CTN 4, 074 (P363489)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 074 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363489 |
| Museum no. | IM 067549 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obversexyz2 Column i [0:3] o i 1o i 1–o i 33 | [...] the great gods provided the power of Ellil with the breath of humanity and set up its (humanity's) sayings to accompany it constantly: |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [3:4] o i 44–o i 44 | (If he says) "I shall die!": he will not die. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [4:5] o i 55–o i 55 | (If) "I shall live!": he will not live. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [5:6] o i 66–o i 66 | (If) "I shall be rich!": he will not be rich. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [6:7] o i 77–o i 77 | (If) "I shall be poor!" (and) "There is nothing!": want will wait for him. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [7:8] o i 88–o i 88 | (If) "It is enough!": his god will endow him. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [8:9] o i 99–o i 99 | (If) "[...], it is yours!": he will emerge from captivity. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [9:10] o i 1010–o i 1010 | (If) "[...] ...!": he will be released from his distress. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [10:11] o i 1111–o i 1111 | (If) "Let me hear [...]!": he (lit. his forehead) will be driven away. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [11:13] o i 1212–o i 1313 | (If) " ...!": he will see his adversary. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [12:13] o i 1313–o i 1313 | (If) [...] ...: ... will increase distress; [...] by a stroke. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [13:15] o i 1414–o i 1515 | (If) "[...], he trembles, he grinds (his teeth): behind him a storm wind, in front of him a wind. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [14:15] o i 1515–o i 1515 | (If) ... sorrow is established (for him): death will be orderly for him. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [15:16] o i 1616–o i 1616 | (If) [...] ...: he will prosper. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [16:17] o i 1717–o i 1717 | (If) he is wasteful: grief will always accompany him. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [17:18] o i 1818–o i 1818 | (If) he is always forgetting: his god will be his reward. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [18:19] o i 1919–o i 1919 | (If) he is always saying, "I am [...] full, I am not full!": his sons [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [19:20] o i 2020–o i 2020 | (If) [...] he is always weeping: he will destroy his property. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [20:21] o i 2121–o i 2121 | (If) he is always weeping: he will become lost. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [21:22] o i 2222–o i 2222 | [...] he is always convulsed:3 his days will be short; [...] from his city. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [22:24] o i 2323–o i 2424 | [...] ... [...] he will not ... behind him [...] 3? ... [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [23:24] o i 2424–o i 2424 | (If) he is one who treats very unjustly ... [...] he loves: he will experience financial loss; [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [24:26] o i 2525–o i 2626 | (If) he is a quarreller (and) a troublemaker: [...] will have (his) brick-carrying frame carried for him. |
| Obversexyz2 Column i [25:28] o i 2626– | [...] "I see" [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [0:1] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 1o ii 1 | (If) he is guardian of his mouth: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [1:2] o ii 22–o ii 22 | (If) [...] his lips [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [2:3] o ii 33–o ii 33 | (If) (he makes) many nose-stroking gestures of submission: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [3:5] o ii 44–o ii 55 | (If) he himself is very thriving: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [4:5] o ii 55–o ii 55 | (If he says) "I am a hero!" [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [5:6] o ii 66–o ii 66 | (If) "I am powerful!": [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [6:7] o ii 77–o ii 77 | (If) "I am weak!": [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [7:9] o ii 88–o ii 99 | (If) "I am helpless!": [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [8:9] o ii 99–o ii 99 | (If) [...] his brothers: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [9:10] o ii 1010–o ii 1010 | (If) he is gloomy: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [10:11] o ii 1111–o ii 1111 | (If) he is a curser: he will be cursed. