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CTN 4, 010 (P363425)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363425 |
| Museum no. | IM 067590 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
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)
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.
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| 1 | 30 U₄ 1-KAM₂ 3.45 GUB eš ša₂-na-<bi> eš-gi 3 UŠ 45 NINDA GUB | 30 on the 1st day is set at 3;45. Its interior is a reed fence. The length is 3 (rods) and 45 rods. |
| 2 | U₄ 2-KAM₂ 7.30 GUB un ba-a 7 UŠ 30 NINDA GUB | On the 2nd day it is present for 7;30 (rods). Unbāya: 7 lengths and 30 rods are present. |
| 3 | U₄ 3-KAM₂ 15(14) GUB u₂-du-li ia 1/2 DANNA GUB | On the 3rd day it is present for 15 - half a league. |
| 4 | U₄ 4-KAM₂ 30 GUB ba-a 1 DANNA GUB | On the 4th day it is present for 30 - 1 double-hour is present. |
| 5 | U₄ 5-KAM₂ 1 GUB de-eš-šu₂ 2 DANNA GUB | On the 5th day it is present for 1 (tablet of) "It is enough" (for) 2 double-hours. |
| 6 | U₄ 6-KAM₂ 1.12 GUB de-eš-šu₂ u₂-du-li mi₃-in 2 DANNA 12 UŠ GUB | On the 6th day it is present for 1 12 (times). It is a case of ... 2 double-hours 12 UŠ. |
| 7 | U₄ 7-KAM₂ 1.24 GUB diš ⸢ni-il⸣ lam-ma di-ri-ga 2 DANNA 2/3 DANNA 4 UŠ GUB | On the 7th day it is present for 1 24. “Nīl-e23, a lamma-disease, 2 double-hours 2/3 league 4 cables is present. |
| 8 | ⸢U₄ 8(@v)@v-KAM₂ 1.36 GUB diš ba-ga-ša₂ 3 DANNA 6 UŠ GUB | 8th day: 1 36, solstice. 3 double-hours 6 UŠ. |
| 9 | [U₄ 9-⸢KAM₂⸣ 1.48(18) GUB x x x ni-il di-ri-ga 3(2) DANNA 18 UŠ GUB | On the 9th day it is present for 1 48. ... a diriga. 3 double-hours 18 UŠ is present. |
| 10 | U₄ 10-KAM₂ 2 ⸢GUB⸣ [me₂]-en-na 4 DANNA GUB 2 DANNA GE₆ uh-hur | On the 10th day you set up 2 ešubû-vessels. You stand 4 double-hours. The night-time watch was interrupted. |
| 11 | U₄ 11-KAM₂ 2.12 GUB min [... mi₃]-⸢in⸣ 4 DANNA 12(1/3) UŠ GUB 1 ⸢DANNA⸣ 15 UŠ {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} uh-hur | On the 11th day it is present for 2;12, ditto. ... it stands 4 double-hours, 12 1/3 lengths. 1 double-horse (and) 15 lengths it is missing. |
| 12 | U₄ 12-KAM₂ 2.24 GUB⸣ ⸢min⸣ [...] 4 DANNA 24(4) UŠ GUB 1 DANNA 6 UŠ {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} uh-hur | On the 12th day it is present for 2 24. The second eše3-plant ... 4 bēru 24 (4) UŠ is present. The first 1 doû 6 UṢ is removed. |
