CTN 4, 001 (P363416)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363416 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
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' | (If) a tiara (corona) [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | (If) it (the moon) is wearing a tiara (corona), of a sceptre: in (that) month [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | (If) it (the moon) is wearing a layered tiara (corona): the king in the place [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | (If) it (the moon) is wearing a tiara (corona) above and below: the king ... [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | (If) it (the moon) is wearing Ištar's tiara (corona): the king [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | (If) it (the moon) is wearing a tiara (corona) of justice: in the land [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | (If) it (the moon) is wearing a tiara (corona) of heat: rains [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ... is surrounded by a lunar halo [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] 28th day [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] is surrounded by an outer lunar halo, an (inner) lunar halo [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] is surrounded by an outer lunar halo, and ... [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] is surrounded by an outer lunar halo, and a star [...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | (If) the Moon or the Sun [..] either a lunar halo or an outer lunar halo [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | (If) the Moon [...] a lunar halo on the 7th day, 14th day (or) 28th day [...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | (If) the Moon is surrounded by a lunar halo and the Drawing [...] inside it: [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | (If) the Moon at its appearance is surrounded by a lunar halo of a rainbow: rain (and) hail will fall and [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | (If) the Moon is surrounded by a cruciform halo in the middle of a lunar halo: shortage of barley and straw [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | (If) the Moon does not wait for the Sun but sets: rampaging of lions [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [...] sunset, sunrise ... [...]. |
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' | ⸢AGA⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | AGA {giš}GIDRU a-pir ⸢ina ITI⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | AGA šu-tar-ku-ba a-pir LUGAL ina ⸢KI⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | AGA AN.TA u KI.TA a-pir LUGAL x [...] | |
| 5' | AGA {d}iš₈-tar₂ a-pir ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢AGA⸣ mi-ša₂-ri a-pir ina ⸢KUR⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | ⸢AGA⸣ um-ma-tu₄ a-pir ⸢ŠEG₃⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 8' | [x] x TUR₃ NIGIN [...] | |
| r | ||
| 2' | [...] ⸢U₄⸣ 28(@v)@v-⸢KAM⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [x x su]-⸢pu⸣-ra NIGIN₂ ⸢TUR₃⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢su⸣-pu-ra NIGIN₂-ma im-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢su⸣-pu-ra NIGIN₂-ma MUL [...] | |
| 6' | 30 lu 20 lu ⸢TUR₃ lu⸣ su-pu-⸢ra⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | 30 TUR₃⸣ U₄ 7-[KAM] U₄ 14-KAM U₄ 28(@v)@v-KAM [...] | |
| 8' | 30 TUR₃ ⸢NIGIN₂⸣-ma {mul}u₂-ṣur-ti ina lib₃-⸢bi⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 9' | 30 ina IGI.LA₂-šu₂ TUR₃ BAN.AN.NA NIGIN ŠEG₃ NA₄ ⸢DU⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 10' | 30 ina ŠA₃ TUR₃ GIŠ.HUR NIGIN₂ ⸢LA₂⸣ ŠE u(BE) IN.[NU ...] | |
| 11' | 30 20 la u₂-qi₂-ma ir-bi na-an-dur ⸢UR.MAH-ME⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [... {d]}⸢UTU⸣.ŠU₂ {d]}⸢UTU⸣.ŠU₂ {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ x x x x x [...] | |
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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