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CTN 4, 048 (P363463)

Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationCTN 4, 048
IDP363463
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreDivination
Find spotKalhu (mod. Nimrūd)
Coordinates36.1022, 43.3385

English translation

By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
flake [0:1] flake 1'flake 1'–flake 1'flake 1'[...] is seen in a city [...].
flake [1:2] flake 2'2'–flake 2'2'[...] is seen in a city: that city [...].
flake [2:3] flake 3'3'–flake 3'3'(If) grass is seen in a city: that city [...].
flake [3:4] flake 4'4'–flake 4'4'(If) white grass is seen in a city: that city [...].
flake [4:5] flake 5'5'–flake 5'5'(If) any plant of the open country is seen in a city: that city [...].
flake [5:6] flake 6'6'–flake 6'6'(If) any mountain plant is seen in a city: that city [...].
flake [6:7] flake 7'7'–flake 7'7'[...] (in) my city, a dog cries out [...].
flake [7:8] flake 8'8'–flake 8'8'[...] a donkey ditto (cries out) [...].
flake [8:9] flake 9'9'–flake 9'9'[...] a wolf ditto (cries out) [...].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
flake
1'[...] ina IRI ⸢IGI⸣ [...]
2'[...] ina IRI IGI IRI BI [...]
3'{⸢u₂⸣}KI.KAL ina IRI IGI IRI BI [...]
4'{u₂}KI.KAL BABBAR ina IRI IGI IRI BI [...]
5'mim-ma U₂ EDIN ina IRI IGI IRI BI [...]
6'[mim]-ma U₂ KUR.RA ina IRI IGI IRI BI [...]
7'[...] IRI-ia UR.GI₇ ⸢is-si⸣ [...]
8'[...] ⸢ANŠE⸣ {<MIN(is-si)>} [...]
9'[...] ⸢UR⸣.BAR.RA {<MIN(is-si)>} [...]
10'[...] x A [...]

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