CTN 4, 013 (P363428)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363428 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column ii [0:3] o ii 1'o 1'–o ii 3'3' | [...] its horns are pointed: in month [...] like the death of a king (or): [...] in a lunar halo to the east [...] (or) it disappears in a lunar halo to the west and : [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | (If) it (the crescent moon) is red and its horns are continually joined (or): are pointed: [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:6] o ii 5'5'–o ii 6'6' | (If) it is white and its horns are continually joined: the prince [...] a defeat of the (enemy's) troops with weapons. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:8] o ii 7'7'–o ii 8'8' | (If) it is black and its horns are continually joined: rain from heaven [...]; an enemy will arise and devour; the remainder of the year will go well. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:11] o ii 9'9'–o ii 11'11' | (If) it is yellow-green and its horns are continually joined (or): it disappears in a lunar halo to the [...]: attack of the enemy (or): the enemy will seize the prince; [...] is at the centre (of the sky) and (then) appears: the wife of [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | [(If) in] Nisannu (month I), on the 14th day ... [...] |
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 ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢SI⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢ed⸣-da ina {iti}[...] | |
| 2' | GIM UŠ₂ LUGAL ina(U) u₂-ṣur-ti {tu₁₅}⸢KUR⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ina u₂-ṣur-ti TU₁₅-4 ZAH₂-ma [...] | |
| 4' | SA₅-ma SI-MEŠ-šu₂ nin-mu-da ed-da [...] | |
| 5' | BABBAR-ma SI-MEŠ-šu₂ nin-mu-da ⸢NUN⸣ ina | |
| 6' | {⸢giš⸣}[TUKUL] BAD₅.BAD₅ EREN₂-MEŠ [...] | |
| 7' | GE₆-ma SI-ME-šu₂ nin-mu-da ŠEG₃-MEŠ ina AN{e} [...] | |
| 8' | KUR₂ ZI-ma GU₇ EGIR MU SI.[SA₂] | |
| 9' | SIG₇-ma SI-MEŠ-šu₂ nin-mu-da ina(U) u₂-ṣur-ti {tu₁₅}⸢x⸣ | |
| 10' | ZAH₂ ZI{ut} KUR₂ NUN KUR₂ DAB{⸢bat⸣} | |
| 11' | [(x)] ⸢ana⸣ LI.DUR-ma IGI.LA₂ DAM [...] | |
| 12' | ina] {⸢iti⸣}BARA₂ U₄ 14-KAM₂ 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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