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [11:12] o ii 1212–o ii 1212 | (If) he is very false in speech: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [12:13] o ii 1313–o ii 1313 | (If) he is persistent in speech: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [13:14] o ii 1414–o ii 1414 | (If) "My dreams" [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [14:15] o ii 1515–o ii 1515 | (If) in the middle of his dream [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [15:16] o ii 1616–o ii 1616 | (If) he has become constantly afraid: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [16:18] o ii 1717–o ii 1818 | (If) he is feverish: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [17:18] o ii 1818–o ii 1818 | (If) his mood is troubled: [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [18:19] o ii 1919–o ii 1919 | (If) his mood [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [19:20] o ii 2020–o ii 2020 | (If) his mood [...]. |
| Obversexyz2 Column ii [20:21] o ii 2121–o ii 2121 | (If) his mood [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...] _dingir-mesz_ ra-bi-u2-tum | |
| 2 | [... x]-lu-ti za-qi2-iq-sza2 a-na il-li-lu-ti _gar_ | |
| 3 | u3 _ka#-ta#-du11-ga_-sza2 ana re-te-id-di-sza2 u2-kin-nu | |
| 4 | [...] lu#-mu-ut-mi ul i-ma-at | |
| 5 | _DISZ_ lu-ub-lut,-mi ul i-bal-lut, | |
| 6 | _DISZ_ lu-[x ... x]-ru#-mi ul i-szar-ru | |
| 7 | _DISZ_ [... x]-un-mi ia-'-nu-um-mi ma-ku#-u2 u2-qa!-szu! | |
| 8 | _DISZ_ [... x]-pi-ia#-[a]-mi _dingir_-szu2 i-rim-szu? | |
| 9 | _DISZ_ [... x]-u2-ma# i-na me-si-ri _e3!_ | |
| 10 | _DISZ_ [... x]-usz#-mi dan-na-as-su ip-ru-x-x | |
| 11 | _DISZ_ [...] x x-usz#-me-mi pu!-us-su uk-tasz-szad | |
| 12 | [...] x-be-mi ana _en_ da-ba-bi-szu2 _igi_-mar | |
| 13 | _DISZ_ [...] x ul te mi x x ma-ru-usz-ti x-tar me-szit-tum#? _[ug7]_ | |
| 14 | [...] x-rat-tu-ut-mi i-be x x _egir_-su me hu u szi li im# | |
| 15 | _DISZ x _sza3#? hul gar_-an _usz2_ sa!-dir-szu | |
| 16 | [... x]-ri-im _sig5-ga_ | |
| 17 | [... x]-ih ni-ziq-tum _us2-mesz_-szu | |
| 18 | [... x]-na-asz-szi _dingir_-szu# x x-szu | |
| 19 | [...] asz-bi ul asz-bi iq-ta-nam-bi _dumu-mesz_ [...] | |
| 20 | _DISZ#_ x ib-ta-na-ki _nig2-gur11_-szu2 u2-hal-laq | |
| 21 | [_DISZ_] ib-ta-na-ki i-hal-liq# | |
| 22 | [_DISZ_ ...]-na-x-ra-ar _u4-mesz_-szu2 _lugud2-mesz_ [ina?] | |
| 23 | [...] x [...] _egir_-su ul _ba-ti_ [...] _min_ x [...] | |
| 24 | [_DISZ_ x] a a gisz ma-gal s,a x [... x]-ra#-am#? _i-bi#-za igi# [...] | |
| 25 | [_DISZ_ mu]-ra#-asz-szi mu-ta-zi#? [...] tup#-szi#-ik-[x ... x]-az?-[x ...] | |
| 26 | [... x]-mar [...] x [...] | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | _DISZ_ na-s,ir _ka#_ [...] | |
| 2 | _DISZ_ szap-ta-szu2 [...] | |
| 3 | _DISZ_ li-bi-in _kir4_ ma#-[x ...] | |
| 4 | _DISZ ni2_-szu2 nu-uh#-[x ...] | |
| 5 | _DISZ_ [a]-na#-ku qar-da-[x ...] | |
| 6 | _DISZ_ [...] li-'-a-[x ...] | |
| 7 | _DISZ_ [... x]-ku# en#-sze#-[x ...] | |
| 8 | _DISZ_ a-[x ... x]-la#-la-ku# [...] | |
| 9 | _DISZ_ a-[x ...] | |
| 10 | _DISZ_ e-[x ...] | |
| 11 | _DISZ_ a-ri#-[x ...] u2?-tar?-[x ...] | |
| 12 | _DISZ_ da-ba-ba sur#-[x ...] | |
| 13 | _DISZ_ da-ba-ba le#-[x ...] | |
| 14 | _DISZ_ szu-na-tu-u2-[x ...] | |
| 15 | [_DISZ_] ina _sza3# masz2-ge6_ [...] | |
| 16 | _DISZ_ it-ta-na-[x ...] | |
| 17 | _DISZ_ s,a-ri-[x ...] | |
| 18 | _DISZ sza3_-szu2 da#-[x ...] | |
| 19 | _DISZ sza3_-szu2 [...] | |
| 20 | _DISZ sza3_ [...] | |
| 21 | _DISZ sza3#_ [...] | |
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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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