SpTU 5, 258 (P348845)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348845 |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... that he will seize and he will kill |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] ... will kill |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... will kill |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... will kill |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ... will do |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] will slit |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] will become little |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] will become deserted |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] will roam around |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'–o 16'16' | [...] the father's well-being |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] ... will roam around |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | [...] will exist |
| Obverse [18:20] o 19'19'–o 20'20' | [...] ... that he will do |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] ... Šamaš will approach him |
| Obverse [20:22] o 21'21'–o 22'22' | [...] ... will rule over [...]. |
| Obverse [21:23] o 22'22'–o 23'23' | [...] ... will fall and the god will throw fire (on) that city .... |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | ... in that temple and will be destroyed violently; the sons will ... advice. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | [...] ... the father will speak to his son and it will be favourable ... by himself |
| Obverse [24:28] o 25'25'– | [...] ... Ellil will determine a fate of success (for his) sons. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... : that ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] the border of the land |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] as for the king, his days will become long |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] the 5th ... |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] ... will die |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] of the head, will die |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] will become long |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | [...] ... the land |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | [...] ... will see |
| Reverse [13:15] r 14'14'–r 15'15' | [...] will do |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | [...] ... the king ... who (ruled) from year 6 until year 15 |
| Reverse [16:18] r 17'17'–r 18'18' | Išbi-Erra, the king (of) Isin, of Ur, of Larsa. |
| Reverse [17:19] r 18'18'–r 19'19' | [...] excerpt (from) "(If) a city is located on a height"; non-canonical; not completed. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 19'19'–r 20'20' | [...] ... battles : 35th excerpt (of) "(If) a city is located on a height"; non-canonical; not completed. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | [...] ... [...] stroke of lightning will reduce in that land. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | [...] ... the might land will experience .... |
| Reverse [21:22] r 22'22'–r 22'22' | [...] ... will acquire [...] |
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' | [...] NI | |
| 3' | [...] MU ša₂ DAB-ma GAZ | |
| 4' | [...] ina NAM ZIK | |
| 5' | [...] AŠ GAZ | |
| 6' | [...] x GAZ | |
| 7' | [...] x GAZ | |
| 8' | [...] DU₃{uš} | |
| 9' | [...] AŠ | |
| 10' | [...] AŠ | |
| 11' | [...] iṣ-ṣi | |
| 12' | [...] i-ma-aṭ-ṭi | |
| 13' | [... i]-har-ru-ub | |
| 14' | [...] x DU.DU | |
| 15' | [...] e-še-ri a-bi | |
| 16' | [...] RA AŠ | |
| 17' | [...] ŠID DU.DU | |
| 18' | [... i-ba]-aš₂-ši | |
| 19' | [...] AD ša₂ DU₃ | |
| 20' | [...] x {d}UTU KUR-su | |
| 21' | [...] EN{el} | |
| 22' | [...] x x x x ŠUB{ut}ma DINGIR IRI BI {d}GIRA₂ ŠUB | |
| 23' | x AN IGI IR ina E₂ DINGIR BI AB BA-ma KALA ZAH₂ DUMU-ME GALGA i-[x] | |
| 24' | [...] x ŠE E AD DUMU DU₁₁.GA-ma ma-ag-rat GAL GU ina ra-ma-ni-šu | |
| 25' | [...] x U₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ šim-tu₂ a-lak ku-ši-ri DUMU-MEŠ i-šim | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢U₃⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] IH ša₂ x x x | |
| 3' | [...] DA | |
| 4' | [...] ZA₃ KUR | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ U₄-ME-šu₂ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 6' | [...] x MA TA | |
| 7' | [...] 5-KAM BE | |
| 8' | [...] x KU NU ZU BA.UŠ₂ | |
| 9' | [...] SAG BA.UŠ₂ | |
| 10' | [...] GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢TAP⸣ ŠU₂ | |
| 12' | [...] x MA ma-tu-um | |
| 13' | [...] x IGI | |
| 14' | [...] DU₃ | |
| 15' | [...] IGI | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢A⸣ NA A LUGAL IGI x x ša₂ TA MU 6 EN MU 15-KAM | |
| 17' | {[m}iš]-bi—{d}ER₃.RA LUGAL i₃-ši-in{ki} ša₂ ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} ša₂(ŠU₂) LARSA{ki} | |
| 18' | [... nis]-⸢hi⸣ IRI ina SUKUD GAR{in} BAR-MEŠ la₃ AL.TIL | |
| 19' | [...] x KI MURU₂-MEŠ 35 nis-hi IRI ina SUKUD GAR{in} BAR-MEŠ la₃ AL.TIL | |
| 20' | [...] x [...] IZI.ŠUB{u₄} <ina> KUR BI TUR{er} | |
| 21' | [...] x KUR dan-nu IGI{mar} | |
| 22' | [...] x TUKU{ši} | |
| 23' | [...] BI | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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