| 13 | [U₄ 13-⸢KAM₂⸣ 2.36 GUB min ba-⸢ga-ša₂⸣ 5 DANNA⸣ [...] ⸢GUB⸣ 2/3 DANNA 4 UŠ {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} uh-hur | On the 13th day it is present for 2;36, ditto. “Ba-e-ga-ša-e23 5 bēru ... the ēkub-vessel 2/3 double-hour 4 UŠ; alternatively, it was removed. |
| 14 | U₄ 14-KAM₂ 2.48(28) GUB min ni-il di-ri-ga 5 ⸢DANNA 18 UŠ⸣ [...] 12 UŠ GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(uh-hur)>} | On the 14th day it is present for 2 48;28, ditto ni-il diriga. 5 e22dANNA 18 UŠ e23 ... 12 US<night>. |
| 15 | U₄ 15-KAM₂ 3 GUB e-še 6 ⸢DANNA⸣ GUB [...] {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} uh-hur | On the 15th day it is present for 3 (songs). The 6 ešdānu-plants are present for ... ditto. |
| 16 | [U₄] 16-KAM₂ 12 GE₆ DU-ma u₂-du-<li> mi₃-⸢in⸣ [x] ⸢UŠ⸣ GE₆ DU-⸢ma⸣ [...] | On the 16th day, 12° of night passes, and he will die. ... night passes. |
| 17 | [U₄] 17-KAM₂ 24 GE₆ DU-ma ni-il lam-ma di-ri-⸢ga⸣ 2/3 DANNA 4 UŠ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | On the 17th day the night-time watch is 24° and it is a nīl-lamma-lament. 2/3 bēru 4 UŠ nighttime ... |
| 18 | [U₄] 18(@v)@v-KAM₂ 36 GE₆ DU-ma ba-an-ga-aš₂ 1 DANNA 6 ⸢UŠ⸣ [...] | On the 18th day the night-time watch is 36 00 and it is favourable. 1 bēru 6 cables ... |
| 19 | [U₄] 19-KAM₂ 48(24) ⸢GE₆⸣ DU-ma ni-il di-ri-⸢ga⸣ 1 [DANNA] 18 UŠ ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | On the 19th day 48 “seizing-of-the-mouth’ rituals are performed and the nīl-disease-demon 1 double-hour 18 UŠ of the seizing of the throat ... |
| 20 | [U₄ 20-⸢KAM₂⸣ 1 ⸢GE₆⸣ DU-ma de-eš-⸢šu₂⸣ 2 [...] ⸢DU⸣-ma {<|KI.MIN|(...)>} | On the 20th day (of the month) Nisannu (Month I), the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month, sunset to moonset:) “(If) he goes to the night, and he is beaten,’ 2 ... he enters and ditto. |
| 21 | [U₄ 21-⸢KAM₂⸣ 1.12 GE₆ DU-ma diš u₂-du-⸢li⸣ [mi₃]-⸢in⸣ 2 ⸢DANNA⸣ [...] GE₆ DU-ma | On the 21st day of the month, sunset to moonrise: 1° 12'; Udu-elî, Mi-ein, 2 double-hours ... night. |
| 22 | 3 ⸢DANNA⸣ [x] UŠ GE₆ uh(IM-)hu-ur | 3 double-hours, x UŠ, black, dark. |
| 23 | [U₄ 22-⸢KAM₂⸣ 1.24 GE₆ DU-ma⸣ ⸢diš ni⸣-[il] ⸢lam⸣-ma [di]-ri-ga 2.2/3 ⸢DANNA⸣ [...] ⸢UŠ⸣ GE₆ DU-ma | On the 22nd day of the month, sunset to moonrise: 1° 24’. “It is dark, it is a ni₂-e-lam-e-ma. It is diriga. 2 2/3 bēru-silver ... it is dark. |
| 24 | 3 ⸢DANNA⸣ [x] ⸢UŠ⸣ GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(uh-hu-ur)>} | 3 double-hours x black ēru-vessels, ditto. |
