SpTU 3, 089 (P348693)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348693 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'o 1'–o 3'3' | [...] ... [...] feet (or) himself [...] "falling sickness" [...]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [...] "falling sickness" [...] rocks [...]. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | [...] and he sees and [... his] garment [...] hurts [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] hurt him; he stretches out [...]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [...] torpor repeatedly afflicts him; [his] limbs [...] it (the torpor) affects his mouth and he cannot speak [...]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [...] (something) like torpor repeatedly afflicts him; when it afflicts [him ...]. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | [...] when he comes out from the river (where) he was bathing in water [...] when he comes out from the water, his body became paralysed [...]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | (If) he twitches and then becomes deathly still [...]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'–o 16'16' | (If) he is neglected (and) he continually requests water; (his) fever remaining high [...]; he cries out from the beginning of the nigth until the middle of watch [...]. |
| Obverse [16:20] o 17'17'–o 20'20' | (If) depression continually falls on him; he beseeches whomever he sees; [...]; he is daily affected by fever (gloss: new break) from time to time [...] until they bring to him (gloss: break) [...] they bring to him, he looks at (it) but he does not consume (it): hand of a ghost (gloss: new break) [...]. |
| Obverse [20:23] o 21'21'–o 23'23' | (If) his tuqnu (gloss: new break) causes him a stinging pain; his ears constantly ring (gloss: break) [...] all his body like vermin (gloss: new break) bring there and there are none [...] (gloss: new break) he does not scratch: hand of a ghost (dead by) sunstroke; (that) man like the sceptre of Sin, his foot ... |
| Obverse [23:25] o 24'24'–o 25'25' | [...] of Sin afflicts him and he curves (and) stretches his foot (gloss: new break) [...] flows from his mouth: a ghost roving in the open country seized him. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [...] hand of a ghost turns into "falling sickness": this man is ill with hand of the god of his town. To save him from hand of the god of his town, you wrap animal flesh; the little finger of a corpse; bad grease and copper in the skin of a virgin she-goat using a sinew of a dormouse (and then) put (it) on his neck and he will recover. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | (If) "falling sickness" turns into hand of a ghost (and) (the patient) continually develops evil spirit: hand of Ištar (variant:) hand of the lurker-demon. To save him you wrap thyme; ebony seed; the towel of a menstruating woman (and) animal bone in a skin of a virgin she-goat (and then) put it on his neck and he will recover. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | (If) "falling sickness" turns into hand of Ištar: hand of a curse (variant:) (gloss: new break) his town; ditto turns into hand of Ištar. To save him (you wrap) a towel of a menstruating woman who has given birth to a male child (gloss: new break); hound's tongue (plant); black dog's hair; a dog fly; a dragonfly; male or female ape's hair; roots of baltu-plant and ašāgu-plant that on a grave (gloss: new break) (and) euphorbia in the skin of a virgin she-goat ditto ((and then) put it on his neck and he will recover). |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | (If) hand of Ištar