SpTU 4, 158 (P348751)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 4, 158 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348751 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ... and 30 ... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... 12 days [...] .... Multiply 7 by the stomach and the lungs and |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] If 7 and 3;30 from [...] "Let me see the calculation and [...]". |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] 7, the seven Weapons of Šamaš, ominous sign of the ram, replaces the entrance of extispicy in the commentary and calculation. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Let me see [...] .... (The sign) U (with the reading) u (means) "ten". (The sign) U (with the reading) bur₃ (means) "perforation" (or) "hole" of the flesh. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] .... To open (means): to loosen. Multiply the Perforation by the Fissure and 10 times 0;30 (is): 5. : 5 : Its name is "five Perforations". |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... n]th part is 6. Multiply 6 by the Fissure and 6 times 0;30 (is): 3. : 3. Its name is "three Perforations". |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] ... the Weapon that the Perforation and the Fissure created (are) 4 and five. Multiply 3, the three Perforations, by the front of the ram and |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] and its second name is 1.20. NU (has reading) nû. NU (means) Finger, one sign of the Finger. Weapon, Perforation, and [...] are their calculations. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] requests you to determine the [...] of the time limit. Check the calculation of the Finger. Sum the calculation and (it is) 55. [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Sum [... n]th part and you will see 6, the Perforation. The reciprocal of 9 is 6;40. Its reciprocal is 9, The uddazallû-date of [...] is 6;40. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] let your head hold .... If the king your lord requests you to determine the month of the time limit |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...]. Multiply [...], the uddazallû-date of a day, by 30, the days of a month, and 6;40 times 30 (is) 3 20. The uddazallû-date of [...] is 3 20. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | [...] to determine the [...] of the time limit. You will see the solution of the time limit from the calculation of the Finger. 3 time 3 (is) 9. [...] |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | [...] the Finger (has) 1 Fissure: its time limit is 3 20. In 3 20(days) the city will be seized, rain will fall, [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [DUB] HA.LA, not finished. Copied and checked according to its original. Tablet of Iqiša, son of Ištar-šum-ereš, descendant of Ekur-zakir, [...]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | [...]. Whoever reveres Adad and his (personal) god shall not take it away, shall not intentionally let it fall. [...] |
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