AAT pl. 27 (1881-02-04, 206) (P452134)
CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AAT pl. 27 (1881-02-04, 206) |
|---|---|
| ID | P452134 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Divination > Celestial |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By Craig, James A. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | "If a cloud [...]." (= EAE 41 (?)) [...] |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | "If a cloud [...], rains [...]" (= EAE 41 (?)) [...] In the month of Addaru (XII) (?) [...] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | "If a cloud ditto [and ...] to the south and to the north [...]" (= EAE 41 (?)) (means) that the cloud ... and stands. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | "If a yellow and a black cloud are paired, the wind will come" (= EAE 41 (?)), "paired" means "at the same time." |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | Mukallimtu-commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil, with oral explanations, following the sayings of a scholar, (referring to entries) from "If the day gets dark and a cloud surrounds it" (= EAE 41). |
| Obverse [11:15] o 12'12'–o 15'15' | "If in the month of Nisannu (I) Adad roars, the crops of barley (and) flax will diminish" (= EAE 42 1) (means) if from the month of Araḫsamna (VIII) (Adad) he has not roared, and has only started (šurrû) to do so from the month of Nisannu (I) on, the evil (prognosis) will be the same for the rest of the months. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 16'16'–o 19'19' | "If in the month of Ayyāru (II) Adad roars and the land exudes either oil, or bitumen or asphalt, the land will be consumed by diarrhea for three months and ten days" (= EAE 42 110). "Diarrhoea" means suālu-disease, i.e., "to excrete." The signs ŠÀ.SUR mean "diarrhoea," where ŠÀ means "belly" and SUR means "to urinate." |
| Obverse [19:24] o 20'20'–o 24'24' | "If in the month of Ayyāru (II) Adad [roars] like a beast (U.GU), rain from the sky, flooding [of ...]" (= EAE 42 122). U means "noise," and KA, when pronounced /kiri/, means [...]. "Like the noise," [...]. (Hence) UGU means "beasts," (is) like it said. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 25'r 25'–r 29'29' | "If in the month of Elūlu (VI) Adad roars like a horse, violent attack, gathering of scattered people; the rivers will cross over each other; rains and floods will come early; the barley will lie in the furrows (IKU) continuously." (= EAE 42 126 (?) = SpTU 2 41 r 20). IKU means "furrow," so "in the furrow" (is) what is said. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 30'30'–r 32'32' | "If during the month of Araḫsamna (VIII) Adad roars like a šigātu, flooding waters will carry off the land's harvest, cursing of god and king." (= EAE 42 128 (?)). ("Like a šigātu" means) "like a shepherd's šuqātu." |
| Reverse [8:10] r 33'33'–r 34'34' | Mukallimtu-commentary on Enūma Anu Enlil, with oral explanations, following the sayings of a scholar, (referring to entries) from "If in the month of Nisannu Adad roars" (= EAE 42). |
| Reverse [10:14] r 35'35'–r 38'38' | "If in the month of Ayyāru (II) Adad roars in the IGI-PAR of the sun but there is no lightning or rainbow, for three years the people will be agitated, one man will accuse the other," (= K.3551+ o 8'-9' = EAE 43 unplaced) PÀ (written IGI-PA-RU) means "to appear," (and hence the protasis means) "if (Adad) roars at sunrise." |
| Reverse [14:19] r 39'39'–r 43'43' | "If in the month of [...] Adad roars and a rainbow whose appearance is predominantly [x color] stretches from north to south, [...] in the north, floods will come, [...] will be" (EAE 43 unplaced). [...] means [...]mānu. |
