ii 44–r ii 55 | (If) the hair(s) of his right temple are thin, his veins of the left (temple) are pulsating (and) he is affected by seizure of the belly and the top of his belly is convulsed: attack of the lurker-demon; he will die. |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66 | (If) his forehead is feverish: he will live : (If) his forehead [...] sweat [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | (If) his forehead is cold: he will live : (If) [his] forehead [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88 | (If) his forehead daily ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99 | (If) his forehead and [his] face [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010 | (If) his forehead ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111 | (If) his forehead [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 1212–r ii 1212 | (If) his forehead [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 1313–r ii 1313 | (If) [his] forehead [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 1414–r ii 1414 | (If) [his] forehead [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 1515–r ii 1515 | (If) [his] forehead [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] x la-aʾ-<(bi)> {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 2' | [...] ŠU GU₄ | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢MUŠEN⸣ ik-bu-us DIN | |
| 4' | [...] {{ ⸢hi⸣-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | |
| 5' | [...] {d}UTU DIN | |
| 6' | [...] ŠU {d}15 DIN | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢u⸣ IGI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 GISSU DU₃ {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} DINGIR IRI-šu₂ iq-bi BUR₂-ma ; DIN | |
| 8' | [... SAG.KI]-⸢šu₂⸣ [ša₂] 2.30 GU₇-šu₂ u IGI-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 GISSU DU₃ ŠU {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃.A ; BUR₂-ma DIN | |
| 9' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ ša₂ 15 u 2.30 GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ IGI-MIN-šu₂ ša₂ 15 u 2.30 GISSU DU₃{a} LU₂ BI DINGIR-šu₂ u DINGIR IRI-šu₂ iz-zur ik-⸢ri⸣-ba(GUR) DINGIR-šu₂ iq-bi BUR₂-ma DIN | |
| 10' | SAG.KI 15-šu₂ GU₇-šu₂-ma IGI(KI) 15-šu₂ nap-hat u ⸢ER₂ DE₂⸣{qi₂} ŠU GU₄ ša₂;-⸢ne₂-e⸣ {d}15 | |
| 11' | SAG.KI 2.30-šu₂ GU₇-šu₂-ma IGI-<<MIN>>-šu₂ 2.30-šu₂ nap-hat u ⸢ER₂ DE₂{qi₂⸣} ; ŠU GU₄ ša₂-ne₂-⸢e⸣ {d}15 | |
| 12' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ ša₂ 15 u 2.30 GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂-ma KUM₂-[šu₂] [mit]-⸢har⸣ ŠU DINGIR-šu₂ DIN | |
| 13' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ ša₂ 15 u 2.30 GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂-ma KUM₂-šu₂ la₃ mit-⸢har⸣ ; ŠU DINGIR IRI-šu₂ GIG-su GID₂.DA-ma [...]-ma DIN | |
| 14' | SAG.KI-šu₂ GU₇-šu₂ u₂-mah-ha-ṣa-šu₂ SA-MEŠ IGI-MIN-šu₂ ⸢u₂-zaq⸣-[qa-tu]-šu₂ ; SA GU₂ GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ ŠU GU₄ | |
| 15' | ina SAG.KI-šu₂ SIG₃{iṣ} ŠU {d}ku₃-bi | |
| 16' | ina SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 SIG₃{iṣ} ŠU DINGIR EN x NIN x DIN | |
| 17' | ina SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 SIG₃{iṣ} ŠU DINGIR-šu₂ | |
| 18' | ina SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 SIG₃{iṣ} ŠU ⸢GIDIM⸣ ŠU DINGIR DIN | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [... SAG.KI]-⸢MIN⸣-šu₂ KUM₂ [...] ; x (x) [...] | |
| 2' | [... SAG.KI]-⸢MIN⸣-šu₂ GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ KUM₂ la ha-ah-<<ha>>-haš [...] | |
| 3' | DAB{it} SAG.DU TUKU.TUKU{ši} lu(MA) ŠU {<d>}30 ⸢lu⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣.KI-MIN-šu₂ KUM₂ la ha-ah-ha-šu₂ lu ŠU DINGIR-šu₂ lu ŠU DINGIR ⸢IRI⸣-šu₂ ⸢TAG⸣ UŠ₂ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣.KI-MIN-šu₂ {{ hi-pi₂ }} mit-ha-riš KUM₂-ma ŠU {d}30 DIŠ ŠA AT {d}UTU | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣.KI-MIN-šu₂ GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ u AD₆-šu₂ KUM₂ ša₂-ne₂-e {d}30 | |
