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CT 14, pl. 07, K 04206 + (P365319)
lexical, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 14, pl. 07, K 04206 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P365319 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | lexical |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | [BALAG GAR-šu₂] ⸢PA⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ SA₅ ⸢x⸣ [...] | (If) the term has passed, his ēpâ-priests will be red (and) ... . |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ki-šit⸣-ti {d}BAD e-⸢ṭem₂⸣-[mi ...] | ... the Ekišite temple of the god Enlil, the E’emti temple |
| 4 | [BALAG GAR-šu₂] ⸢SAG.DU⸣-[su] ⸢GIM⸣ IM.KAL.GUG PA-MEŠ-šu₂ GE₆-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | (If) the term reaches its normal length: esagdûsu-plant, ēkim-e23, imkalgukku-plant; black ones; e22... |
| 5 | [MUŠEN] ⸢ga⸣-aš-ri ŠU.⸢LU₂.U₁₈⸣.LU{mušen} MU-NI MUŠEN {d}a-nim ⸢u₃⸣ {[d}EN.LIL₂] | (If) a bird is swallowed: its name is ēšu-bird of Anu. Enlil. |
| 6 | ⸢BALAG⸣ GAR-šu₂ SAG.DU-su₂ ku-dur GABA-šu₂ SA₅{at} PA-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢GUN₃-MEŠ⸣ [...] | (If) its head is swollen, its breast is red (and) its hips are full (of lumps): the multicoloured ešānu-plant . |
| 7 | ⸢qal⸣-lil{mušen} MUŠEN {d}SAG DI.KU₅.<GAL>{li} ina lib₃-bi ⸢x⸣ [...] | The eqal-elil-mušven, the bird of Šarru, the chief judge, is inside the e23 temple |
| 8 | BALAG GAR-šu₂ PA-MEŠ-šu₂ GIM IM.SA₅ IGI-MIN-šu₂ GIM IM.KAL.⸢GUG⸣ | The balag-demon's appearance (and) its omens are as bright as the south wind, its eyes are as wide as the east wind. |
| 9 | MUŠEN HUL MU-NI šu-u₂-ma URU.HUL.A{[mušen]} | (As for) that evil bird, it is the city Ḫulamušven |
| 10 | MUŠ GAR-šu₂ GIM PEŠ₂ MUŠ-BI MUŠ-BI muš-gal-lu MU-NI MUŠ {d}a-[nim] | (If) a snake's appearance is like a pig's tongue: that snake, its name is mušgallu-disease. The snake is Anu. |
| 11 | MUŠ GAR-šu₂ GABA-šu₂ {na₄}BABBAR.DILI ap-pa-šu₂ {na₄}GUG IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ {na₄}NIR₂.MUŠ.[GIR₂] | (If) a snake's appearance (is) its breast: ebony, apsû-stone, carnelian, its eyes (are) sphinxes. |
| 12 | ⸢IGI⸣-šu {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ u₃ KU₃.SIG₁₇ i-na GIŠ mi-nam NIM GUB{⸢iz⸣} | (If) its horns are lapis lazuli and gold: what will stand (there) in the east? |
| 13 | ⸢MUŠ⸣-BI ⸢MUŠ⸣-BI MUŠ.MAH MU-<NI> MUŠ {d}⸢x⸣ | Its ešû-bird is a lion's tongue. Its name is 'The snake' of E23. |
| 14 | [MUŠ GAR-šu₂ GIM] ⸢BIBAD⸣{[mušen]} [...] ⸢NI⸣ ME ⸢x x⸣ [...] | (If) a snake's appearance is like a ebibidu-bird ... the ēšî-bird |
| 15 | [...]-MEŠ ⸢A⸣.[AB].BA MU-NI [...] | ... its name is eša-ebaba |
| 16 | [MUŠ GAR]-⸢šu₂⸣ GIM gu-ha-⸢aṣ⸣-[ṣi ...] | (If) a snake ... its nest like a turtle ... . |
| 17 | [...] ⸢SUKKAL⸣ {d}MUŠ₂ ana [...] | ... the vizier, the snake to |
| 18 | [MUŠ GAR-šu₂] MIN SAG.DU-šu₂ IMIN EME-MEŠ-šu₂ GEŠTU-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ ...] | (If) a snake's appearance ditto: his head, di[tto]: his tongue, his ears . |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣-IR GIR₃-MEŠ pa-zar-a-ti GAR{⸢in⸣} [...] | ... e’e-IR (means) “finger-nail(s) of the pār-a-tîm-plants.— |
| 20 | ⸢x⸣ {d}NINNU.DU [...] | ... Ninnudu |
| 21 | [MUŠ GAR-šu₂] SU₆ za-qi₂-in MUNŠUB₂ LAL₂ [...] | (If) a snake's appearance is surrounded by a cloud: ... will be balanced |
