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OECT 11, 081 (P348955)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 11, 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348955 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1924-0492 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [BE] ⸢TA⸣ ŠA₃ SAG NA GIŠ.HUR ana ME.NI ME.NI eṣ-ret-ma {giš}TUKUL uš-te-lim | If (there is) a mole on the left side of the 'cap' of the man's head, a weapon will be drawn towards the ‘power of the storm’ and it will defeat the weapon. |
| 2 | BE ina SAG 15 NA BAD-ma is-si-ma | There is a hole in the right side of the 'station.' |
| 3 | ina SAG 15 NA ana ŠU.SI i-pat-tu-ma | (If) at the right side of a man he opens a hole in the finger and |
| 4 | ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-ut KA u maš-a-a-al-ti₃ ša₂ KA um-man-nu | Hand of mouth and tongue of the mouth of a master |
| 5 | ša₂ ŠA₃ BE TA ŠA₃ SAG NA GIŠ.HUR ana ME.NI ME.NI eṣ-ret-ma | (If) it is surrounded by a halo from the top of the man's head: a plan is drawn to the 'increment' of the ‘increments.’ |
| 6 | BE GIR₂ GAR ki-bi-is GIR₃ LU₂ KI DINGIR šu-šur šu-šur kun-nu | If the Path is located on the back of the Gall Bladder: the man's path will be secure with the god. |
| 7 | BE GIR₂ ka-bi-is-ma ina MAŠ.GAN₂-šu₂ kar₂-šu-u₂ GAR kar₂-šu-u ⸢GIM⸣ GIR₂ {lu₂}AŠGAB | If the Path is twisted and is located on its surface: a reed grove will be planted; the Path of the Scribe. |
| 8 | BE GIR₂ ka-bi-is-ma ina MAŠ.GAN₂-šu₂ kak-su-u₂ GAR{in} | If the Path is swollen and is blocked in its field: attack. |
| 9 | ⸢kak⸣-su-u₂ kak-ku ga-aṣ-ṣa | “The kakku-vessel is a kakku-vat, a shovel, |
| 10 | [BE GIR₂] 15 ana {giš}TUKUL uš-te-lim u PAP.HAL 15 ⸢DU₈⸣ | If the Path on the right causes a 'weapon'-mark to escape and there is a cross-shaped marking on the left of the 'finger.' |
| 11 | ⸢u₃⸣ NA i-lam-ma ZE₂ i-na-aṭ-ṭa-⸢lu⸣ | (If) a man is covered with a mole and the gall bladder is swollen |
| 12 | [BE GIR₂] ana 15 u 2.30 ma-qit GIR₂ si-ip-pi 15 u 2.30 (x x)] | If the Path is twisted to the right and to the left: attack of the Path. The 'foot' on the right or the left ... . |
| 13 | [x x x x x] x x x [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢ša₂ a-na⸣ x x [x x x] | ... to ... |
| 2' | [x x x x]-⸢in⸣ [x x x x x x] | ...-ein ... |
| 3' | [x x x x x]-⸢si⸣ u₂-⸢šal⸣-[x]-⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | ...-esî, u’esval-e-... |
| 4' | [x x x] x-⸢ka⸣-ti-ka [x x x x] | ... your ... |
| 5' | [x x x] x ina pi-i-ka ta-šak-[kan] | ... you place in your mouth |
| 6' | [x x x]-⸢šu₂⸣ ša₂-⸢nin⸣ ina lib₃-bi-ia ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | ... ša-nin-e3 in my heart ... |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢a-ha-at x-x⸣ [x x x] | ... eaḫat e |
| 8' | [ṣa-a-tu₂ u₃] ⸢šu⸣-ut ⸢KA⸣ [ša₂] ⸢KA⸣ um-ma-nu | The ṣātu and the ešûtu of the E-KA-e23 of the Umma-nu |
| 9' | [ša₂ BE TA ŠA₃ SAG NA] | From the top of the 'station' |
| 10' | im-⸢gid₂⸣-[da] {m}{d}⸢U⸣.[DAR-MU-MU {lu]}⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA TUR.DIŠ | The imgida priestess, Shamash-šuma-iddin, the scribe of the incantation priest is a child. |
| 11' | DUMU {d}30-na-din-[ŠEŠ-MEŠ LU₂ DINGIR]-⸢šu⸣ {d}NUSKA | son of Sîn-nādin-šumi, man of the gods of Nusku |
| 12' | ⸢IR₃⸣ {d}ZU₂.LUM.MA ⸢UR ME.ME NUMUN⸣ {m}ŠU-{d}30 | “It is an e’irû-vessel of dates, a šumūtu-vaṭu-plant of seeds, Hand of Sin, |
| 13' | [pa-li]-⸢ih⸣ {d}ME.ME la i-tab-bal | He who reveres Gula shall not take it away. |
| 14' | [li-iṣ-ṣur] ⸢li⸣-ša-qe₂-er | may he tear out the elišbu-plant |
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