CTN 4, 046 (P363461)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363461 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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) ditto, on top of [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | (If) ditto, on top of ... [...] ... will be scattered; [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | (If) ditto, on top of ... in ... that house ... [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | (If) ditto is seen on top of the brickwork of a man's house: that household will be scattered. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | (If) ditto moans on top of a man: that house will be destroyed. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | (If) ditto is blocked in a man's house but goes out: that household will be annoyed; a message from Marduk. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | (If) ditto ... falls on top of a man: the house's owner will die and that household will be scattered. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | (If) ditto cries out [at] the window of a man's house: successful attack. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | (If) ditto roams around over a man's house: that house will be demolished. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | (If) ditto is seen in a temple: that temple will be abandoned. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | (If) ditto is seen on the palace's roof: that palace will be abandoned. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | (If) ditto cries out over a man: successful attack. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'–o 14'14' | (If) ditto is always seen at night in the steppe: they will abandon all their (belongings) and the mind of their troops will be confused; ... [...]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 15'15'–o 16'16' | If owls become numerous and in their centres [...] keep settling down: the meadow ... [...]. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 17'17'–o 18'18' | If owls become numerous in the meadow: on [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | (If) a harrier-hawk ... [...] in the centre of the city [...]. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | (If) ditto (a harrier-hawk) enters the centre of the city and roams around [...]. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | (If) ditto (a harrier-hawk) enters the centre of the city (for) the whole day [...]. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | (If) ditto (a harrier-hawk) enters the centre of the city (for) the whole day [...]. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | (If) ditto (a harrier-hawk) ditto (enters the centre of the city) (for) the whole day [...] for the night [...]. |
| Obverse [22:26] o 23'23'– | (If) ditto (a harrier-hawk) ... a man's house [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] enters [...] the house ... [...] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [...] keeps standing around [...] the man's house [...] |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Ditto [...] a man [...] their limbs [...]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Ditto ... the house ... [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Ditto to [...] ... [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | Ditto in [...] ... the man's house ... to the man's house [...]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Ditto is seen in front of a man [...] enters and they twitter ...: he will become poor. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | (If) [...] ... [...] ... that man, the hand ... [...] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | If a ...-bird keeps standing around ... [...] ...: the people [...] the man [...]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | Ditto enters in ... [...] of the man's house ... [...]: epidemic; ... [...] of the house. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 15'15'–r 15'15' | Ditto in ... [...] ... he will go in the ... of the court; ... that household will be scattered. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | Ditto makes a nest at the window of a man's house: that house will be abandoned. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 17'17'–r 17'17' | Ditto is seen from all his belongings ...: that city will be abandoned. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 18'18'–r 18'18' | Ditto ... on a man's limb and stands; that household will be scattered. |
