SpTU 5, 263 (P348850)
Omen, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 263 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348850 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] it approaches a red cloud [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] ... blows. : (If) in Kislimu (IX) on the 1st day [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] ... : there will be confusion and murder : (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] will devour. : (If) she gave birth in the Great Twins (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] in the Great Twins : for the devouring of the god (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] ... of Adad, of which it is said in Simanu (III) (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] ... the Sun will devastate. (gloss: break) the Moon will devastate. : : (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ... bright (gloss: new break) it flares and (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] ... because "to be(come) yellow green" (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] ... cloud (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] of ... [...] (gloss: break) |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] (gloss: break) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] for 2 ... cloud [...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] will devour ... : east, of (where) the Sun rises, to ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] ... (means) : to be high. : (If) in Tašritu (VII) on the 1st day 2 are big on its right [...] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] alternatively, yellow-green cloud blows on the right of the Sun. : (If) in Arahsamnu (VIII) on the 1st day |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] Great Twins. : (If) it appears in thin cloud and regularly becomes full |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] ... on the right is not .... to do regularly : layered ... [...] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] the king of ... will become strong. : (If) in Kislimu (IX) on the 1st day 2 [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] is yellow-green (or) red. : (If) cloud drifts (with) objects belonging to it [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢DUNGU SA₅ TE⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] BA A DU ina {iti}⸢GAN U₄ 1-KAM⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x di-il-hu ⸢u ner⸣-tu₂ GAL₂-ma ⸢hi⸣-[pi₂] }} | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢GU₇⸣ ina {mul₃}MAŠ.TAB.BA GAL.GAL u-lid {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 5' | [...] ina {mul₃}MAŠ.TAB.BA GAL.GAL ana u₂-kul-tu₄ {d}<x> {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 6' | [... x]-⸢kin⸣-tu₄ {d}IŠKUR ša₂ ina {iti}SIG₄ iq-bu-u₂ {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 7' | [...] x {d}UTU RA{iṣ} {{ hi-pi₂ }} {<d>}30 RA{iṣ} hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 8' | [...] x ba-aʾ-<lu> {{ hi-pi₂ eš-šu₂ }} <iṣ>-ru-uh-ma {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 9' | [...] x-a-tu₂ aš-šum a-ra-qu {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 10' | [...] x x x x DI DUNGU {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 11' | [...] ša₂ x [...] {{ hi-pi₂ }} | |
| 12' | [...] {{ hi-[pi₂] }} | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] a-na 2 x x x ⸢DUNGU⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢AM₃⸣ GU₇ {tu₁₅}KUR.RA ša₂ KUR{ha} {d}UTU ana A [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x ša₂-qu-u ina {iti}DU₆ U₄ 1-KAM 2 ZA₃-šu₂ GAL [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ša₂-niš DUNGU SIG₇ ina 15 {d}UTU DU-ma ina {iti}APIN U₄ 1-⸢KAM⸣ | |
| 5' | [... {mul₃}MAŠ.TAB.BA] ⸢GAL⸣.GAL ina DUNGU raq-qa-tu₄ IGI-ma im-la ana gi-ne₂-e | |
| 6' | [...] x ina 15 la DI-is sa-da-ri šu-tar-ku-ba(SU) x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ ZU ⸢MA⸣ AN i-dan-nin ina {iti}GAN U₄ 1-KAM 2 [...] | |
| 8' | [...] SIG₇ SA₅-ma DUNGU NIG₂.⸢ŠU⸣ lib-bu-šu₂ DIRI [...] | |
| 9' | [...] x DU₁₁.DU₁₁-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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