CTN 4, 021 (P363436)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363436 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] approaches ditto [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...] pregnant women [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [...] Belet-ili touch (each other): in the land, all of it, brother [...] brother. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] together with their foetuses [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] approaches the Field: high water. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] alternatively, approaches the Eridu star: there will be rapādu-disease. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] alternatively, approaches Entenamašhum: the early catch [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...]: the early kanašû-flower will thrive. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...] approaches the Bristle: Adad will devastate the barley. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] alternatively, comes close to (or): approaches the Bull's Jaw: the best of the land will be destroyed; alternatively, Adad [...]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [...] approaches the Snake: defeat will occur in the land. Deaths [...]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [...] approaches the Old Man: the harvest of the land of Akkad ... [...]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] ... approaches ... [...]. |
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' | [...] ⸢MIN TE⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢MUNUS⸣ PEŠ₄-MEŠ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] DINGIR.MAH it-te₉-mi-du ina KUR DU₃.A.BI ŠEŠ ⸢ŠEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] EN ša₃ ŠA₃-ši-na [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ana {mul₄}1(IKU){gana₂} TE bi-ib(DI-)lu₄ | |
| 6' | [...] KI.MIN ana {mul₄}⸢ERIDU⸣{ki} TE ra-pa-du I₃.[GAL₂] | |
| 7' | [...] KI.MIN ana {mul₄}EN.TE.NA.⸢MAŠ.HUM⸣ TE mi-⸢šir⸣-tu₄ ha-ru-⸢up-tu₄⸣ [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GANA₂⸣.ZI NIM{tu₄} SI.⸢SA₂⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ana MUL₄⸣.MUL₄ TE{he} {d}IŠKUR ŠE(MAN) ⸢RA⸣ | |
| 10' | [... KI].⸢MIN ana {mul₄}is le⸣-e DIM₄ TE SIG₅ KUR ZAH₂ ⸢KI.MIN⸣ {d}⸢IŠKUR⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | [...] {⸢mul₄⸣}MUŠ TE BAD₅.BAD₅ ina KUR GAR{⸢an⸣} UŠ₂-[MEŠ ...] | |
| 12' | [... {mul₄}ŠU].⸢GI⸣ TE BURU₁₄ {kur}URI{ki} SUD x GAR x [...] | |
| 13' | [...] x TE 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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