CTN 4, 037 (P363452)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363452 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| flake [0:1] flake 1flake 1–flake 1flake 1 | (If) a sow gives birth to an elephant: attack of the land's troops against a (foreign) land; the decisions for the land will change. |
| flake [1:2] flake 22–flake 22 | (If) a sow gives birth to an ox: the king will have no opponent. |
| flake [2:3] flake 33–flake 33 | (If) a sow gives birth to an otter: the king will have no opponent; eclipse of the Moon. |
| flake [3:4] flake 44–flake 44 | (If) a sow gives birth to a wolf: the decisions for the country will change; its owner will be ruined. |
| flake [4:5] flake 55–flake 55 | (If) a sow gives birth to a dog: there will be strife in the land. |
| flake [5:6] flake 66–flake 66 | (If) a sow gives birth to a badger: the sow's owner will disappear. |
| flake [6:7] flake 77–flake 77 | (If) a sow gives birth to a fox: reducing of the flocks. |
| flake [7:8] flake 88–flake 88 | (If) a sow gives birth to a leopard: its owner will lead (it) to the palace. |
| flake [8:9] flake 99–flake 99 | (If) a sow gives birth to a mongoose: its owner will be suffocated. |
| flake [9:10] flake 1010–flake 1010 | [...] gives birth to [...]: its owner will be cheerful; the god [...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| flake | ||
| 1 | {munus]}⸢ŠAH⸣ AM.SI U₃.TU ZI{ut} EREN₂{ni} KUR{ti} ana KUR UMUŠ KUR MAN{ni} | |
| 2 | {munus]}⸢ŠAH⸣ GU₄ U₃.TU LUGAL GABA.RI NU TUKU{ši} | |
| 3 | {munus]}⸢ŠAH⸣ UR.A UR.A U₃.TU {<|KI.MIN|(LUGAL)>} GABA.RI NU TUKU{ši} AN.GE₆ {d}30 | |
| 4 | {munus]}ŠAH UR.BAR.RA U₃.TU UMUŠ KUR MAN{ni} EN-ša₂ ina-qar | |
| 5 | {munus]}ŠAH UR.GI₇ U₃.TU pu-uh-pu-hu-u₂ ina KUR GAL₂ | |
| 6 | {munus}ŠAH UR.KI UR.KI U₃.TU EN {munus}ŠAH ZAH₂ | |
| 7 | {munus}ŠAH KA₅.A U₃.TU TUR{er} na-me-e | |
| 8 | {munus]}ŠAH PIRIG.TUR U₃.TU EN-ša₂ E₂.GAL UŠ{de} | |
| 9 | {munus]}⸢ŠAH⸣ {d}NIN.KILIM U₃.TU EN-ša₂ uh-ta-na-[aq] | |
| 10 | [...] U₃.TU EN-ša₂ ZALAG₂{ir} DINGIR [...] | |
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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