SpTU 3, 101 (P348705)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348705 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| 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' | (If) the [...] star [...] the mouth of the river [...] river [...]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | (If) a planet [...] to the [...] star [...]; alternatively, Sippar [...] the Crab [...] river of Ningirsu, Mars [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | (If) Mars approaches the Crab: Elam will arise. A city will be seized. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | (If) the Strange star approaches the Crab: a prince will die. (If) the Strange star [...] star [...]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | (If) the Leopard approaches the Fish: Ea will submerge himself in the pure Apsu and the ... [...] river. Tiamat will show her features to the people. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | (If) the Wolf approaches the Leopard: lions and wolves will devour [...]. ... will thrive. Anu [...] star. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | (If) the Bristle reaches the Yoke: that year [...] business will diminish. [...]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | (If) the Bristle reaches the Obliterator: in that year [...]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | (If) the Bristle reaches the Marduk-star: in that year heat and summer [...]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | (If) the Bristle reaches the Kidney: in that year heat ... [...]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | (If) the Bristle reaches the Field: there will be (a plague of) caterpillars. Adad [...]. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | (If) the Bristle reaches the Field: the yield of the date palm will diminish. ... [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | (If) the Frond reaches the Bristle: Adad [...]. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | (If) the Frond reaches the Raven: the early sesame will be good. ... [...]. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | (If) the Stag reaches the Bristle: devouring of [...]. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | (If) the Eagle approaches the Bristle: Adad [...]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | (If) the Bow reaches the Eagle: the sesame will be good. [...]. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | (If) the Bow reaches Šulpae: Elam [...] ... food. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | (If) the Bow reaches the Arrow: the harvest will go well. Business [...]. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | (If) the Goat reaches the Field and stands (there): in that year ... [...]. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | (If) the Goat reaches the Wolf: in that year [...]. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 27'27'–o 27'27' | (If) the Goat reaches the Harrow: in that year [...]. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 28'28'–o 28'28' | (If) the Goat reaches the Sun: hunger of livestock. There will be famine. Venus, Šulpae [...]. |
| Obverse [28:29] o 29'29'–o 29'29' | (If) the Raven reaches the path of the Sun: ... [...]. |
| Obverse [29:30] o 30'30'–o 30'30' | (If) the Raven reaches Šulpae: [...]. |
