CTN 4, 015 (P363430)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363430 |
| Museum no. | IM 067550 |
| 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 i [0:3] o i 3'3'–o i 5'5' | [...] (they) will enjoy good [...]. [...]. BU (means:) "to see". [...]. Her position is stable. |
| Obverse Column i [3:6] o i 6'6'–o i 8'8' | [...] there will be a king of the world in the land. [...] and floods will come. [...] she rises towards the east. |
| Obverse Column i [6:9] o i 9'9'–o i 11'11' | [...] epidemic of livestock and horses. [...] alternatively, fall of the army. [...] she moves lower towards the south. |
| Obverse Column i [9:11] o i 12'12'–o i 13'13' | [...] is situated [...]. A good matter, good peace. [...] she rises towards the north. |
| Obverse Column i [11:13] o i 14'14'–o i 15'15' | [...] is situated [...] she stays constantly low: [...] she moves lower towards the west. |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 16'16'–o i 16'16' | [...] becomes ever higher: she becomes ever higher towards the winds. |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 17'17'–o i 17'17' | [...] becomes ever higher [...] culmination: rains will cease. |
| Obverse Column i [15:17] o i 18'18'–o i 19'19' | [...] she is wearing a beard (and) the Bristle stands at her side [...]; alternatively, she is red and faint. |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 20'20'–o i 20'20' | [...] she is bright and is wearing a beard: duplicate (of the previous omen); alternatively, she is red and bright. |
| Obverse Column i [18:20] o i 21'21'–o i 22'22' | [...] she is crowned with [...] coronas: women will die together with their foetuses. The Small Twins stand at her side (or): in front of her. |
| Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 23'23'–o i 23'23' | [...] she appears [...] the north: the gods will make peace with Akkad. |
| Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 24'24'–o i 24'24' | [...] she appears [...] the west: the gods [...] with Amurru. |
| Obverse Column i [22:26] o i 25'25'– | [...] she appears [...] the east: [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o 1'–o ii 1'o 1' | (If) Venus does not acquire a flash: all day she will quickly [...] 1 degree each. |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | (If) Venus keeps going higher to the culmination: [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | (If) Venus does not acquire a flash: her position is totally calm. 1 [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | (If) Venus is provided with a head: ditto, ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | (If) Venus approaches the Furrow and a storm wind blows: the loved one [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | (If) Venus approaches the Furrow and the south wind blows: fall of Guti. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | (If) Venus approaches the Furrow and the north wind blows: the equal ranking wife [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8' | (If) Venus stands [...] Enmešara: defeat [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:10] o ii 9'9'–o ii 10'10' | (If) Venus is suddenly very high: if [...]. If summer, there will be a severe [...]. Now she rises, now [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | (If) Venus [...] in the sky: [...]