CTN 4, 011 (P363426)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363426 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| 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 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1'r 1'–r ii 1'r 1' | [...]th [day] it is black [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 2'2'–r ii 2'2' | [...] inside it [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 3'3'–r ii 3'3' | [...]th [day] until the 14th day it appears: in that month [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 4'4'–r ii 4'4' | [...] from the 10th day until the 12th day its light ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 5'5'–r ii 5'5' | (If) the Moon from the 10th day until the 14th day (or): the 15th day inside it [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 6'6'–r ii 6'6' | (If) the Moon appears on the 10th day (and) is black: in that month an eclipse [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 7'7'–r ii 7'7' | (If) the Moon appears from the 11th day and .... inside it: an eclipse will take place. |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 8'8'–r ii 8'8' | MUD (means) trembling. MUD (means) dark. A black corona will take place. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 9'9'–r ii 9'9' | (If) the Moon is dark inside it from the 12th day: an eclipse will take place. |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 10'10'–r ii 10'10' | (If) the Moon on the 12th day ... inside it is black: eclipse. |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 11'11'–r ii 11'11' | (If) the Moon on the 12th day [...]: that month an eclipse will take place. |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 12'12'–r ii 12'12' | (If) the Moon on the 12th day [...]: that month an eclipse will take place. |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 13'13'–r ii 13'13' | [...] on the nth day [...] shines greatly and |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 14'14'–r ii 14'14' | [...]: an eclipse will take place. |
| Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 15'15'–r ii 15'15' | [...] ...: a ... eclipse will take place. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [... x]-KAM ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ina ŠA₃-šu₂ [...] | |
| 3' | [... x]-KAM EN U₄ 14-KAM IGI.BAR ina ITI ⸢BI⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢TA⸣ U₄ 10-KAM EN U₄ 12-KAM U₄.DA-⸢su⸣ x x [...] | |
| 5' | 30 TA U₄ 10-KAM EN U₄ 14-KAM U₄ 15-KAM ina ŠA₃-šu₂ [...] | |
| 6' | 30 ina U₄ 10-KAM IGI.BAR GE₆ ina ITI BI AN.GE₆ [...] | |
| 7' | 30 TA U₄ 11-KAM IGI.BAR x x x x RU ina ŠA₃-šu₂ AN.GE₆ ⸢GAR⸣{[an]} | |
| 8' | MUD ga-la-tu₃ MUD da-aʾ-mu AGA GE₆ GAR-ma | |
| 9' | 30 TA U₄ 12-KAM GE₆ ina ŠA₃-šu₂ AN.GE₆ GAR{an} | |
| 10' | 30 U₄ 12-KAM x x [...] ŠA₃-šu₂ GE₆ AN.⸢GE₆⸣ | |
| 11' | 30 U₄ 12-⸢KAM⸣ [...] ITI BI AN.GE₆ GAR{an} | |
| 12' | 30 ⸢U₄ 12-[KAM ...] ⸢ITI⸣ BI AN.GE₆ GAR{an} | |
| 13' | [...] U₄ x-[KAM ...] ⸢ma⸣-gal ZALAG-ma | |
| 14' | [...] AN.GE₆ GAR{an} | |
| 15' | [...] x AN.GE₆ x GAR{an} | |
| 16' | [...] x AGA ŠE ŠA₂ KU [...] | |
| 17' | [...] x x x HA x x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] GABA.RI x [...] | |
| t.e. | ||
| 1' | [...] DU ZA NA RU DA SI ME [...] | |
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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