CTN 4, 052 (P363467)
Scholarly or scientific, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363467 |
| Museum no. | IM 067574 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Scholarly or scientific |
| 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 [2:3] o i' 3'3'–o i' 3'3' | [...] the food [...] |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i' 4'4'–o i' 4'4' | [...] the king will die and the king's son will seize the throne. |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i' 5'5'–o i' 5'5' | [...] ... a great country and Subartu will be at peace. |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i' 6'6'–o i' 6'6' | [...] (in) Abu (Month V): the king will weaken his land. |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i' 7'7'–o i' 7'7' | [...] that land will not thrive. |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i' 8'8'–o i' 8'8' | [...] ... will experience sorrow. |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i' 9'9'–o i' 9'9' | [...] the king will die and his land will be scattered. |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i' 10'10'–o i' 10'10' | [...] the king will die and his land will be plundered. |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i' 11'11'–o i' 11'11' | [...] there will be produce. |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i' 12'12'–o i' 12'12' | [...] the floods' raging will reduce the land. |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] o i' 13'13'–o i' 13'13' | [...] (in) Šabaṭu (Month XI): [...]... high waters will sweep away the land. |
| Obverse Column i [13:15] o i' 14'14'–o i' 15'15' | [...] (in) Addaru (Month XII): the king will rule over his enemy's land; the land will gather into a fortress. |
| Obverse Column i [14:16] o i' 15'15'–o i' 16'16' | [...] (in) Nisannu (Month I), Venus rises: there will be flight in the land. |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i' 17'17'–o i' 17'17' | [...] ... the harvest of the land will thrive. |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i' 18'18'–o i' 18'18' | [...] of a numerous army. |
| Obverse Column i [18:19] o i' 19'19'–o i' 19'19' | [...] there will be [...] in the land; the harvest will thrive. |
| Obverse Column i [19:20] o i' 20'20'–o i' 20'20' | [...] there will be [...] in the land; desolation will afflict (the land). |
| Obverse Column i [20:24] o i' 21'21'– | [...] will become good. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:5] o ii' 4'4'–o ii' 5'5' | (If) in Šabaṭu (Month XI) ... [...] the man's wives will [...] to (their) husband. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:7] o ii' 6'6'–o ii' 7'7' | (If) in Addaru, Ea [...] the land [...] to its (rightful) condition. [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii' 8'8'–o ii' 8'8' | (If) in Nisannu (Month I) Venus is dark: in the year [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii' 9'9'–o ii' 9'9' | (If) in Ayyaru (Month II): Adad [...] the land's harvest. |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii' 10'10'–o ii' 10'10' | (If) in Simanu (Month III): an enemy's campaigns [...] against the land. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii' 11'11'–o ii' 11'11' | (If) in Duʾuzu (Month IV): the king of a distant land [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii' 12'12'–o ii' 12'12' | (If) in Abu (Month V): the king will become strong and the interior of the land [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii' 13'13'–o ii' 13'13' | (If) in Ululu (Month VI): the king will be displaced and will weaken his land [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [13:14] o ii' 14'14'–o ii' 14'14' | (If) in Tašritu (Month VII): that land will reduce [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [14:16] o ii' 15'15'–o ii' 16'16' | (If) in Arahsamnu (Month VIII): (the land) will acquire a king (as) a leader [...]; rise in business; abundance of grain [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [16:17] o ii' 17'17'–o ii' 17'17' | (If) in Kislimu (Month IX): the gods will devour the land [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [17:18] o