. She is surrounded by a yellow-green cruciform halo and [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | (If) Venus [...] light [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | If the Scorpion appears [...] ...: that year will be good ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [13:15] o ii 14'14'–o ii 15'15' | (If) Venus keeps getting brighter: the land will change its mind. RI (means:) to become bright. [...] She sheds radiance and rays are fallen. Radiance (means:) brilliance. [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [15:16] o ii 16'16'–o ii 16'16' | (If) Venus rises at sunrise and she is female: good. (If) she appears at sunset and is male: [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [16:17] o ii 17'17'–o ii 17'17' | (If) Venus - countless stars approach her: that land will be destroyed. Mercury [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [17:18] o ii 18'18'–o ii 18'18' | (If) Venus - countably many stars [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [18:20] o ii 19'19'–o ii 20'20' | (If) above [...] in [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [20:24] o ii 21'21'– | (If) [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1'r i 1'–r i 1'r i 1' | If Ištar [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 2'2'–r i 2'2' | If Ištar in the morning hours [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 3'3'–r i 3'3' | If Ištar is provided with a head at her rising: [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4' | If Ištar is provided with a [...] at [...]: epidemic of horses [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 5'5'–r i 5'5' | If Ištar at [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 6'6'–r i 6'6' | If Ištar is dark at [...]: women in [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [6:8] r i 7'7'–r i 10'10' | If [...] becomes ever higher: .... |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 10'10'–r i 10'10' | [...] the harvest will go well. [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 11'11'–r i 11'11' | [...] will frown at [...]. Business [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 12'12'–r i 12'12' | [...] ... famine [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 13'13'–r i 13'13' | [...] left in [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 14'14'–r i 14'14' | [...] she reflects to herself [...] |
| Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 15'15'–r i 15'15' | [...] the king with Sin [...] |
| Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 17'17'–r i 17'17' | [...] Sin [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse Column i [15:16] r i 18'18'–r i 18'18' | [...] Akkad and Gutium [...] |
| Reverse Column i [16:17] r i 19'19'–r i 19'19' | [...] she reflects to herself [...] |
| Reverse Column i [17:18] r i 20'20'–r i 20'20' | [...] kings will become angry [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [18:19] r i 21'21'–r i 21'21' | [...] king [...] prayer [...] |
| Reverse Column i [19:23] r i 22'22'– | [...] foetuses [...] |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 2'2'–r ii 2'2' | Attention and peace [...] |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 3'3'–r ii 3'3' | [...] ... the star that rises and [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [3:5] r ii 4'4'–r ii 5'5' | [...] summer she rises at the rising of the Sun and [...]: Lamaštu [...] small children. |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 6'6'–r ii 6'6' | [...] summer she rises at the setting of the Sun and does not set: attention and peace. |
| Reverse Column ii [6:8] r ii 7'7'–r ii 8'8' | [...] start of the year she shows (herself) and (then) disappears: slaves will go up to their master's bed and take a woman as their equal ranking wife. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:10] r ii 9'9'–r ii 10'10' | [...] spring she is covered in a film: in the winter, cold; [...] there will be severe heat. Omen of Gušur the king. |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 11'11'–r ii 11'11' | [...] 14th [day] she has taken redness: devastation of a converging flood. |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 12'12'–r ii 12'12' | [...] her right stands a layer (of dust?): the land will experience sorrow. The land will shrink. |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 13'13'–r ii 13'13' | [...] ditto and that layer is long: the land that experienced abundance will experience evil. |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 14'14'–r ii 14'14' | [...] that layer is white: there will be a famine of barley and straw in the land. |
| Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 15'15'–r ii 15'15' | [...] that [...] is yellow-green: Adad will devastate. The samānu-demon will afflict the barley. |
| Reverse Column ii [15:16] r ii 16'16'–r ii 16'16' | [...] layer stands (there): the land [...] confinement. |
| Reverse Column ii [16:17] r ii 17'17'–r ii 17'17' | [...] is long: the land that experienced evil [...] abundance. |
| Reverse Column ii [17:18] r ii 18'18'–r ii 18'18' | [...] is white: a good wind [...] in the land. |
| Reverse Column ii [18:19] r ii 19'19'–r ii 19'19' | [...]: Adad will devastate. The samānu-demon will afflict the barley. |
| Reverse Column ii [19:20] r ii 20'20'–r ii 20'20' | [...] land [...] evil [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [20:21] r ii 21'21'–r ii 21'21' | [...] the Sun .... |
| Reverse Column ii [21:22] r ii 22'22'–r ii 22'22' | [...] will experience confinement. |
| Reverse Column ii [22:23] r ii 23'23'–r ii 23'23' | [...] will experience abundance. |
| Reverse Column ii [23:24] r ii 24'24'–r ii 24'24' | [...] will experience [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [24:25] r ii 25'25'–r ii 25'25' | [...] will experience [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 3' | [... DU₁₀].GA KU₇-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] BU a-ma-ru | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢KI⸣.GUB-sa₃ GI.NA | |
| 6' | [...] LUGAL ŠU₂ ina KUR GAL₂ | |
| 7' | [...] u ILLU-MEŠ DU-MEŠ{ni} | |
| 8' | [...] ana {tu₁₅}KUR.RA NIM-ma | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ŠUB⸣{ti} ⸢bu⸣-li₃ u ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ | |
| 10' | [...] KI.MIN ŠUB{ti₃} EREN₂{ni} | |
| 11' | [...] ana {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU ut-tah-has | |
| 12' | [...] GAR{at₂} a-mat SIG₅ sa-lim SIG₅-MEŠ | |
| 13' | [...] ana {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ NIM-ME{a} | |
| 14' | [... GAR]{⸢at₂⸣} uš-ta-nap-pal | |
| 15' | [...] ana {tu₁₅}MAR.⸢TU⸣ ut-tah-has | |
| 16' | [... iš-ta-naq]-⸢qa⸣-a ana TU₁₅-MEŠ iš-ta-naq-qa-a | |
| 17' | [... ziq]-⸢pi⸣ iš-ta-naq-qa-a ŠEG₃-MEŠ KU₅-MEŠ | |
| 18' | [... ziq]-na zaq-na-⸢at₂⸣ MUL.MUL ina A₂-ša₂ | |
| 19' | [...] GUB-ME-ma KI.MIN SA₅{at₂} u un-nu-ta-at₂ | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢nap⸣-hat u ziq-⸢na zaq⸣-na-at₂ GABA.RI KI.MIN SA₅{at₂} u ba-aʾ-lat | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢AGA⸣ ap-rat(IGI) MUNUS-MEŠ qa₂-du ša₃ ŠA₃-ši-na UŠ₂-MEŠ | |
| 22' | {[mul}MAŠ].⸢TAB.BA⸣ TUR.TUR ⸢ina⸣ A₂-ša₂ ina⸣ IGI-ša₂ GUB-MEŠ{⸢ni⸣} | |
| 23' | [...] {⸢tu₁₅⸣}[SI].SA₂ IGI DINGIR-MEŠ KI {kur}URI{ki} SILIM.MA ⸢TUKU⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 24' | [... {tu₁₅]}⸢MAR⸣.TU IGI DINGIR-MEŠ KI {kur}MAR.TU{[ki} ...] | |
| 25' | [... {tu₁₅]}⸢KUR.RA IGI⸣ [...] | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | {⸢mul⸣}dele-bat ṣer-ha NU TUKU kal u₄-⸢mu⸣ 1 UŠ-TA.AM₃ ar₂-hiš [...] | |
| 2' | {mul}dele-bat ana ziq-pi iš-ta-naq-qa-a [...] | |
| 3' | {mul}dele-bat ṣer-ha ⸢NU TUKU⸣ [KI].GUB-sa₃ mim-ma ne-he-et 1 [...] | |
| 4' | {⸢mul⸣}dele-bat SAG.DU GAR{at₂} |KI.MIN| KA.⸢INIM⸣.[MA-BI ...] | |
| 5' | {mul}dele-bat ana {mul}AB.SIN₂ TE-ma me-hu-u DU{ik} KI.AG₂{[ti} ...] | |
| 6' | {mul}dele-bat ana {mul}AB.SIN₂ ⸢TE-ma⸣ {tu₁₅}U₁₈.⸢LU⸣ DU ŠUB{[ti]} ⸢gu-ti⸣-[i] | |
| 7' | {mul}dele-bat ana {mul}AB.⸢SIN₂ TE⸣-ma {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ DU ⸢MUNUS⸣.NITA.[DAM ...] | |
