CTN 4, 029 (P363444)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363444 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | (If) an eclipse [...] in the evening watch: an eclipse for the land of Amurru [...]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | (If) eclipse [...] in the [...] watch: downfall of the king of [...]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | (If) an eclipse [...] in the east [...]: downfall of Subartu to Elam [...]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | (If) an eclipse begins in the east and [...]: Elam and Gutium [...]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | (If) an eclipse takes place and cloud [...] into cloud: the king of that land - his days [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | (If) the Moon undergoes an eclipse in Nisannu (Month I) and [...]. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | (If) in Nisannu an eclipse [...] in the evening watch: [...]; alternatively, Erra will devour [...]. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414–o 1616 | (If) in Nisannu on the 14th day an eclipse [...] his city and his people will reconcile. If [...] there will be starvation and the people [...]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | (If) in the region of Venus from Nisannu on the 14th day [...]: there will be lamentations in the land and [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | (If) in the region of the Scales [...]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | (If) an eclipse [...] in the evening watch: [...]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [(If) in] Nisannu on the 14th day [...]: people [...] their children; king [...] to king. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [(If) in] Nisannu on the nth day [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | AN.GE₆] EN.NUN.⸢AN⸣.[USAN₂ ...] | |
| 2 | AN.GE₆ {kur}⸢MAR⸣.[TU ...] | |
| 3 | AN.GE₆ EN.⸢NUN⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | ŠUB{ti₃} ⸢LUGAL⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | AN.GE₆ ina {tu₁₅}KUR.⸢RA⸣ [...] | |
| 6 | ŠUB{ti₃} SU.BIR₄{⸢ki⸣} ana ⸢ELAM⸣.[MA{ki} ...] | |
| 7 | AN.GE₆ ina {tu₁₅}KUR.RA MU₂-ma [...] | |
| 8 | ELAM.MA{ki} u gu-ti-i{ki} [...] | |
| 9 | AN.GE₆ GAR(DIŠ-)⸢ma⸣ DUNGU ana ŠA₃ ⸢DUNGU⸣ [...] | |
| 10 | LUGAL KUR BI ⸢U₄-MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 11 | 30 ina {iti}BARA₂ AN.GE₆ GAR-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | ina {iti}BARA₂ AN.GE₆ EN.NUN.⸢AN⸣.[USAN₂ ...] | |
| 13 | KI.MIN {d}⸢ER₃.RA⸣ GU₇ [...] | |
| 14 | ⸢ina⸣ {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 14-KAM AN.GE₆ [...] | |
| 15 | [(...)] IRI-šu₂ u UN-MEŠ-šu₂ SILIM-MEŠ šum₄-ma [...] | |
| 16 | [ub]-⸢bu-ṭu₂⸣ [GAL₂]-⸢ma⸣ UN-MEŠ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina SAG ⸢MU⸣ TA {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 14-KAM⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | u₂-ru-ba-tu₂ ina KUR ⸢GAL₂⸣-[MEŠ-ma ...] | |
| 3 | ina KI {mul}zi-ba-ni-[tu₄ ...] | |
| 4 | AN.GE₆ ⸢EN.NUN.AN⸣.[USAN₂ ...] | |
| 5 | ina] {⸢iti}BARA₂⸣ U₄ 14(25-)[KAM ...] | |
| 6 | UN-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ-[ši-na ...] | |
| 7 | LUGAL ana LUGAL [...] | |
| 8 | ina {iti]}BARA₂ U₄ n+11-[KAM ...] | |
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
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- 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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