SpTU 3, 092 (P348696)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 092 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348696 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] he will die. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [...] ... are interlocked [...] will change; there will be chaos in the land. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [...] their [...] is curved and [...] the land will live at the command of its king. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [...] and the mouth is shut (and) overlapping [...] there will be [...] in the land. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [...] their feet, their 2 tails [...] he will overthrow the throne. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'–o 12'12' | [...] their [...] their backbone, just one [...] they will be disturbed by their own chaos. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] he will dwell in a green pasture; the prince will become more important than his enemy's land. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] there will be obedience and well-being in the land. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'–o 16'16' | [...] their backbone, their 2 tails, their belly, just one [...] one will rule over the land which two ruled. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'–o 18'18' | [...] just one [...] their 2 tails: the prince's land will expand. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] the prince's land will expand. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] the prince's land will expand. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] the land will live at the command of its king. |
| Obverse [21:23] o 22'22'– | [...] the land will expand; the king's reign will become permanent. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [...] and the second is protruding from its mouth: the king will be killed and [...] his contingent and his pasturage will be destroyed. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [...] is located and their 2 chests [...] their tails [...] there will be discord in the land. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] its [...] is located and their 2 ribcages are interlocked: ditto (there will be discord in the land). |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [...] are superimposed: battle; a throne will overthrow (another) throne. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] are supersimposed and their head (is) just one: your hand will defeat the king of the enemy's land. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [...] is below, on their backbone (they are) 1 and their feet (are) 8 [...] their tails: a throne will overthrow (another) throne. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] appear: attack of the king's son; he will seize his father's throne. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [...] ditto; the king's heir will die. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | [...] end of the reign; the sons of the king will [...] on the throne [...] will keep rivalling; the land will diminish. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] the house will be destroyed; that animal stall will be scattered. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...] there will be [...] in the land. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [...] he will make [...] enter his palace. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...] he will hang down [...]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | [...] he will make enter [...]. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | [...] he will go. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | [...] he will change. |
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 | |
| 2' | [...] UŠ₂ | |
| 3' | [...] NU DAB.DAB | |
| 4' | [...] MAN{ni} SUH₃ ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 5' | [...]-šu-nu su(ŠU-)hur-ma | |
| 6' | [...] x ⸢KUR⸣ ana qa-be₂-e LUGAL-ša₂ TUŠ{ab} | |
| 7' | [...]-ma KA ṣa-bi-it nen-tu-u | |
| 8' | [...] ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 9' | [...] GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂-nu 2 KUN-šu₂-nu | |
| 10' | [...] x AŠ.TE i-dar-ri-iš | |
| 11' | [...] x-MEŠ-šu₂-nu GU₂.MURGU-šu₂-nu 1-ma | |
| 12' | [...] ina SUH₃ NI₂-ME-ši-na LU₃-ME | |
| 13' | [... a]-bur-riš TUŠ{ab} NUN UGU KUR KUR₂-šu₂ DUGUD | |
| 14' | [... teš]-mu-u₂ u šul₃-mi ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 15' | [...] GU₂.MURGU-šu₂-nu 2 KUN-šu₂-nu ŠA₃-šu₂-nu 1-ma | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢KUR⸣ ša₂ 2 i-be-lu-ši(UŠ) 1 i-be-el-ša | |
| 17' | [...] 1-ma | |
| 18' | [...] 2 KUN-šu₂-nu NUN KUR-su DAGAL{iš} | |
| 19' | [...] NUN KUR-su i-rap-pi₂-iš | |
| 20' | [...] NUN KUR-su i-rap-pi₂-iš | |
| 21' | [...] KUR ana DU₁₁ LUGAL-ša₂ uš-šab | |
| 22' | [...] KUR DAGAL{iš} BAL LUGAL GI.NA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-ma ša₂-nu-u₂ ina KA-šu₂ wa-ṣa-a LUGAL GAZ-ma | |
| 2 | [... KA].KEŠDA-šu₂ u na-mu-⸢šu₂⸣ it-tab-ba-ta | |
| 3 | [...] x GAR-ma 2 GABA-ME-šu₂-nu [x] KUN-ME-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢la₃⸣ ŠE.ŠE.GA ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 5 | [...]-šu₂ GAR-ma DAB.DAB-ma 2 ⸢TI-ME-šu₂⸣-nu {<|ŠU.BI.AŠ.AM₃|(⸢la₃⸣)>} ŠE.ŠE.GA ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 6 | [...] rak-bu taš-nin-tu₄ ⸢AŠ⸣.TE AŠ.TE i-dar-ri-iš | |
| 7 | [...] rak-bu-ma SAG.DU-su-nu 1-ma LUGAL ša₂ KUR KUR₂ ŠU-ki KUR{ad₂} | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢KI⸣.TA{nu} ina GU₂.MURGU-šu₂-nu 1-ma 8 GIR₃-ME-šu₂-nu | |
| 9 | [...] KUN-ME-šu₂-nu {giš}GU.ZA AŠ.TE i-dar-ri-iš | |
| 10 | [...] IGI-MEŠ ZI{bu} DUMU LUGAL AŠ.TE AD-šu₂ DAB{bat} | |
| 11 | [...] |KI.MIN| IBILA LUGAL UŠ₂ | |
| 12 | [... taq]-⸢ti⸣-it BAL DUMU-MEŠ LUGAL ana AŠ.TE | |
| 13 | [...] NU SA₂.SA₂{nu} KUR TUR | |
| 14 | [...] x x E₂{tu₂} ZAH₂ TUR₃ BI BIR | |
| 15 | [...] ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢E₂⸣.GAL-šu₂ KU₄{eb} | |
| 17 | [...] uš-qa-lal | |
| 18 | [...] KU₄{eb} | |
| 19 | [...] DU{ak} | |
| 20 | [... i-na-ki]-⸢ir⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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