| 25 | [U₄ 23-⸢KAM₂⸣ 1.36(26) GE₆ DU-ma diš ba-an-⸢ga⸣-ša₂ 3 DANNA [x] ⸢UŠ⸣ GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(DU-ma)>} | On the 23rd day (of the month), sunset to moonrise: 1 36° 26’, and Ban-ega-eša 3 bēru x UŠ-e23 night, ditto. |
| 26 | 2.2/3 DANNA 4 UŠ GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(uh-hu-ur)>} | 2 2/3 bēru 4 lengths black, ditto |
| 27 | [U₄] 24-KAM₂ 1.48 GE₆ DU-ma diš ni-il di-ri-ga 3 DANNA 18 UŠ GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(DU-ma)>} | On the 24th day it is carried out at 1 48° after sunset. The nīl-diriga is 3 bēru 18 UŠ of night. Ditto. |
| 28 | 2 DANNA 12 UŠ GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(uh-hu-ur)>} | 2 double-hours 12 UŠ of night, ditto |
| 29 | U₄ 25-KAM₂ 2 {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} DU-ma mi-⸢in⸣ 4 DANNA {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} DU-ma | On the 25th day ditto you go 2 times, and then you go half a shekel, 4 double-hours. |
| 30 | U₄ 26-KAM₂ 2.30 {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} DU-ma mi-in ba-a 5 DANNA {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} DU-ma 1 DANNA GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(uh-hu-ur)>} | On the 26th day ditto is 2 30 <sunrise to moonset’,” and what did I do? Ditto (is) 5 bēru dittu, and 1 bèm of night is a dark one. |
| 31 | U₄ 27-KAM₂ 2.45 {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} DU-ma mi-in ni-<il> di-ri-ga 5.1/2 DANNA {<|KI.MIN|(GE₆)>} DU-ma 1/2 DANNA GE₆ {<|KI.MIN|(uh-hu-ur)>} | On the 27th day ditto: 2 45° means “ditto,’ and what is it that makes a dīrī? 5 1/2 bēru = 5 1/2 double-hours = 5/6 bèm, and half a night-time is a half-shekel. |
| 32 | U₄ 28(@v)@v-KAM₂ 7 UŠ 30 NINDA GE₆ uh-hur 30 KUR{ha} | On the 28th day nighttime is 7 UŠ, 30 nindanu. The Moon rises. |
| 33 | U₄ 29-KAM₂ 3 UŠ 45 NINDA GE₆ uh-hur 30 KUR{ha} na-mir | On the 29th day night is 3 UŠ, 45 nindanu. The moon rises (and) is bright. |
| 34 | U₄ 30-KAM₂ 1 UŠ 52.1/2 NINDA GE₆ uh-hur 30 KUR{ha} na-mir | On the 30th day the night-time watch is 1 UŠ 52 1/2 nindanu. The moon rises (and) is bright. |
| 35 | U₄ 1-KAM₂ 3(2).45 GUB 3 UŠ 45 NINDA DINGIR <ina> U₄ u₂-zu-uz u KUR{ha} | On the 1st day it is present for 3;45. The 3 lengths is 45 rods. The god stands in the day and the land. |
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| 1 | ina {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 1-[KAM₂ ...] EN.NUN GE₆ 12 UŠ 40 ⸢NINDA⸣ ŠU₂ ša₂ [x] | In Nisannu (I), on the 1st day, the night-time watch is . The rising of the sun is 12 UŠ, 40 e22nindanu. |