| 8' | {mul}dele-[bat ...] {⸢d}EN⸣.ME.ŠAR₂.RA GUB ⸢BAD₅⸣.[BAD₅ ...] | |
| 9' | {mul}dele-bat [sur-sur]-⸢tu₂⸣ ul-lat ⸢šum₄-ma⸣ [...] | |
| 10' | šum₄-ma E₂-MEŠ [...] ⸢dan-nu⸣ GAL₂ za-mar KUR-ma za-[mar ...] | |
| 11' | {mul}dele-bat ina AN{e} [... GIŠ].⸢HUR SIG₇ NIGIN⸣-ma [...] | |
| 12' | {mul}dele-bat U₄.DA [...] x ut-ta-[...] | |
| 13' | U₄ {mul}GIR₂.TAB IGI [...] x x QA MU BI ⸢SIG₅⸣ x [...] | |
| 14' | {mul}dele-bat it-ta-⸢na⸣-an-biṭ ⸢UMUŠ⸣ KUR MAN{ni} RI na-ba-ṭu [...] | |
| 15' | ⸢ni⸣-ib-ṭa₂ ŠUB-ma ša₂-ru-ru ma-aq-tu ni-[ib-ṭu ša₂]-⸢ru⸣-[ru ...] | |
| 16' | {mul}dele-bat ina {d}UTU.E₃ {d}UTU.E₃ KUR-ma si-in-ni-šat SIG₅ ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A IGI-ma zik-rat [...] | |
| 17' | {mul}dele-bat MUL la₃ ŠID-MEŠ TE{ši} KUR BI ⸢ZAH₂⸣ {d}UDU.IDIM.GU₄.U₄ [...] | |
| 18' | {mul}dele-bat MUL ⸢ŠID⸣-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 19' | UGU{⸢nu⸣} [...] | |
| 20' | ina [...] | |
| 21' | [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | U₄ EŠ₄.TAR₂ [...] | |
| 2' | U₄ EŠ₄.TAR₂ ina ⸢še-re-e-ti⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | U₄ EŠ₄.TAR₂ ina KUR-ša₂ SAG.DU GAR{⸢at₂⸣} [...] | |
| 4' | U₄ EŠ₄.TAR₂ ina [...] GAR{at₂} ŠUB{ti} ⸢ANŠE⸣.[KUR.RA-MEŠ ...] | |
| 5' | U₄ EŠ₄.TAR₂ ina [...] x x GAL₂ A [...] | |
| 6' | U₄ ⸢EŠ₄.TAR₂⸣ ina [...] ad₂-rat(MAR) MUNUS-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina [...] | |
| 7' | U₄ [... iš]-⸢ta-na⸣-qa-a IM A | |
| 10' | [...] BURU₁₄ SI.[SA₂ ...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢ik⸣-ke-le-⸢me GANBA⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] x U₂.GUG [...] | |
| 13' | [...] GUB₃ ina [...] | |
| 14' | [... uš-ta]-ta-am-ma it-[ti-ša₂ ...] | |
| 15' | [...] LUGAL KI {d}30.⸢NA⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | [...] U₂ [...] | |
| 17' | [...] {d}30 [...] x x [...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢URI⸣{ki} u gu-ti-⸢um⸣{ki} [...] | |
| 19' | [... uš]-⸢ta⸣-ta-⸢am⸣-ma ⸢it⸣-ti-ša₂ [...] | |
| 20' | [...] LUGAL-MEŠ [... i]-ze-⸢en⸣-[nu-u₂ ...] | |
| 21' | [...] LUGAL SISKUR₂ x [...] | |
| 22' | [...] ša₃ ŠA₃-⸢ši⸣-[na ...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] DIŠ U₄ [...] | |
| 2' | [teš₂-mu]-u₂ u sa-li-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] AD MUL ša₂ x KUR{ha}ma u [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢BURU₁₄ ina KUR⸣ {d}UTU KUR{ha}ma u [...] | |
| 5' | [... TUR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ {<d>}DIM₃.ME [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢BURU₁₄ ina⸣ ŠU₂ {d}UTU KUR{ha}ma u la ir-bi teš₂-mu-u₂ u sa-li-[mu] | |
| 7' | [...] SAG MU u₂-kal-lim-ma u it-bal ARAD-MEŠ ana ma-a-a-al | |
| 8' | [EN]-⸢šu₂⸣-nu e-lu-ma MUNUS hi-ra-ti-šu₂-nu ih-ha-zu | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢IGI⸣ MU ši-ši-tu₂ ar-mat ina kuṣ₂-ṣi kuṣ₂-ṣu | |
| 10' | [...] um-šu₁₄ dan-nu GAL₂ BA₃{ut} gu-šur MAN | |
| 11' | [... U₄] 14-KAM su-ma le-qat KUŠ₇{ti} a-bu-ub mit-hur-ti | |
| 12' | [... ZA₃]-ša₂ ša-bi-hu GUB KUR ŠA₃.HUL ŠA₃.HUL IGI KUR TUR | |
| 13' | [...] |KI.MIN|ma ša-bi-hu BI SU₃ KUR ša₂ [HE₂].NUN IGI ⸢HUL⸣ IGI | |
| 14' | [... ša-bi]-⸢hu⸣ BI BABBAR ŠA₃.SU₃ ŠE u IN.NU ina KUR GAL₂ | |
| 15' | [...] BI SIG₇ {d}IŠKUR RA{iṣ} ŠE sa-ma-nu DAB{[bat]} | |
| 16' | [... ša]-bi-hu GUB{iz} KUR me-se-ra [...] | |
| 17' | [...] SU₃ KUR ša₂ lum-[na] IGI nu-uh-[ša₂ ...] | |
| 18' | [...] ⸢BABBAR⸣ TU₁₅ ṭa-a-bu ⸢ina KUR⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | [...] {d}IŠKUR RA{iṣ} ŠE sa-ma-nu ⸢DAB⸣{[bat]} | |
| 20' | [...] KUR [x] HUL [...] | |
| 21' | [...] {d}UTU{ši} x x | |
| 22' | [... me]-⸢ser⸣ IGI | |
| 23' | [... nu-uh]-ša₂ IGI{mar} | |
| 24' | [...] IGI{mar} | |
| 25' | [...] ⸢IGI{mar⸣} | |
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