| Reverse [19:22] r 44'44'–r 46'46' | "If [...] will destroy the [cities] of the road to Ur" (EAE 43 unplaced) [...] great [...]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢DUNGU⸣ [x x x x x] ⸢IGI⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢ka⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢DUNGU⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | ŠEG₃-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5' | ina {iti}⸢ŠE⸣ [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | DUNGU ⸢KIMIN⸣ [x x x] ana {tu₁₅}U₁₈.LU ana {⸢tu₁₅}SI⸣.[SA₂ x x (x)] | |
| 7' | DUNGU ⸢u₂⸣-[(x)]-x-bal-ma DU{⸢az}ma⸣ | |
| 8' | DUNGU SIG₇ u GE₆ šu-ta-ha-a TU₁₅ ZI{a} | |
| 9' | šu-ta-hu-u₂ mal₂-ma-liš | |
| 10' | mu-kal-lim-ti U₄ AN {d}EN.LIL₂ šu-ut KA ša₂ KA UM.ME.A | |
| 11' | ša lib₃-bi U₄ ŠU₂-ma DUNGU i-lam-ma | |
| 12' | ina {iti}BARA₂ {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB{di} ŠE GU{u₂} TUR{ir} | |
| 13' | ki-i ul-tu ŠA₃ {iti}APIN GU₃-šu₂ la it-ta-du-u | |
| 14' | u₃ ul-tu ŠA₃ {iti}BARA₂ ul-ter-ru-u₂ lum-nu | |
| 15' | ša gab-bi ITI-MEŠ ŠU.BI.AŠ.AM₃ | |
| 16' | ina {iti}GU₄ {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-ma KI{tim(MUN)} lu ⸢I₃.GIŠ⸣ lu A.ESIR₂ | |
| 17' | lu A.ESIR₂.UD.DU.<A> i-hi-la 3 ITI-MEŠ U₄ 10-KAM KUR ⸢ina⸣ [niš-hi] TIL{ti} | |
| 18' | niš-hu su-a-lu ṣa-na-hu ŠA₃.⸢SUR⸣ niš]-hu | |
| 19' | ŠA₃ lib-bu SUR ši-[te-en]-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 20' | ina {iti}GU₄ {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ GIM U.GU x [x x x] | |
| 21' | ŠUR AN{e} RA{aṣ}[ma x x] | |
| 22' | U ri-ig-mu {ki-ri}KA [x x x] | |
| 23' | ki-ma ri-⸢ig⸣-mi [x x x] | |
| 24' | {u₂-gu}UGU u₂-ma-mu ki-ma ⸢iq⸣-[bu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 25' | ina {iti}KIN {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ GIM ANŠE.KUR.RA iš-tam-⸢mar⸣ | |
| 26' | ZI{ut} {giš}TUKUL pa-har UN(KAL-)MEŠ BIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 27' | ID₂-MEŠ a-ha-meš i-še-ʾi-i-[ra] | |
| 28' | ŠEG₃-ME u ILLU-ME har-pu ŠE <ina> AŠ.IKU ZAL{iš} ⸢NU₂⸣{[iṣ]} | |
| 29' | {i-ku}AŠ.IKU ši-ir-ʾu ina ši-ir-ʾi ša₂ iq-⸢bu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 30' | ina {iti}APIN {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ GIM ši-ga-ti ⸢is⸣-[si] | |
| 31' | BURU₁₄ KUR A-MEŠ ub-ba-lu a-ra-ar₂ DINGIR u ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 32' | ki-ma šu-qa-ti ša {lu₂}SIPA | |
| 33' | mu-kal-lim-ti U₄ AN {d}EN.LIL₂ šu-ut KA ša₂ KA UM.ME.A | |
| 34' | ša lib₃-bi ina {iti}BARA₂ {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB{di} | |
| 35' | ina {iti}GU₄ {d}IŠKUR GU₃-šu₂ ina IGI-PAR {d}UTU ŠUB NIM.GIR₂ | |
| 36' | la ib-riq₂ {d}TIR.AN.NA NU GIB MU 3-KAM | |
| 37' | UN-MEŠ iš-še-ha-a-ma LU₂ LU₂ ub-bar | |
| 38' | IGI.{pa}RU na-an-mu-ru ina KUR{ih} {d}UTU GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-ma | |
| 39' | ina {⸢iti⸣}[x {d]}⸢IŠKUR⸣ GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-ma {d}TIR.AN.NA ša₂ MUŠ₂-ša₂ | |
| 40' | ⸢ma⸣-[diš x x TA {tu₁₅]}⸢U₁₈⸣.LU ana {tu₁₅}SI.SA₂ GIB | |
| 41' | ⸢x⸣-[x x x x {tu₁₅]}⸢SI⸣.SA₂ ILLU-ME DU-ME{ni} | |
| 42' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]-ME GAR{an} | |
| 43' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x]-ma-nu | |
| 44' | [x x x x x x x x] KASKAL ŠEŠ.UNUG{<ki>} ina-qar | |
| 45' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢GAL⸣{u₂} | |
| 46' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
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