| Reverse [18:20] r 19'19'–r 20'20' | Ditto ...stands on the front part of a man's limb [...] ... will stand; that house will be scattered. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | If a francolin, while flying, [...]: [...] of the house; the centre of that city will be abandoned. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | If [...] ... becomes strong and ... [...] ... the centre of that city will be abandoned. |
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' | ⸢KI.MIN⸣ ina ⸢UGU⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢KI⸣.MIN ina UGU x AN x x x [...] ⸢LU⸣ BIR{ah} [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢KI⸣.MIN ina ⸢UGU⸣ x x x x-⸢MEŠ⸣ ina A AN x ⸢LU⸣ E₂ BI x (x) x [x (x)] | |
| 4' | ⸢KI⸣.MIN ina ⸢UGU SIG₄⸣ E₂ NA IGI E₂ BI BIR{ah} | |
| 5' | KI.⸢MIN⸣ ina ⸢UGU LU₂⸣ id-mu-um E₂ BI ZAH₂ | |
| 6' | ⸢KI.MIN ina E₂ LU₂⸣ ip-pa-ris-ma E₃ E₂ BI ina-an-ziq na-aš-par₂-ti {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 7' | ⸢KI⸣.[MIN ...] NI ana UGU NA ŠUB{ut} ⸢EN⸣ E₂ UŠ₂-ma E₂ BI BIR{ah} | |
| 8' | ⸢KI.MIN⸣ [ina] ⸢ap⸣-ti E₂ NA is-⸢si⸣ ti-bu kaš-du | |
| 9' | ⸢KI⸣.MIN ina UGU E₂ LU₂ DU.DU E₂ BI in(LUGAL-)na-qar | |
| 10' | KI.MIN ina E₂ DINGIR IGI E₂ DINGIR ⸢BI⸣ ŠUB{di} | |
| 11' | ⸢KI.MIN⸣ ina UR₃ E₂.GAL IGI E₂.GAL ⸢BI⸣ ŠUB{di} | |
| 12' | ⸢KI.MIN⸣ ina UGU NA is-si ti-bu kaš-du | |
| 13' | KI.MIN GE₆ ina na-me-e it-ta-mar mim-ma-šu₂-nu ŠUB-⸢MEŠ-ma⸣ | |
| 14' | UMUŠ EREN₂-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ip-pa-ra-ar₂ x [...] | |
| 15' | šum-ma qa₂-du-u₂ im-ti-du(DI-)ma ŠA₃-ME-šu₂ [...] | |
| 16' | ⸢ir⸣-ta-nab-bi-ṣu A.GAR₃ x [...] | |
| 17' | šum-ma qa₂-⸢du⸣-u₂ ina A.GAR₃ im-ti-du ana [...] | |
| 18' | {d}NIN.⸢NINNA⸣ [(x)]-⸢la⸣-tu₂ ina ŠA₃ ⸢IRI⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | {<|KI.MIN|({d}NIN.⸢NINNA⸣)>} ana ŠA₃ IRI KU₄-⸢ma⸣ DU.DU [...] | |
| 20' | {<|KI.MIN|({d}NIN.⸢NINNA⸣)>} ka-la u₄-mi ana ŠA₃ IRI ⸢KU₄⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | {<|KI.MIN|({d}NIN.⸢NINNA⸣)>} ka-la u₄-mi ana ŠA₃ IRI ⸢KU₄⸣ [...] | |
| 22' | {<|KI.MIN|({d}NIN.⸢NINNA⸣)>} ka-la u₄-mi {<|KI.MIN|(ana)>} ŠA₃ IRI ⸢KU₄⸣ [...] ana GE₆ [...] | |
| 23' | {<|KI.MIN|({d}NIN.⸢NINNA⸣)>} E₂ LU₂ u₂-⸢te⸣-[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢E₂⸣ [...] ⸢SU KU₄⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] E₂ ⸢NA⸣ [...] ⸢GUB.GUB⸣{az} [...] | |
| 4' | [...] GIŠ x [...] ⸢KUR⸣ TI [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x [...] x KA x [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢KI.MIN⸣ [...] ⸢NA⸣ [...] ⸢LI mi-na-ti-šu-nu⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | x [x] ⸢MI⸣ [...] x [...] | |
| 8' | KI.MIN x ⸢E₂⸣ x [...] x x [...] | |
| 9' | KI.MIN ana [...] x [...] x [...] | |
| 10' | KI.MIN ina [x (x)] x x E₂ LU₂ ⸢U₂⸣ x MIN ana ⸢E₂ NA⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | KI.MIN ina ⸢UGU⸣ LU₂ ⸢IGI⸣ [...] KU₄-ma DIŠ A u₂-ṣa-bi-ru ⸢UKU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 12' | [...] IGI x-MEŠ [...] x x x ⸢ZUM⸣ LU₂ BI ŠU x [...] | |
| 13' | šum-ma x x U LI{⸢mušen⸣} x [...] x GUB.GUB{az} ni-šu [x (x)] LU₂ [x (x)] | |
| 14' | KI.MIN ina x [...] E₂ NA x [x (x)] KU₄ ŠUB{ti} x [...] E₂ | |
| 15' | KI.MIN ina x [...] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [x] x RA BI x ki(KU-)sal-li DU x x ⸢E₂ BI⸣ BIR | |
| 16' | KI.MIN ina ap-ti E₂ NA qin-na [iq]-⸢ta⸣-na-an E₂ BI ŠUB{⸢di⸣} | |
| 17' | KI.MIN ša₂ ka-li mim-mu-[šu₂] x ⸢it⸣-ta-mar IRI BI ŠUB{di} | |
| 18' | KI.MIN ina hu-ur LU₂ KA x GUB.⸢GUB⸣{az} E₂ BI BIR{ah} | |
| 19' | KI.MIN ina mu-ut hu-ur ⸢LU₂⸣ [...] x x GUB.GUB{az} E₂ BI BIR{ah} | |
| 20' | šum-ma it-ti-du-u₂ ina nap-ru-ši [...] ⸢E₂⸣ ŠA₃ IRI BI ŠUB{di} | |
| 21' | ⸢šum⸣-[ma ...] x x MA ZA x AN [...] ŠA₃ IRI BI [ŠUB]{di} | |
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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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