CTN 4, 032 (P363447)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363447 |
| 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 i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | [...] he will die. |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | [...] to ... its owner will beam. |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | [...] he will put [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | [...] he will become good. |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11' | [...] he will put [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:2] o ii 1'o 1'–o ii 2'2' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) [...] the land will be discordant; ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [2:4] o ii 3'3'–o ii 4'4' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and three [...] the enemy's land will be discordant; the king's land [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and the physiognomy [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and the heads [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | If a woman gives birth to 3 (children) and [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:9] o ii 8'8'–o ii 9'9' | If a woman gives birth to triplets [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 9'9'–o ii 9'9' | If a woman gives birth to three ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:11] o ii 10'10'–o ii 11'11' | If a woman gives birth to three girls and [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | If a woman gives birth to four boys [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | If a woman gives birth to four boys [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | If a woman gives birth to four boys [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [13:15] o ii 14'14'–o ii 15'15' | If a woman gives birth to four boys [...] he will seize ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:2] r i 1'r 1'–r i 2'2' | If a woman ditto and [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [2:4] r i 3'3'–r i 4'4' | If a woman ditto and its eye ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 4'4'–r i 4'4' | If a woman ditto [...] |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 5'5'–r i 5'5' | If ... [...] |
| Reverse Column i [5:9] r i 6'6'– | If [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii 1'r 1'–r ii 1'r 1' | [...] that [...] will become good. |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 3'3'–r ii 3'3' | [...] he will become stable. |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] RA | |
| 3' | [...] KUR | |
| 4' | [...] KUR | |
| 5' | [...] KUR-ME | |
| 6' | [...] x ⸢KI⸣ | |
| 7' | [...] BA.UŠ₂ | |
| 8' | [...] ana GAN₂ ⸢EN-šu₂⸣ ZAL | |
| 9' | [...] GAR{an} | |
| 10' | [...] DU₁₀ | |
| 11' | [...] GAR{an} | |
| 12' | [...] x AŠ | |
| 13' | [...] x AŠ | |
| 14' | [...] QA | |
| 15' | [...]-šu₂ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | BE MUNUS 3 ⸢U₃.TU⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | KUR NU ŠE.ŠE.GA ⸢DAB⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | BE MUNUS 3 U₃.TU-ma 3 [...] | |
| 4' | KUR KUR₂ NU ŠE.ŠE.GA KUR LUGAL [...] | |
| 5' | BE MUNUS 3 U₃.TU-ma bu-un-[na-nu ...] | |
| 6' | BE MUNUS 3 U₃.TU-ma SAG-MEŠ [...] | |
| 7' | BE MUNUS 3 U₃.TU-ma I [...] | |
| 8' | BE MUNUS tak₂-ši-i U₃.TU [...] | |
| 9' | BE MUNUS 3 x-MEŠ U₃.TU [...] | |
| 10' | BE MUNUS 3 MUNUS-MEŠ U₃.TU-⸢ma⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | BE MUNUS 4 NITA-MEŠ U₃.TU [...] | |
| 12' | BE MUNUS 4 NITA-MEŠ U₃.⸢TU⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | BE MUNUS 4 NITA-MEŠ ⸢U₃⸣.[TU ...] | |
| 14' | BE MUNUS 4 NITA-MEŠ U₃.TU [...] | |
| 15' | [...] x DAB{bat} [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | BE MUNUS |KI.MIN|ma [...] | |
| 2' | SU E BAR SU₂ [...] | |
| 3' | BE MUNUS |KI.MIN|ma IGI-⸢šu₂⸣ x [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢BE⸣ MUNUS |KI.MIN| [...] | |
| 5' | BE x [...] | |
| 6' | BE [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] BI DU₁₀ | |
| 2' | [...] x-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [...] GI.NA | |
| 4' | [...] KUR | |
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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