CTN 4, 044 (P363459)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363459 |
| Museum no. | IM 067621 |
| 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' | (If) [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | (If) a man [...] a desert lynx [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | (If) a man [...] an ape [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | (If) a man [...] a bear [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | (If) a man ... [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | (If) a man ... a basket [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | (If) a man sees a blade: [...]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (If) a man sees ... of a god [...]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | (If) a man sees ... [...]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | (If) a man sees ... [...]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | (If) the herald observes the rites of Ištar [...]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | (If) the kurgarrû-cultic performer is seen ... [...]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | (If) a man sees an old ... [...]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | (If) a man observes ... the ritual ... [...]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | (If) a man sees the one who suffers a punishment ... [...]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | (If) a man experiences sin [...]. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | (If) the temple-official of ... is seen [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | (If) a man sees ... [...]. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [(If) a man] ... [...]. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [(If)] a huppû-dancer ... [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [...] ... are seen [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | (If) he sees a donkey ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | (If) he sees a horse ... [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | (If) he sees a dog ... [...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | (If) he sees a pig: anything ... [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | (If) he sees a bat: ... the man ... [...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | (If) he sees a firefly: ... [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | (If) he sees a wild cat: ... [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | (If) he sees a lynx: in the environs of the city ... [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | (If) he sees a fox: all the joy ... [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | (If) he sees a dog: ... [...]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | (If) he sees a chamaeleon: onset of grief [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | (If) he sees a mongoose: the god ... at the man's side; ... [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | (If) he sees a marten: she will give birth; [...]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | (If) he sees a dormouse: that man, the god [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | (If) he sees a mouse: that man will become ill [...]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | (If) he sees a shrew: end of [...]. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | (If) he sees a dormouse: wherever he goes, he will not [...]. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | (If) he sees a vole: that flesh will not [...]. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | (If) he sees a multicoloured mouse: sorrow [...] of the man. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | (If) he sees a rodent in the middle of [...]. |
| Reverse [21:22] r 22'22'–r 22'22' | (If) he sees a mouse: ... [...]. |
| Reverse [22:23] r 23'23'–r 23'23' | (If) he sees a ...: ... [...]. |
| Reverse [23:24] r 24'24'–r 24'24' | (If) he sees a weasel: he will not be satisfied; [...]. |
| Reverse [24:25] r 25'25'–r 25'25' | (If) he sees an otter: ... [...]. |
| Reverse [25:26] r 26'26'–r 26'26' | (If) he sees a snake [...]. |
| Reverse [26:27] r 27'27'–r 27'27' | (If)... a scorpion's offspring [...]. |
| Reverse [27:28] r 28'28'–r 28'28' | (If) ... a lizard [...]. |
| Reverse [28:29] r 29'29'–r 29'29' | (If) the tail of [...]. |
| Reverse [29:30] r 30'30'–r 30'30' | (If) [...]. |
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' | [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢LU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | LU₂ SA.[A.GAL] [...] | |
| 4' | LU₂ UGU.⸢DUL⸣.[BI ...] | |
| 5' | LU₂ AZ [...] | |
| 6' | LU₂ {giš}IL₂ x [...] | |
| 7' | LU₂ {giš}ZU₂ IGI [...] | |
| 8' | LU₂ EZEN GIM i₃-li₂ ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 9' | LU₂ A AŠ A IGI [...] | |
| 10' | LU₂ EZEN IGI GU IGI [...] | |
| 11' | {lu₂}NIMGIR₂ GARZA ša {d}iš₈-tar₂ IGI [...] | |
| 12' | {lu₂}KUR.GAR.RA IGI BA [...] | |
| 13' | LU₂ NUNDUN LIBIR{ra} IGI SU SU x [...] | |
| 14' | LU₂ E NE DI DI KA LU₂ ŠU DU₃.DU₃ IGI x [...] | |
| 15' | LU₂ ša(DA) še-er-tu₂ IL₂ IGI AŠ₂ ŠI BI NU [...] | |
| 16' | LU₂ NAM.TAG.GA IGI [...] | |
| 17' | {lu₂}ŠAPRA ša ⸢LA⸣ RA IGI [...] | |
| 18' | LU₂ x x A ⸢IGI⸣ x [...] | |
| 19' | LU₂] x [...] | |
| 20' | {lu₂]}⸢HUB₂⸣ x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x-x-HI.A IGI x [...] | |
| 2' | ANŠE⸣ IGI x [...] | |
| 3' | ANŠE.KUR.RA IGI NU [...] | |
| 4' | UR.GI₇ IGI NU KUR x [...] | |
| 5' | ŠAH IGI mim-ma i-x-[...] | |
| 6' | SU.TIN{mušen} IGI BA ZA₃ LU₂ ŠA₃ x [...] | |
| 7' | {mul}bir-ṣa IGI ŠU BI GIM x [...] | |
| 8' | SA.A.RI IGI ID NI [...] | |
| 9' | a-za-ra IGI ina ki-ma-a-ti DU [...] | |
| 10' | KA₅.A IGI ka-la ha-di IA ⸢IM⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | UR.KI UR.KI ⸢IGI⸣ KI BI x ⸢RA⸣ x x [...] | |
| 12' | ⸢hu⸣-ur-ba-bi-il-la IGI ZI.GA ni-zi-iq-ti [...] | |
| 13' | {d}NIN.KILIM IGI DINGIR ina A₂ LU₂ x KA [...] | |
| 14' | {d}NIN.KILIM.TIR.RA IGI i-wa-la-da [...] | |
| 15' | PEŠ₂.{giš}UR₃.RA IGI LU₂ BI DINGIR ina [...] | |
| 16' | PEŠ₂.TUR ⸢IGI⸣ LU₂ BI GIG [...] | |
| 17' | ⸢PEŠ₂⸣.SILA₃(LA).GAZ [IGI] qi₂-ti [...] | |
| 18' | ⸢PEŠ₂⸣.{giš}GI IGI KI DU{ku} NU [...] | |
| 19' | ⸢PEŠ₂⸣.A.ŠA₃.GA IGI UZU BI NU [...] | |
| 20' | PEŠ₂ IGI.⸢GUN₃⸣.NU IGI ŠA₃.HUL ŠA₃.HUL [x] LU₂ [...] | |
| 21' | PEŠ₂.NIG₂.GILIM.MA IGI ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [...] | |
| 22' | ⸢PEŠ₂⸣ IGI UŠ ⸢TA⸣ [...] | |
| 23' | KAL RI RA IGI I ⸢SI⸣ x [...] | |
| 24' | ia-a-ṣa IGI ŠA₃ NU ⸢DU₁₀.GA⸣ [...] | |
| 25' | tar₂-pa-ša IGI ⸢KA⸣ x x [...] | |
| 26' | MUŠ ⸢IGI⸣ [...] | |
| 27' | na-a-du-šu₂ ⸢GIR₂⸣.[TAB ...] | |
| 28' | EME.DIR [...] | |
| 29' | ⸢KUN⸣.[DAR ...] | |
| 30' | [...] | |
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