| 22 | [...] BAR{ti} gis-kim MUŠ-BI MUŠ-BI {d}EN.[LIL₂ ...] | ... ... its sign, its sign Enlil |
| 23 | [MUŠ GAR-šu₂] ⸢KI⸣ TAG.GA ME.LAM₂ AL-MU₄.MU₄ [...] | (If) a snake touches its prebend in the E-e-mongoose: ... wailing. |
| 24 | [...] ⸢SU⸣ SU MUŠ-BI MUŠ-BI KUR.KUR ⸢GIL⸣.LI {⸢d}HUŠ⸣.KI.⸢A⸣ | ... esû-plant ... its snake, its snake: the lands. egil-eli-plant Ḫuški-ea-e23 |
| 25 | [...] ⸢AMAR⸣ kab(EN-)su-ti u₂-⸢lid⸣ MUŠ.NIG₂.BUN₂.NA MU-NI | Its name is “... emarû-disease, a burning fire.’ |
| 26 | [MUŠ GAR]-⸢šu₂⸣ GUN₃.A IGI-MIN-šu₂ IGI SIG₇.SIG₇ LIMMU GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ | (If) a snake's appearance is multicoloured, its eyes are yellow-green: the four winds will blow against him. |
| 27 | [...] GE₆ GAR{in} MUŠ-BI MUŠ-BI MUŠ.HUL MU-NI | ... takes place in the night: that snake, that snake is evil; its name is |
| 28 | [...] ⸢BE⸣{ma} MUNUS TAG TAG.TAG{at} NAG-ma ŠUB-a | ... ēšû-plant, (and) he drinks it, and then he will die. |
| 29 | [...] gat-ti bal-⸢ti⸣ u ⸢AN⸣ [...] | ... the totality of the Balāti-ev and Eanna temples |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢šu⸣-lu₂{mušen} ha-zu-u₂ hu-u₂-[qu] | The elû-bird, the ḫazu-bird |
| 2 | {ga-am-bi}gambi{mušen} ku-mu-u₂ a-ta-an [ID₂] | “I am the gambi bird, the kummu bird of the river |
| 3 | ⸢ama⸣-a-a{mušen} um-me A-MEŠ a-ba-⸢ia⸣ | My mother, when I was young, the water of Abāya |
| 4 | ka-šu-kud-da{mušen} ṣa-a-a-hu la-ha-an-du | kašukudda-vessel, ṣaḫu-flour |
| 5 | ši(PI-)il-lum-gu{mušen} ši-li-in-gu pu-ri-du | Ši(PI)-illumgumušn, Svi-lingu, Puridu |
| 6 | ur-keš₂-da{mušen} ur-ni-gu ka-li-⸢u₂⸣ | Ur-kešda-mušen, Ur-nigu, Kali-e23, |
| 7 | he-uš₂{mušen} ṭa-ab-bi-iʾ-u ka-kiš ⸢ID₂⸣ | “May you be praised, O king, my lord, the one who makes the river tremble, |
| 8 | u₅-ŋeš{mušen} ki-li-lum ku-li-li | “U’eš-mušen, kulilum, kulilum |
| 9 | eš₂₂-da{mušen} ka-⸢ti⸣-mut-tum e-ru-ul-lu | The ešda-demon, the ka’etī-emuttu-priestess, is encircled. |
| 10 | {d}nin-ninna{mušen} eš-⸢še⸣-[bu] [...] | Ninninna, the ešebu priestess |
| 11 | iri(RA-)hulu-a{mušen} qa-⸢x⸣-[...] [...] | The city Ḫulua |
| 12 | sur₂-du₃{mušen} su-[ur-du-u₂] [...] | The surdû-bird, the šurdu-bird |
| 13 | {ši-eš}šeš{mušen} mar-[ra-tu₂] [...] | The marrātu-birds |
| 14 | ⸢al⸣-ti-ri₂-gu₇{mušen} di-iq-[di-qu] [...] | The eltiri bird eats the birds |
| 15 | ugu-TUM-IGI-di{mušen} bal-[lu-ṣi-tu₂] [...] | On account of Ugūtum-IGI-dimuš, the ballû-priest |
| 16 | bi₂-za-za-me-en₃-na{mušen} aš₂-⸢ki⸣-[ki-tu₂] [...] | You are the one who makes the Assyrians tremble |
| 17 | buru₅-⸢šu-ur₃-ra{mušen⸣} ⸢ha⸣-[ṣi-ba-ru] [...] | The šurra bird, the ēḫāṣibar bird |
| 18 | sipad{si-ip-[...]}[...] [...] [...] | Shepherd |
| 19 | gud{gu}[du₇{mušen]} [...] [...] | The guddu bird |
| 20 | ⸢buru₄⸣{bu-ru}{[mušen]} [...] ⸢a-ri⸣-[bu] | The e’uru bird ... the aribu bird |
| 21 | ri₆{ri-i}⸢x⸣-[...] [...] har-ru-[ha-a-a] | The river(?) ... the road |
| 22 | ⸢buru₅⸣-[...] [...] qa-qu-⸢ul⸣-[lum] | The e’uru-tree |
| 23 | ⸢šen⸣-[...] [...] ⸢qa⸣-ri-ib maṣ-ha-⸢a⸣-[ti] | The šen-ea temple ... the eqa-erib temple, the maṣḫea temple |
| 24 | [...] [...] [har]-⸢bak⸣-ka-a-[nu] | ... harbakānu |
| 25 | [...] [...] [la]-⸢qa⸣-la-[qa] | ... is not to be taken away |
| 26 | [...] [...] [na]-aš₂-[ru] | ... received |
| 27 | [...] [...] [...] ⸢GAL⸣{[i]} | ... palace |
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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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