| 2 | ina {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 15-[KAM₂ ...] EN.NUN GE₆ 12 UŠ KUR ša₂ 30 | On the 15th of Nisannu the night-time watch is . The rising of the Moon is 12 UŠ. |
| 3 | [... {iti]}⸢GU₄ U₄ 1-KAM₂⸣ 2.5/6 [MA].⸢NA⸣ EN.NUN GE₆ 11 UŠ 20 NINDA> ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | Month II, 1st day, the night-time watch is 2 5/6 minas. The rising of the Moon is 11 UŠ, 20 nindanu. |
| 4 | ina {⸢iti⸣}GU₄ U₄ 15-KAM₂ 2.2/3 [MA].⸢NA⸣ EN.NUN GE₆ 10 UŠ 40 NINDA KUR ša₂ 30 | In Ayyaru (II), on the 15th day, the night-time watch is 2 2/3 minas. The rising of the Moon is 10 UŠ, 40 nindanu. |
| 5 | ina {iti}SIG₄ U₄ 1-KAM₂ 2.1/2 MA.⸢NA⸣ EN.NUN GE₆ 10 UŠ ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | On the 1st of Simanu the night-time watch is 2 1/2 minas. The rising of the Moon is 10 UŠ. |
| 6 | ina {iti}SIG₄ U₄ 15-KAM₂ 2.1/3 MA.NA EN.NUN GE₆ 9 UŠ 20 NINDA KUR ša₂ 30 | In Simanu (III), on the 15th day, the night-time watch is 2 1/3 minas. The rising of the Moon is 9 UŠ, 20 nindanu. |
| 7 | ina {iti}ŠU U₄ 1-KAM₂ 2 MA.⸢NA⸣ 10 ⸢GIN₂⸣ EN.NUN GE₆ 8 ⸢UŠ⸣ 40 NINDA ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | In Duʾuzu (IV), on the 1st day, the night-time watch is 2 minas, 10 shekels. The rising of the Moon is 8 UŠ, 40 nindanu. |
| 8 | ina {iti}ŠU U₄ 15-KAM₂ 2 MA.NA a-li-it EN.NUN GE₆ 8 UŠ KUR ša₂ 30 | In Duʾuzu (IV), on the 15th day, the night-time watch is 2 minas. The rising of the Moon is 8 UŠ. |
| 9 | ina {iti}NE U₄ 1-KAM₂ 2 MA.NA 10 GIN₂ EN.NUN GE₆ 8 UŠ 40 NINDA ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | In Abu (V), on the 1st day, the night-time watch is 2 minas 10 shekels. The rising of the Moon is 8 UŠ, 40 nindanu. |
| 10 | ina {iti}NE U₄ 15-KAM₂ 2.1/3 MA.NA EN.NUN GE₆ 9 UŠ 20 NINDA KUR ša₂ 30 | In Abu (V), on the 15th day, the night-time watch is 2 1/3 minas. The rising of the Moon is 9 UŠ, 20 nindanu. |
| 11 | [... {iti]}⸢KIN U₄ 1-KAM₂ 2.1/2 MA.NA EN.NUN GE₆ 10 UŠ ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | Month Elul, 1st day, the night-time watch is 2 1/2 minas. The rising of the Moon is 10 UŠ. |
| 12 | [... 2.2/3 MA.NA EN.NUN GE₆ 10 UŠ 40 NINDA KUR ša₂ 30 | ... the night-time watch is 2 2/3 minas. The rising of the Moon is 10 UŠ, 40 nindanu. |
| 13 | [... {iti]}⸢DU₆⸣ U₄ 1-⸢KAM₂⸣ [... MA].NA EN.NUN GE₆ 11(10) UŠ 20 NINDA ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | Month VII, 1st day, [eponym year of ...] minas, the night-time watch is 11 UŠ, 20 nindanu. The length is 30 00 |