| Obverse [30:32] o 31'31'–o 32'32' | (If) the ...-star reaches the Crab: ... [...] Jupiter [...]. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 33'33'–o 33'33' | (If) the Kidney stands at the Raven: [...]. |
| Obverse [33:34] o 34'34'–o 34'34' | [...] stands [...] the Raven: ... [...]. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 35'35'–o 35'35' | [...] ... Annunitu [...]. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 36'36'–o 36'36' | [...] reaches the Lion: ... [...]. |
| Obverse [36:40] o 37'37'– | [...] reaches the Sun: hunger in [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | (If) the Raven ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | (If) a planet remains visible in the sky for 6 months and [...] until sunset [...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | (If) the Lion - its stars repeatedly flare up [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | (If) the Oven ... [...]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | (If) the Fish [...] Anu-star completeness [...] Saturn [...]. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | (If) the Old Man - its kurkurru becomes bright [...] Venus where the foot [...]. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 11'11'–r 12'12' | (If) the Old Man - his chest is very dark [...] Saturn in ... [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | (If) Venus reaches the secret place: the best of [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | (If) Ištar [...] at sunrise in the Lion [...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | (If) Ištar [...] at sunset in the Lion [...]. |
| Reverse [15:17] r 16'16'–r 17'17' | (If) a planet [...]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | From a wooden writing board. Commentary to 'When Anu and Ellil' [...]. |
| Reverse [17:21] r 18'18'–r 21'21' | Written like the original (and) checked. Long tablet of [...], man whose god is Nusku, ... whose goddess is Dumuzi-[Abzu, ...], [...] Ur-Gula, pure supplicant, honoured one of [...], descendant of Ellil-belšunu, nêšakku-priest of Ellil. Hand of [...]. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 22'22'–r 22'22' | My king, great eye, may I praise your greatness!2 Ninurta [...]. |
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' | {⸢mul⸣}[...] | |
| 2' | KA ID₂ [...] | |
| 3' | ID₂ [...] | |
| 4' | {d}UDU.IDIM ana {⸢mul}x-x x x x x x MIN⸣ ZIMBIR{ki} [...] | |
| 5' | {mul}AL.LUL ID₂ {d}NIN.GIR₂.SU {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu [...] | |
| 6' | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu {mul}AL.LUL TE ELAM.MA ZI URU DAB{bat} ⸢ši⸣-[...] | |
| 7' | {mul}MAN-ma <ana> {mul}AL.LUL TE NUN UŠ₂ {mul}MAN-ma {⸢mul⸣}[...] | |
| 8' | {mul}U₄.KA.DU₈.A ana {mul}KU₆ TE {d}IDIM ina ABZU KU₆ ID₂ RA{[iṣ} ...] | |
| 9' | i-šal-li ti-amat bu-un-na-an-ni-šu₂ UN-ME u₂-kal-⸢lam⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | {mul}UR.BAR.RA {mul}U₄.KA.DU₈.A TE UR.MAH u UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ [...] | |
| 11' | GU₇-ME LU NIM pi-si-ri SI.SA₂ {d}60 {⸢mul⸣}[...] | |
| 12' | MUL.MUL {mul}⸢ŠUDUN⸣ KUR{ud} ina MU BI GAN₂.BA TUR{er} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | MUL.MUL {mul}KA.MUŠ.I₃.GU₇.E KUR{ud} ina MU BI [...] | |
| 14' | MUL.MUL {mul}AMAR.UTU KUR{ud} ina MU BI um-mu u um-⸢ši⸣ [GAL₂{ši} ...] | |
| 15' | MUL.MUL {mul}ELLAG₂ KUR{ud} ina MU BI um-mu ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | MUL.MUL {mul}AŠ.IKU KUR{ud} a-ki-lu GAL₂{ši} {d}IŠKUR [RA{iṣ} ...] | |
