ACh Adad 25 (P393842)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ACh Adad 25 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393842 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | "If Adad thu[nders] at an unusual time" |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | (means) "he thu[nders] in the months of Tammuz, Ab or Elul (months 4-6)." |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | "If Adad thu[nders] at an unexpected time" |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | (means) ditto (i.e., that he thunders in months 4-6). |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | "If Adad th[unders] from the first day until the thirtieth day (of the month)." |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | "Morning, midday and evening" means "day [and night."] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | "If Adad thunders" [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | "for the day" [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | "If the day does not cloud over" [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | of "Tammuz, A[b ...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | "If the day dims its brightness" [...] |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | UD (means) "Šamaš"; SI (means) ["horn, brightness"; ŠUB (means)] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | "to throw" [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | "If Adad ..." [...] |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | "dawn" [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 18r 18–r 18r 18 | ["If ...] ... he/it seizes [(...)"] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 1919–r 1919 | [...] ... he seized [(...)] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2020–r 2020 | ["If Ad]ad in the east wind [..."] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 2121–r 2121 | ["fr]om the east wind [..."] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 2222–r 2222 | "If Adad persistently grinds (his teeth)" [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 2323–r 2323 | "If Adad ... [..."] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 2424–r 2424 | "the west wind" [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 2525–r 2525 | "If Adad [..."] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 2626–r 2626 | "they buried" [...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 2727–r 2727 | Lines from a mukallimtu-commentary and oral expl[anations following the sayings of a (master-)scholar]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 2828–r 2828 | Copy (of an original from) Babylon. [Written and checked] according to its original. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 2929–r 2929 | uʾiltu-tablet of Aššur-mudammiq, son [...,] |
| Reverse [12:13] r 3030–r 3030 | whose mainstay is Nabû, son of Nabû-mušēṣi, |
| Reverse [13:14] r 3131–r 3131 | descendant of Bēl-kundi-ilā'ī, ch[ief scribe.] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {d}IŠKUR ina la a-dan-ni-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ [ŠUB-ma] | |
| 2 | ina {iti}ŠU {iti}NE u {iti}KIN GU₃-šu₂ [ŠUB-ma] | |
| 3 | {d}IŠKUR ina la si-ma-ni-šu₂ GU₃-šu₂ [ŠUB-ma] | |
| 4 | ŠU.BI.AŠ.[AM₃] | |
| 5 | {d}IŠKUR TA UD.1.KAM EN UD.30.KAM ⸢GU₃⸣-[šu₂ ŠUB-ma] | |
| 6 | še-ra AN.BAR₇ u AN.USAN₂ ur-ra [u mu-ša] | |
| 7 | {d}IŠKUR GU₃ ⸢ŠUB⸣-ma [x x (x x)] | |
| 8 | ana U₄{mi} [x x (x x)] | |
| 9 | ina U₄ NU ŠU₂ ⸢x⸣ [x x (x x)] | |
| 10 | ša₂ {iti}ŠU {iti}⸢NE⸣ [x x x (x x)] | |
| 11 | U₄ SI-šu₂ ŠUB-ma [x x x (x x)] | |
| 12 | U₄ {d}UTU SI [qar-nu SI ša-ru-ru ŠUB] | |
| 13 | na-du-u₂ [(x x x x)] | |
| 14 | ina MAN-šu₂ u₂-[x x (x x)] | |
| 15 | {d}IŠKUR ina [x x (x x)] | |
| 16 | ⸢ti⸣-bi še-e-ru₃ [(x x x x)] | |
| 17 | [(x)] ⸢x⸣ SI DIŠ ŠU₂ [(x x x x)] | |
| r | ||
| 18 | x x] ⸢x⸣ DAB{bat} [(x x x x x x x)] | |
| 19 | [x x x] TE NI iṣ-bat [(x x x x x x x)] | |
| 20 | {d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣ ina {im}KUR.RA [x x (x x x x x)] | |
| 21 | ⸢TA {im⸣}KUR.RA [(x x x x x x x)] | |
| 22 | {d}IŠKUR ig-da-za-⸢az⸣ [(x x x x x x x)] | |
| 23 | {d}IŠKUR ina ID-⸢x⸣ [x x (x x x x)] | |
| 24 | {im}LIMMU₂.BA [(x x x x x x)] | |
| 25 | {d}IŠKUR ⸢x⸣ [x (x x x x x)] | |
| 26 | u₂-tam-mu-ru ⸢x⸣ [x (x x x x x)] | |
| 27 | MU-MEŠ mu-kal-lim-da u šu-ut ⸢pi⸣-[i ša pi um-man-ni] | |
| 28 | GABA.RI TIN.TIR{ki} GIM LIBIR-⸢šu⸣ [SAR-ma ba-ri] | |
| 29 | u₂-il₃-ti {m}aš-šur-{mu}SIG₅{iq} DUMU ⸢x⸣ [(x x x x)] | |
| 30 | ša {d}NA₃ tuk-lat-su DUMU {m}{d}NA₃-mu-še-⸢ṣi⸣ | |
| 31 | DUMU {m}EN-ku-un-di-DINGIR-a-a {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣ [DUB.SAR] | |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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