turns into "falling sickness": hand of Ištar. To save him (you wrap) human semen; algae; shrew of the canebrake that is covered in hair; a tuft of hair of a black dog; hair of a black female dog; hair of a black dog's tail; hair of a virgin she-goat in the skin of ditto (a virgin she-goat (and then) put it on his neck and he will recover). |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | (If) hand of Ištar turns into Bel-uri: hand of Šamaš. To save him (you wrap) root of baltu-plant; root of ašāgu-plant; root of fennel; seed of ēru-tree; seed of henbane; the towel of a menstruating woman (and) euphorbia in a skin of a (virgin) she-goat ditto ((and then) put it on his neck and he will recover). |
| Reverse [16:19] r 1717–r 1919 | (If) Bel-uri turns into "falling sickness" (and) turns into hand of Ištar : : hand of Ištar. To save him (you wrap) a turtle's penis (gloss: new break); seed of fennel; male and female euphorbia in the skin of ditto (a virgin she-goat (and then) put it on his neck and he will recover). |
| Reverse [19:21] r 2020–r 2121 | [...] (If) Bel-uri (variant:) spawn of Šulpae turns into "falling sickness": hand of the god of his town. To save (him) ditto. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | [...] (If) Bel-uri turns into hand of Ištar (variant:) spawn of Šulpea turns into hand of a ghost: he will not end well. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 2222–r 2222 | If he is ill with evil spirit and sees (something) like a bull (or) a donkey (gloss: new break). |
| Reverse [22:24] r 2323–r 2424 | [...] (If) he is sick with a long illness and sees (something) like a horse ... (gloss: new break). |
| Reverse [23:24] r 2424–r 2424 | [...] his illness will repeatedly return to him; he will die. : (If) ditto he sees a dog: his illness will repeatedly return [to him ...]. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 2525–r 2525 | [...] be eradicated. : (If) ditto he sees a lion ... [...] |
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' | [...] x ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ ⸢ra⸣-[man-šu₂ ...] | |
| 3' | [... AN].TA.ŠUB.[BA AN].TA.ŠUB.[BA ...] | |
| 4' | [...] AN.TA.ŠUB.[BA AN.TA.ŠUB.[BA ...] | |
| 5' | [... u₂]-⸢na⸣-aš [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x-ma IGI-ma TUG₂-[su ...] | |
| 7' | [... u₂]-mah-ha-aṣ [...] | |
| 8' | [... u₂]-⸢mah⸣-ha-ṣu-šu₂ iš-du-⸢ud⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢U₃⸣.SA₂ DAB.DAB-su UB.[NIGIN₂.NA-šu₂ ...] | |
| 10' | [...] KA-šu₂ DAB-ma la₃ DU₁₁.⸢DU₁₁⸣{[ub} ...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢GIM⸣ U₃.SA₂ DAB.DAB-su U₄ ⸢DAB⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 12' | [...] ⸢A⸣-MEŠ ina TU₅-šu₂ TA ID₂ ina E₁₁-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 13' | [...] TA A-MEŠ ina E₁₁-šu₂ AD₆-šu₂ ih-[mi-šu-ma ...] | |
| 14' | ib-ru-ur-ma uš-ha-ri-ir [...] | |
| 15' | uz-zu-ub A-MEŠ URU₄-MEŠ{iš} KUM₂ ⸢mit⸣-[har ...] | |
| 16' | TA taš-rit GE₆ EN 1/2 EN.NUN i-⸢leb⸣-[bu ...] | |
| 17' | ZI.IR ŠUB.ŠUB-su mam₂-ma ša₂ im-ma-ru u₂-⸢ṣal⸣-[la ...] | |
| 18' | KUM₂ {{ hi-pi₂ <eš>-šu₂ }} <(u₄-mi)>-šam-ma TUKU-MEŠ a-zu-za-a [...] | |
| 19' | EN u₂(NUN-)ba-lu-niš-šu₂ {{ hi-⸢pi₂⸣ }} [...] | |
| 20' | <u₂>-ba-lu-niš-šu₂ IGI.BAR-ma la i-lem ŠU GU₄ {{ hi-pi₂ ⸢eš⸣-[šu₂ }} ...] | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢tu⸣-qu-un-šu U₂ ZIP {{ hi-pi₂ }} u₂-<(zaq)>-qat-su GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ GU₃.DE₂-MEŠ {{ hi-pi₂ }} [...] | |
| 22' | kal AD₆-šu₂ GIM kal-ma-tu₄ {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} ub(NU-)bal-ma la i-ba-[aš-šu₂ ...] | |
