ACh Ishtar 05 (P393722)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Ishtar 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393722 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By Virolleaud, Charles · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | “If Venus has a sudden luminosity, unfavorable.” [= omen 1] |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | – She will keep ascending quickly in her progression. |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | “If Venus does not have a sudden luminosity, favorable.” [= omen 2] |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | – She will complete the full period of her (lit. its) position (in the sky) … and move off. |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | “If Venus scintillates and goes around the Yoke, (and) an observer |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | observes (her) (and) someone sees (it), the land will be scattered, |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | the reign will change (and) women will die violently (lit. fall by means of the weapon).” [= omen 3] |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | – Venus will go around Jupiter. |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | “If Venus scintillates and stands before the Plough, |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | (and) someone sees (her), a storm will arise on the third day and cover the land.” [= omen 4] |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | – Venus will stand before the Old Man. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | “If Venus turns back within the Bull of Heaven |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | […] changes. [= omen 5] |
| Obverse [13:14] 1414–1414 | [“If Venus …] … sets |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | […] … changes (variant: the mind of the land will be different).” [= omen 6] |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | “[If Venus] is stable [in] the morning, |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | hostile [kings] will be at peace.” [= omen 7] |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | [“If Venus …] rises for 3 months, there will be hostilities; the harvest of the land will prosper.” [= omen 8] |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | – She will stand (in) [either] the Bull of Heaven or the True Shepherd of Anu. |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | “If Venus rises in the morning watch, there will be sugagāti” |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | [(variant: mur]ders) in the land.” [= omen 9] |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | “[– M]orning watch” means “late watch”; |
| Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323 | she will exceed her (lit. its) appointed time [in] the sky. |
| Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424 | “If Venus, in the Month of the Harvest Furrow, on her left stands the Stars, |
| Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525 | there will be famine (variant: confusion) in the land.” [= omen 10] |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | – Mars will stand on her left. |
| Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727 | “If Venus sets at the neomenia of Month of Presentation (Tamhīru) and |
| Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828 | rises in Month 12, there will be famine in the land.” [= omen 11] |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | – She will exceed her (lit. its) appointed time in the sky. |
| Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030 | “If Venus, as soon as she rises, keeps going upwards, rain in the sky |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | (and) floods in the source will cease.” [= omen 12] |
| Obverse [31:32] 3232–3232 | – Like Mars she will go very hi[gh.] |
| Obverse [32:33] 3636–3636 | “If Venus when she appears is high … […] |
| Obverse [33:34] 3737–3737 | (variant: the Great Stars) … […] |
| Obverse [34:35] 3838–3838 | the angry gods will return to the land.” [= omen 13] |
| Obverse [35:36] 3939–3939 | – “Great Stars” means “Jupiter and […].” |
| Obverse [36:37] 4040–4040 | [“If] Venus rises and her position changes (variant: retrogrades(?)), the king’s servants |
| Obverse [37:38] 4141–4141 | [will ri]se against him, and another one will stand in his position.” [= omen 14] |
| Obverse [38:39] 4242–4242 | [“If] Venus rises and her position is complete, the gods |
| Obverse [39:40] 4343–4343 | [will have mercy] on the land.” [= omen 15] – She will complete her days and stand (there). |
| Obverse [40:41] 4444–4444 | [“If Venus]’s position is red, downfall of horses; |
| Obverse [41:42] 4545–4545 | there will be […] in the land.” [= omen 16] |
| Obverse [42:43] 4646–4646 | [ – Mar]s will stand with her. |
| Obverse [43:44] 4747–4747 | [“If Venus’s position] is green, pregnant women will die (with) the “lord(s) of their wombs” (i.e., with their babies inside them).” [= omen 17] |
| Obverse [44:45] 4848–4848 | [ – Sat]urn will stand with her. |
| Obverse [45:46] 4949–4949 | [“If Venus …] shines |
| Obverse [46:47] 5050–5050 | […] is visible.” [= omen “18”] |
| Obverse [47:48] 5151–5151 | [… “ŠU]B(?)” means “to throw”. |
| Obverse [48:49] 5252–5252 | [“If Venus …] is [fa]int, misfortune.” [= omen “19”] |
| Obverse [49:50] 5353–5353 | [If Venus …] good fortune”. [= omen “20”] |
| Obverse [50:51] 5454–5454 | [“If Venus …] … the women will copulate.” [= omen “21”] |
| Obverse [51:52] 5555–5555 | [– …] … is low and will stand (there). |
| Obverse [52:53] 5656–5656 | “If Venus draws near to the Stars …” [= omen “22”] |
| Obverse [53:54] 5757–5757 | – Venus [will draw near] to the Furrow. |
| Obverse [54:55] 5858–5858 | “If Venus draws near to the Fish, a defeat will occur in the land.” [= omen “23”] |
| Obverse [55:56] 5959–5959 | – Venus will draw near to the Goat-Fish. |
| Obverse [56:57] 6060–6060 | “If Venus draws near to the Plough, a defeat will occur.” [= omen “24”] |
| Obverse [57:58] 6161–6161 | – She will draw near to Mars. |
| Obverse [58:59] 6262–6262 | Mukallimtu-commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil, (with) oral explanations following the sayings of a (master-)scholar, |
| Obverse [59:60] 6363–6363 | (referring to entries) from “If Venus flashes with a sudden luminosity”. (Property) of the palace of Ashurbanipal, |
| Obverse [60:61] 6464–6464 | great king, might king, king of the universe, king of Assyria |
| Obverse [61:62] 6565–6565 | on whom the gods Nabû and Tašmētu took pity and reared like a father and mother. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {mul}dil-bat ṣer-ha TUKU NU SIG₅ | |
| 2 | ina ta-lu-ki-ša₂ ha-an-tiš il-ta-na-qa-a | |
| 3 | {mul}dil-bat ṣer-ha NU TUKU SIG₅ | |
| 4 | ni-hi-iš KI.GUB-su u₂-šal-lam-ma DU-ma | |
| 5 | {mul}dil-bat SUR-ma {mul}ŠUDUN ⸢NIGIN⸣ da-gi-lu | |
| 6 | id-gul a-mi-ru e-mu-ru KUR BIR{ah} | |
| 7 | BALA KUR₂{ir} MUNUS-MEŠ ina {giš}TUKUL ŠUB-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {d}dil-bat {d}SAG.ME.GAR NIGIN-MEŠ-ma | |
| 9 | {mul}dil-bat SUR-ma ina IGI {mul}MAR.GID₂.DA GUB-ma | |