| 7' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ u AD₆-šu₂ KUM₂ ana(ŠA₂) U₄ 3-KAM₂ ŠU DINGIR UŠ₂ | |
| 8' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ u SED-MEŠ ŠU {d}A.ZU | |
| 9' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ GU₇-MEŠ-šu₂ u SED-MEŠ U₄ 5-KAM₂ ŠU {d}A.ZU | |
| 10' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ KUM₂-ma GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ SED-MEŠ lu(MA) ŠU DINGIR-šu₂ lu(MA) ŠU {d}ku₃-bi | |
| 11' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ TEŠ₂.BI DU-ME u IR-su it-ta-naq-ra-ar₂ u₂-gaš ; ŠU {d}15 ŠU {d}20 | |
| 12' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ ki-lat-tan 1{niš} i-rad-da DU-MEŠ u IR-su | |
| 13' | it-ta-naq-ra-ar₂ U₄ 5-KAM₂ ŠU {d}15 | |
| 14' | SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ ma-aq-ta₅ IGI-MIN-šu₂ u₂-tar-ra-aṣ <GIG> TU.RA.BI NU DIN | |
| 15' | ina SAG.KI 15-šu₂ SA-MEŠ GIB-MEŠ DIN | |
| 16' | ina SAG.KI 2.30-šu₂ SA-MEŠ GIB-MEŠ GIG-su GID₂.DA-ma DIN | |
| 17' | ina SAG.KI-MIN-šu₂ SA-MEŠ GIB-MEŠ GIG-su GID₂.DA | |
| 18' | ina SAG.KI-šu₂ SA-MEŠ ⸢DIRI⸣-MEŠ GIB-MEŠ DIN | |
| 19' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ [...] x zi-iz DIŠ KUM₂{im} SILIM-ma DIN | |
| 20' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ zi-iz u GE₆ GIG-su DUGUD ⸢GABA.RI⸣ SIG₃{iṣ} | |
| 21' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ 15 DAB-su-ma(GIŠ) IGI 15-šu₂ UŠ₂ u₂-kal ŠU GU₄ | |
| 22' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ 2.30 DAB-su-ma IGI 2.30-šu₂ UŠ₂ u₂-kal ŠU GU₄ | |
| 23' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ DAB-su-ma IGI-MIN-šu₂ UŠ₂ u₂-kal-la ŠU GU₄ | |
| 24' | SA SAG.KI 15-šu₂ DAB-su-ma IGI 15-šu₂ ER₂ u₂-kal ŠU GU₄ | |
| 25' | SA SAG.KI 2.30-šu₂ DAB-su-ma IGI 2.30-šu₂ ER₂ u₂-kal ŠU ⸢GU₄⸣ | |
| 26' | SA SAG.KI-⸢MIN⸣-šu₂ ⸢DAB-su⸣-ma IGI-MIN-šu₂ ER₂ u₂-kal-la ŠU [...] | |
| 27' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ DAB-su-ma u UŠ₂ i-HA-ru ŠU ⸢GU₄⸣ | |
| 28' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ x [...] DAB-su-ma UŠ₂ i-PI-ru x x NU IGI{ar₂} ŠU GU₄ | |
| 29' | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 ka-bar-ma ⸢DIRI⸣ x-⸢šu₂⸣ IGI ša₂ 15 ŠU GU₄ | |
| 30' | SA SAG.⸢KI-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 ka-bar-ma ⸢DIRI⸣ x-šu₂ IGI ša₂ 2.30; ŠU [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 tar-ku na(TA-)šar GIG GAM | |
| 2 | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 tar-ku na-šar GIG | |
| 3 | SA SAG.KI-šu₂ tar-ku GAM | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢SAG⸣.[KI-šu₂ ...] ša₂ 15 GE₆ ⸢ni⸣-di-it <KIR₄> | |
| 5 | [...] 2.30 GE₆⸣ GIG-su GID₂.DA-ma DIN | |
| 6 | [...] DIN | |
| 7 | [...] x | |
| 8 | [...]-⸢ma⸣ DIN | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | ZI SAG.KI TUKU-ma SU-šu₂ GU₇-šu₂ ŠU GIDIM₂ | |
| 2 | ZI SAG.KI TUKU{ši}ma ŠU-MIN-šu₂ u GIR₃-<MIN>-šu₂ i-šam-ma-ma-šu₂ ŠU GIDIM₂ | |
| 3 | ZI SAG.KI šim-ma-tu₂ u ri-mu-tu₄ TUKU{ši} ŠU GIDIM₂ | |
| 4 | u₂-ru-uh SAG.KI-šu₂ ša₂ 15 be₂-e-er SA-ME-šu₂ ša₂ 2.30 | |
| 5 | ZI-ME DAB{it} ŠA₃ TUKU u SAG ŠA₃-šu₂ i-ru-ur SIG₃{⸢eṣ} MAŠKIM GAM⸣ | |
| 6 | SAG.KI-su KUM₂ u₂-kal DIN SAG.KI-su ⸢IR⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | SAG.KI-su ka-ṣa-at DIN ⸢SAG⸣.[KI-su ...] | |
| 8 | SAG.KI-su u₄-mi-šam-ma U₄ x (x) [...] | |
| 9 | SAG.KI-su u pa-nu-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 10 | SAG.KI-su x [...] | |
| 11 | SAG.KI-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | SAG.KI-⸢su⸣ [...] | |
| 13 | SAG.⸢KI⸣-[su ...] | |
| 14 | ⸢SAG⸣.[KI-su ...] | |
| 15 | ⸢SAG⸣.[KI-su ...] | |
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