| 17' | MUL.MUL {mul}AŠ.IKU KUR{ud} GUN {giš}GIŠIMMAR LA₂ {d}[x ...] | |
| 18' | {mul}a-ru₆ ana MUL.MUL KUR{ud} {d}IŠKUR [RA{iṣ} ...] | |
| 19' | {mul}a-ru₆ ana {mul}UG₅ KUR{ud} ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ NIM SIG₅ {mul}[UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ {mul}za-ap-pa KUR{ud} ...] | |
| 20' | {mul}LU.LIM MUL.MUL KUR{ud} GU₇{ti} {[d}IMIN.BI ...] | |
| 21' | {mul}TI₈{mušen} ana MUL.MUL TE {d}IŠKUR [RA{iṣ} ...] | |
| 22' | {mul}PAN ana {mul}TI₈{mušen} KUR{ud} ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ SIG₅ [...] | |
| 23' | {mul}PAN ana {mul}ŠUL.PA.E₃ KUR{ud} ELAM.MA{ki} NINDA ⸢GU₇⸣ [...] | |
| 24' | {mul}PAN ana {mul}KAK.SI.SA₂ KUR{ud} BURU₁₄ SI.SA₂ [KI.LAM GI.NA ...] | |
| 25' | {mul}UZ₃ {mul}AŠ.IKU KUR-ma GUB{iz} ina MU BI ⸢A₂⸣.[SAG₃ GAL₂ ...] | |
| 26' | {mul}UZ₃ {mul}UR.BAR.RA KUR{ud} ina MU BI [ŠUB{ti₃} bu-li₃ ...] | |
| 27' | {mul}UZ₃ {mul}{giš}GANA₂.UR₃ KUR{ud} ina MU BI [GABA.RI {d}MIN {d}MIN ...] | |
| 28' | {mul}UZ₃ {d}UTU KUR{ud} SU.GU₇ bu-li₃ U₂.GUG GAL₂{ši} {d}dele-bat {d}ŠUL.PA.⸢E₃⸣ [KUR-ma ...] | |
| 29' | {mul}UG₅.GA ⸢KASKAL⸣ {d}UTU KUR{ud} ⸢KI.LAM TUR⸣ [...] | |
| 30' | {mul}UG₅.GA ana {d}ŠUL.PA.E₃ KUR{ud} x [...] | |
| 31' | {mul}AMAR.UTU ana {mul}AL.⸢LUL⸣ KUR{ud} ⸢ŠE.GIŠ⸣.[I₃ SIG₅ ...] | |
| 32' | {d}SAG.ME.GAR [...] | |
| 33' | {mul}ELLAG₂ ana {mul}UGA{mušen} i-⸢mid⸣ [ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ SIG₅ AN.GE₆ ...] | |
| 34' | {mul}PAN (ana)] {mul}UG₅.GA i-mid KU₆-ME ⸢u⸣ [MUŠEN-ME ud-daš-šu₂-u₂ ...] | |
| 35' | [x x x] ⸢x-il⸣-lu {mul}a-nu-ni-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] | |
| 36' | {mul}UR.BAR].⸢RA⸣ {mul}UR.MAH KUR{ud} ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 37' | {mul}UZ₃ KASKAL] {d}UTU KUR{ud} SU.GU₇ ⸢bu⸣-[li₃ U₂.GUG GAL₂{ši} ...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {mul}UG₅.GA x x x x x x x [...] | |
| 3' | {mul}UDU.IDIM 6 ITI ina AN{e} uš(E₂-)tab-ri-ma [la ir-bi ...] | |
| 4' | EN {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A [...] | |
| 5' | {mul}UR.MAH MUL-MEŠ-šu₂ il-tap-pu-u₂ 3.20 KI DU{ku} NIG₂.E₃ (...)] | |
| 6' | {mul}IM.ŠU.RIN.NA ⸢x x x-ta⸣-la₂/⸢ša₂-a⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | {mul}KU₆ MUL-MEŠ-šu₂ GE₆ [...] | |
| 8' | {d}SAG.UŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | {mul}ŠU.GI kur-kur-ru-šu₂ i-nam-⸢bu⸣-[uṭ ...] | |
| 10' | {d}dele-bat KI GIR₃ {[mul}ŠU.GI GUB (...)] | |
| 11' | {mul}ŠU.GI GABA-su du-ʾu-mat [...] | |
| 12' | {d}SAG.UŠ ina {mul}[...] | |
| 13' | {mul}{d}dele-bat KI ni-ṣir-tu₂ KUR{ud} SIG₅ [ana {mul}UR.GU.A KUR-ma (...)] | |
| 14' | {d}iš₈-tar₂ ina {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ ina {mul}UR.⸢GU⸣.[LA ...] | |
| 15' | {d}iš₈-tar₂ ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A ina {mul}UR.GU.[LA ...] | |
| 16' | {mul}UDU.IDIM [...] | |
| 17' | TA ŠA₃ {giš}DA mu-kal-<lim>-ti₃ U₄ AN {d}EN.LIL₂.⸢LA₂⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | LIBIR.RA.BI.GIM LIBIR.RA.BI.GIM AB.SAR BA.AN.E₃ {im}GI₃.⸢DA⸣ {[m}{d}EN.LIL₂-MU-SUM DUMU {m}{d}30-na-din-ŠEŠ-MEŠ] | |
| 19' | LU₂ DINGIR-BI {d}NUSKA.KE₄ AMA.{d}INNIN-BI DUMU.⸢ZI⸣-[AB.ZU.KE₄ AMA.A.TU {d}ZU₂.LUM.MA (...)] | |
| 20' | UR {d}ME.ME mu-sa₇-pu₂-u₂ ZA.GIN₃.NA.KA E₂.[(KUR).BI ...] | |
| 21' | A {m}{d}EN.LIL₂-EN-šu₂-nu {lu₂}NU.EŠ₃ {d}EN.LIL₂ ⸢DUMU⸣ {[m}ŠU-{d}30 | |
| 22' | lugal-ŋu₁₀ ši-mah nam-mah-zu me-teš₂ i-i {d}MAŠ [ši-mah nam-mah-zu me-teš₂ i-i] | |
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