| 10 | a-me-ru IGI SUH₃ ana U₄.3.KAM₂ ZI-ma KUR ir-ri-im | |
| 11 | {d}dil-bat ana IGI {mul}ŠU.GI ⸢GUB⸣-ma | |
| 12 | {mul}dil-bat ina⸣ ŠA₃ {⸢mul}GU₄⸣.AN.NA ⸢is-sa₃-hu-ur⸣ | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ba KUR₂ | |
| 14 | {mul}dil-bat ...] ⸢x x x⸣ SILIM-ma ŠU₂{bi}ma | |
| 15 | [...]-ba KUR₂ ṭe-em KUR i-ša₂-an-ni | |
| 16 | {mul}dil-bat ina] ⸢še⸣-re-e-ti ka-a-a-na-at | |
| 17 | [LUGAL]-⸢MEŠ⸣ KUR₂-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 18 | {mul}dil-bat] ⸢x⸣ 3 ITI KUR{ha} {munus}KUR₂-MEŠ GAL₂-MEŠ BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 19 | [... lu] {⸢mul⸣}GU₄.AN.NA lu {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA GUB-ma | |
| 20 | {mul]}⸢dil⸣-bat ina EN.NUN.U₄.ZAL.LI KUR{ha} su-ga-ga-ti | |
| 21 | sag]-ga-ša₂-a-ti ina KUR GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 22 | [EN].⸢NUN⸣.U₄.ZAL.LA [EN].⸢NUN⸣.U₄.ZAL.LA EN.NUN uh-hur-tu₄ | |
| 23 | [ina] AN{e} a-dan{an}šu₂ u₂-še-tiq-ma | |
| 24 | {mul}dil-bat ina ITI ši-ir-ʾi-BURU₁₄ ina GUB₃-ša₂ MUL.MUL GUB{iz} | |
| 25 | SU.⸢GU₇⸣ SUH₃ ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 26 | {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina 150-ša₂ GUB-ma | |
| 27 | {mul}dil-bat ina UD.NA₂.AM₃ ša₂ ITI tam-hi-ri ŠU₂-ma | |
| 28 | ina {iti}ŠE KUR{ha} SU.GU₇ ina KUR GAL₂{ši} | |
| 29 | ina AN{e} a-dan{an}šu₂ u₂-še-⸢tiq⸣-ma | |
| 30 | {mul}dil-bat ⸢GIM KUR⸣{ha} ir-ta-naq-qi₂ ŠEG₃-MEŠ ina AN{e} | |
| 31 | ILLU-MEŠ ina IDIM KU₅-MEŠ | |
| 32 | ⸢GIM⸣ {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ma-ʾ-diš i-⸢šaq⸣-[qam-ma] | |
| 36 | {mul}dil-bat ina IGI-ša₂ AN.TA GAR{⸢an⸣} [...] | |
| 37 | MUL-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 38 | DINGIR-MEŠ ze-nu-tu₄ ana KUR ⸢GUR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 39 | MUL-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ {d}SAG.ME.GAR u {⸢d⸣}[...] | |
| 40 | {⸢mul⸣}dil-⸢bat⸣ KUR-ma KI.GUB-sa₃ KUR₂.KUR₂ GUR.⸢GUR LUGAL⸣ IR₃-⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣ | |
| 41 | [HI].GAR-šu₂-ma ina KI.GUB-šu₂ MAN-ma GUB{⸢az⸣} | |
| 42 | {mul}dil]-bat KUR-ma KI.GUB-sa₃ gu-um-mu-ra DINGIR-MEŠ ana KUR | |
| 43 | [ARHUŠ TUKU-MEŠ] U₄-MEŠ-ša₂ u₂-šal-lam-ma ⸢GUB⸣-ma | |
| 44 | {mul}dil-bat] ⸢KI.GUB⸣-sa₃ SA₅ ŠUB{ti₃} ANŠE.KUR.RA-ME | |
| 45 | [...] ina KUR GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 46 | {[d}ṣal-bat-a]-⸢nu⸣ KI-ša₂ GUB-ma | |
| 47 | {mul}dil-bat KI.GUB-sa₃] ⸢SIG₇⸣ {munus}PEŠ₄-MEŠ EN ša₃ ŠA₃-ši-na US₂-ME | |
| 48 | {[mul}UDU.IDIM].⸢SAG⸣.UŠ KI-ša₂ GUB-ma | |
| 49 | {mul}dil-bat ...] ⸢x⸣ i-nam-bu-uṭ | |
| 50 | [...] ⸢x⸣ IGI{mar} | |
| 51 | [...] ⸢ŠUB⸣ na-du-u | |
| 52 | {[mul}dil-bat ... un]-nu-ut ŠA₃.HUL ŠA₃.HUL | |
| 53 | {mul}dil-bat ...] SIG₅{tu₂} | |
| 54 | {mul}dil-bat ...] ⸢x⸣ UN-MEŠ iq-qe₂-ri-ša₂ | |
| 55 | [...]-nu u KI.TA-ma GUB-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 56 | {mul⸣}dil-bat ⸢ana MUL.MUL TE NU x x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 57 | {d}dil-bat ana {mul}AB.SIN₂ [TE-ma] | |
| 58 | {mul}dil-bat ana {⸢mul⸣}KU₆ TE DAB₅.DAB₅ ina ⸢KUR⸣ GAR{an} | |
| 59 | {d}dil-bat ana {mul}⸢SUHUR⸣.MAŠ₂.KU₆ TE-ma | |
| 60 | {mul}dil-bat ana {mul}APIN TE DAB₅.DAB₅ GAR{an} | |
| 61 | ana {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu TE-ma | |
| 62 | mu-kal-lim-ti U₄ AN {d}en-lil₂ šu-ut KA ša KA UM.ME.A | |
| 63 | ša₂ ŠA₃ {mul}dil-bat ṣer-ha im-šuh E₂.GAL {m}AN.ŠAR₂-DU₃-IBILA | |
| 64 | LUGAL GAL u LUGAL dan-nu LUGAL ŠU₂{ti} LUGAL KUR AN.ŠAR₂{ki} | |
| 65 | ša₂ {d}MUATI {d}PAPNUN ARHUŠ TUKU-MEŠ-šu-ma ki-ma AD u AMA u₂-rab-bu-u-šu₂ |
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