| 23' | ⸢hi⸣-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} <(la ig-gi)>-ig ŠU GU₄ U₄.DA LU₂ GIM {giš}GIDRU ša₂ {d}30 GIR₃-šu₂ MA | |
| 24' | [...] ša₂ {⸢d⸣}30 DAB-su-ma GIR₃-šu₂ i-kap-pap i-tar-ra-aṣ {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | |
| 25' | [...] ⸢KA⸣-šu₂ DU{ak} GU₄ mur-tap-pi-du ina EDIN DAB-su | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢ŠU GIDIM⸣.MA ana AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA GUR-šu₂ LU₂ BI ŠU DINGIR IRI-šu₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢GIG⸣ ana ŠU DINGIR IRI-šu₂ KAR-šu₂ UZU A.ZA.LU.LU ŠU.SI TUR AD₆ | |
| 3 | [I₃].SUMUN lem-nu u URUDU ina KUŠ {munus}AŠ₂.GAR₃ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU GIŠ₃.NU.ZU ina SA PEŠ₂.UR₃.RA | |
| 4 | ⸢GAG⸣.GAG{pi₂} GU₂-BA GAR{an}ma AL.TI | |
| 5 | AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA ana ŠU GIDIM.MA GUR-šu₂ SAG.HUL.HA.ZA SAG.HUL.HA.ZA SAG.HUL.HA.ZA TUKU.TUKU{ši} ŠU {d}iš₈-tar₂ ŠU MAŠKIM ana KAR-šu₂ | |
| 6 | {u₂}HAR.HAR NUMUN {giš}ESI TUG₂ UŠ₂ MUNUS GIR₃.PAD.DU A.ZA.LU.LU ina KUŠ {munus}AŠ₂.GAR₃ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU GIŠ₃.NU.ZU | |
| 7 | U.ME.NI.DU₃.DU₃ GU₂-BA GAR-ma AL.TI | |
| 8 | AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA ana ŠU(MA) {d}INANA GUR-šu₂ ŠU NAM.ERIM₂ {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} <(IRI)>-šu₂ |KI.MIN| ana ŠU {d}INANA GUR-šu₂ ana KAR-šu₂ | |
| 9 | TUG₂ UŠ₂ MUNUS ša₂ NITA U₃(TE).⸢TU(SIG₅) {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} {u₂}EME.UR.GI₇ {u₂}EME.UR.GI₇ SIG₂ UR.GI₇ GE₆ NIM.UR.GI₇ NIM.UR.GI₇ | |
| 10 | AMA.A AMA.A SIG₂ UGU.DUL.BI NITA u MUNUS šur-ši {giš}DIH₃ u KIŠI₁₆ ša₂ UGU KI.MAH {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | |
| 11 | {šim}{d}NIN.URTA ina KUŠ {munus}AŠ₂.GAR₃ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU GIŠ₃.NU.ZU ŠU.BI.AŠ.AM₃ <(U.ME.NI.DU₃.DU₃ GU₂-BA GAR-ma AL.TI)> | |
| 12 | ŠU {d}INANA ana AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA GUR-šu₂ ŠU {d}INANA ana KAR-šu₂ A.RI.A NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU KA.A.AB.BA KA.A.AB.BA | |
| 13 | PEŠ₂.HUL {giš}GI ša₂ SIG₂ la-ah-mu zapₓ(KA)pi UR.GI₇ GE₆ SIG₂ {munus}<UR> GE₆ | |
| 14 | SIG₂ KUN UR GE₆ SIG₂ {munus}AŠ₂.GAR₃ GIŠ₃.NU.ZU GIŠ₃.NU.ZU ina KUŠ ŠU.BI.AŠ.AM₃ | |
| 15 | ŠU {d}INANA ana {d}LUGAL—UR₃.RA GUR-šu₂ ŠU {d}UTU ana KAR-šu₂ SUHUŠ {giš}DIH₃ SUHUŠ {giš}KIŠI₁₆ | |
| 16 | SUHUŠ {giš}u₅-ra-nu NUMUN {giš}MA.NU NUMUN {u₂}ŠAKIR TUG₂ UŠ₂ MUNUS {šim}{d}NIN.URTA ina KUŠ {munus}AŠ₂.GAR₃ ; ŠU.BI.AŠ.AM₃ | |
| 17 | {d}LUGAL—UR₃.RA ana AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA GUR-šu₂ ana ŠU {d}INANA GUR-šu₂ 5(U) | |
| 18 | ŠU {d}iš-tar ana KAR-šu₂ GIŠ₃ BAL.GI{ku₆} {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} NUMUN {u₂}u₅-ra-nu-u₁₆ | |
| 19 | {šim}{d}NIN.URTA NITA u MUNUS ina KUŠ ŠU.BI.AŠ.AM₃ | |
| 20 | [...] {d}LUGAL—UR₃.RA A.RI.A {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃.A ana AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA GUR-šu₂ ŠU DINGIR IRI-šu₂ ana KAR |KI.MIN| | |
| 21 | [... {d]}LUGAL—UR₃.RA ana ŠU {d}INANA GUR-šu₂ A.RI.A {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃.A ana ŠU GIDIM.MA GUR-šu₂ NU i-⸢ke⸣-[šir₂] | |
| 22 | [šum₄]-ma SAG.HUL.HA.ZA SAG.HUL.HA.ZA SAG.HUL.HA.ZA GIG-ma GIM GU₄ ANŠE IGI.LA₂ {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | |
| 23 | [...] ⸢GIG⸣ GID₂.DA GIG-ma GIM ANŠE.KUR.RA IGI.LA₂ GIG {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} | |
| 24 | [...] ⸢GIG⸣-BI GUR.GUR-šu₂ UŠ₂ |KI.MIN| UR.GI₇ IGI.LA₂ GIG-BI GUR.GUR-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 25 | [...] ⸢ZI{ah} |KI.MIN| UR.MAH IGI.LA₂ x x [...] | |
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