ii' 18'18'–o ii' 18'18' | (If) in Ṭebetu (Month IX): the people will experience hunger; [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [18:21] o ii' 19'19'– | (If) in Šabaṭu (Month X): business (during) the year will expand (or): [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i' 1r i 1–r i' 1r i 1 | (If) in Šabaṭu (Month X): there will be [...]; business in the land ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [1:3] r i' 22–r i' 33 | (If) in Addaru (Month XI): [...] ... [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i' 33–r i' 33 | (If) in Simanu (Month III): ... [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i' 44–r i' 44 | [...] the land's army [...] |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i' 55–r i' 55 | [...] an eclipse will take place [...] |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i' 77–r i' 77 | [...] Ningišzida, lord of the earth [...] |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i' 99–r i' 99 | [...] ... the sun [...] ... : [...] |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i' 1010–r i' 1010 | [...] ... [...] the gods ... [...] |
| Reverse Column ii [0:1] r ii' 1r ii 1–r ii' 1r ii 1 | [...] ... in [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x NU ŠU₂ x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] NINDA [x (x)] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢LUGAL⸣ UŠ₂-ma DUMU LUGAL [AŠ].⸢TE⸣ DAB{bat} | |
| 5' | [...] x KUR GAL u {kur}⸢SU.BIR₄⸣{ki} SILIM{mu} | |
| 6' | [...] {⸢iti⸣}NE LUGAL KUR-⸢su⸣ [un]-na-[aš] | |
| 7' | [...] KUR BI NU SI.SA₂ | |
| 8' | [...] x x ŠA₃.HUL ŠA₃.HUL ⸢IGI⸣ | |
| 9' | [...] LUGAL UŠ₂-ma KUR-su BIR{ah} | |
| 10' | [...] LUGAL UŠ₂-ma KUR-su iš-šal-lal | |
| 11' | [...] me-her-tu₄ GAL₂{ši} | |
| 12' | [...] e-ze-ez ILLU-MEŠ KUR TUR | |
| 13' | [...] {⸢iti⸣}ZIZ₂ [(x)]-šu₂ bi-bil A-MEŠ KUR ub-bal | |
| 14' | [...] {iti}ŠE LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣ KUR₂-šu₂ i-be-el KUR ana KISLAH₃ NIGIN | |
| 15' | [...] {iti}BARA₂ {mul}dele-bat KUR{ha} ne-ru-be-tu₄ | |
| 16' | ⸢ina KUR⸣ GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 17' | [...] x x x BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 18' | [...] EREN₂(GAR){ni(IR)} ⸢ma⸣-at(LA-)ti | |
| 19' | [...] ina KUR GAL₂-MEŠ BURU₁₄ SI.SA₂ | |
| 20' | [...] ina KUR ⸢GAL₂-MEŠ ar₂-bu⸣-tu₂ GAR{an} | |
| 21' | [...] DU₁₀(GAM){ab} | |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | x x [...] | |
| 4' | ina {iti}ZIZ₂ x [...] | |
| 5' | DAM(NIN-)MEŠ NA ana ⸢DAM(NIN) [...] | |
| 6' | {iti}ŠE {d}e₂-a [...] | |
| 7' | KUR ana KI-ša₂ [...] | |
| 8' | ina {iti}BARA₂ {mul}dele-bat a-dir ina MU [...] | |
| 9' | ina {iti}GU₄ BURU₁₄ KUR {d}[IŠKUR ...] | |
| 10' | ina {iti}SIG₄ KASKAL-ME KUR₂ ana KUR [...] | |
| 11' | ina {iti}ŠU LUGAL KUR SU₃{ti} [...] | |
| 12' | ina {iti}NE LUGAL KAL-ma ŠA₃ KUR [...] | |
| 13' | ina {iti}KIN LUGAL BAL-ma KUR-su un-na-[aš ...] | |
| 14' | ina {iti}DU₆ KUR BI TUR{⸢er⸣} [...] | |
| 15' | ina {iti}APIN LUGAL(LU₂) MAS.SU₃ TUKU{ši} [...] | |
| 16' | E₁₁ GANBA na-pa-aš₂ {d}NISABA [...] | |
| 17' | ina {iti}GAN DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ KUR ⸢GU₇-MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | ina {iti}AB UN(DAN-)MEŠ SU.⸢GU₇⸣ IGI-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | ina {iti}⸢ZIZ₂⸣ GANBA MU ina-⸢pu-uš⸣ [...] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1 | ina {iti}ZIZ₂ [x x (x)] GAL₂ ⸢GANBA ina⸣ KUR U [...] | |
| 2 | ina {iti}ŠE [x x] ⸢MI⸣ GAL₂ [x (x)] x NI [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢ina⸣ {iti}⸢SIG₄⸣ x [...] ⸢RU⸣ LIL₂ [...] | |
| 4 | [...] EREN₂(U₄){ni} KUR x x [...] | |
| 5 | [...] AN.GE₆ GAR x [...] | |
| 6 | [...] {d}NIN.[...] | |
| 7 | [... {d}NIN].GIŠ.ZI.DA EN KI [...] | |
| 8 | [...] U ŠE [...] | |
| 9 | [...] x {d}UTU [...] x [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x [(x)] DINGIR-MEŠ x [...] | |
| 11 | [...] PA x [...] | |
| 12 | [...] x ⸢U₂⸣ [...] | |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | [...] x ⸢ina⸣ AN x [x (x)] | |
| 2 | [...] x | |
| 3 | [...] x | |
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