| 14 | ina {⸢iti⸣}DU₆ U₄ 15-KAM₂ 3 ⸢MA⸣.[NA EN].⸢NUN⸣ GE₆ 12 UŠ 40 NINDA⸣ KUR ša₂ 30 | In Tašritu (VII), on the 15th day, the night-time watch is 3 “seaḫ-boats. The rising of the Moon is 12 US and 40 NINDA. |
| 15 | ina {iti}APIN U₄ 1-KAM₂ 3 MA.NA 10 ⸢GIN₂⸣ [...] ša₂ 30 | In Araḫsamnu (VIII), on the 1st day, 3 minas 10 shekels ... of the Moon |
| 16 | ina {iti}APIN U₄ 15-KAM₂ 3.1/3 MA.NA ⸢EN⸣.[NUN ...] | In Araḫsamnu (VIII), on the 15th day, 3 1/3 minas of the E-bēl-E-nun |
| 17 | ⸢ina {iti}GAN⸣ U₄ 1-KAM₂ 3.1/2 MA.⸢NA⸣ [...] | In Kislimu (IX), on the 1st day, 3 1/2 minas of ... |
| 18 | ⸢ina {iti}GAN U₄ 15-KAM₂ 3.2/3 [...] GE₆ 14 ⸢UŠ⸣ [...] | in Kislimu (IX), on the 15th day, 3 2/3 ... Night of the 14th, UŠE23 |
| 19 | ina {iti}AB U₄ 1-KAM₂ 3.5/6 [...] GE₆ 1/2 DANNA 20 NINDA [...] | In Ṭebetu (X), on the 1st day, the night-time watch is 3 5/6 ... 1/2 bēru 20 nindanu |
| 20 | ina {iti}AB U₄ 15-KAM₂ 4 MA.⸢NA EN⸣.NUN GE₆ 16(13) UŠ KUR ša₂ 30 | In Ṭebetu (X), on the 15th day, the night-time watch is 4 minas. The rising of the Moon is 16 UŠ. |
| 21 | ina {iti}ZIZ₂ U₄ 1-KAM₂ 3.5/6 MA.NA EN.NUN GE₆ 1/2 DANNA 20 NINDA ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | In Šabaṭu (XI), on the 1st day, the night-time watch is 3 5/6 minas. The setting of the Moon is 1/2 bēru 20 rods. |
| 22 | ina {iti}ZIZ₂ U₄ 15-KAM₂ 3.2/3 MA⸣.NA EN.NUN GE₆ 14 UŠ 40 NINDA KUR ša₂ 30 | On the 15th of Šabaṭu the night-time watch is 3 2/3 minas. The rising of the Moon is 14 UŠ, 40 nindanu. |
| 23 | ina {iti}ŠE U₄ 1-KAM₂ 3.1/2 MA⸣.NA EN.NUN GE₆ 14 UŠ ŠU₂ ša₂ 30 | In Duʾuzu (IV), on the 1st day, the night-time watch is 3 1/2 minas. The rising of the Moon is 14 UŠ. |
| 24 | ina {iti}ŠE U₄ 15(1-)KAM₂ 3.1/3(5/6) [MA].⸢NA⸣ EN.NUN GE₆ 13 UŠ 20 NINDA> KUR ša₂ 30 | In Du'uzu (IV), on the 15th day, the night-time watch is 3 1/3 minas. The rising of the Moon is 13 UŠ, 20 nindanu. |
| 25 | 1 GIN₂ 1 UŠ 2 GIN₂ 2 UŠ 3 GIN₂⸣ 3 ⸢UŠ⸣ 4 GIN₂ 4 UŠ 5 GIN₂ 5 UŠ | 1 shekel: 1 length; 2 shekels: 2 lengths; 3 shek[els: 3] cables; 4 shekel(s): 4 lengths. 5 shekel[s: 5 lengths]; |
| 26 | 6 GIN₂ 6 UŠ 7 GIN₂ 7 ⸢UŠ 8 GIN₂⸣ 8 UŠ 9 GIN₂ 9 UŠ 10 GIN₂ 10 UŠ | 6 shekels: 6 lengths 7 [shekels]: 7 e22 lengths 8 [sher]ks: 8 lengths 9 shekel(s): 9 lengths 10 shekel[s: 10 lengths] |
| 27 | 15 GIN₂ 1/2 DANNA 20(12) GIN₂ 2/3 DANNA 1/2 MA.NA DANNA 1 MA.NA 2 DANNA | 15 shekels 1/2 league 20 2/3 league 1/2 minas league 1 mina 2 leagues |
| 28 | uz-na šu-kun-ma an-na-a a-mur-ma | Set up a uznu-vessel and examine this. |
| 29 | [a]-⸢ha⸣-zu-ka liš(DIŠ-)li-mu | May Aḫa-ezuka hear (this) |
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