Catalogue information

British Museum + Schøyen Collection

K.98

Nineveh›Nineveh (Kuyunjik)

joins:

K.98 + MS 2226

CDLI:

P370904

Publication

Copy:

ZA 2 p. 333-335 [K.98]

Editions:

George, 2016A. R. George, Mesopotamian Incantations and Related Texts in the Schøyen Collection. CDL Press, 2016.: 54 no. 76, 169-172

Labat, 1965R. Labat, Un calendrier Babylonien des travaux des signes et mois (séries iqqur īpuš). Librairie Honoré Champion, 1965.: §§ 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 30 [K.98]

Livingstone, 2013A. Livingstone, Hemerologies of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. CDL Press, 2013.: 83-101

Commentary

Divination›Menologies›Série générale

Unclear

Base text:

Iqqur īpuš, série génerale

Commentary no:

Tablet information

Assyrian

Fragment

Columns:

1 and 2

Lines:

obv 18, rev 19

7th cent (Assurbanipal libraries and other Assyrian cities)

Colophon

Nabû-zuqup-kēnu

Babylon

Bibliography

Frahm, 2011E. Frahm, Babylonian and Assyrian Text Commentaries. Origins of Interpretation. Ugarit-Verlag, 2011.: 215-16, 265-66, 277

Labat, 1957R. Labat, “Nouveaux textes hémérologiques d'Assur”, Mitteilungen des Instituts für Orientforschung, vol. 5, pp. 299–345, 1957.: 313-321

Labat, 1965R. Labat, Un calendrier Babylonien des travaux des signes et mois (séries iqqur īpuš). Librairie Honoré Champion, 1965.
[Edition]: §§ 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 30 [K.98]

Lauinger, 2016J. Lauinger, “Iqqur īpuš at Tell Tayinat”, Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 68, pp. 229-248, 2016.: 231-233

Livingstone, 2013A. Livingstone, Hemerologies of Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. CDL Press, 2013.
[Edition of list of lucky days]: 83-101

May, 2018N. M. May, “The Scholar and Politics: Nabû-zuqup-kēnu, his Colophons and the Ideology of Sargon II”, in Proceedings of the International Conference Dedicated to the Centenary of Igor Mikhailovich Diakonoff (1915–1999), The State Hermitage Publishers, 2018, pp. 110-164.
[Nabû-zuqup-kēnu]: 124

Sayce, 1887A. H. Sayce, “Miscellaneous Notes”, Zeitschrift für Assyriologie, vol. 2, pp. 331-340, 1887.
[Copy]: 333-335 [K.98]

Record

Jiménez, 05/2017 (ATF Transliteration)

Jiménez, 05/2017 (Translation)

Jiménez, 05/2017 (Introduction)

By Enrique Jiménez |

How to cite

Jiménez, E., 2017, “Commentary on Iqqur īpuš, série génerale (CCP 3.8.1.A),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project (E. Frahm, E. Jiménez, M. Frazer, and K. Wagensonner), 2013–2024; accessed December 9, 2024, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P370904. DOI: 10079/tdz08zr

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Introduction

The present tablet consists of two rejoined pieces, one in the Kuyunjik collection (British Museum) and one in the Schøyen collection (Norway). Both pieces preserve the lower part of a “hemerological compilation.”1 The obverse of the tablet contains an abridged version of the series of menological divination Iqqur īpuš in tabular format, whereas its reverse contains a list of “lucky days” and a series of protases from the series Iqqur īpuš to which some explanations are appended. These explanations are identical to those found in other commented excerpts from Iqqur īpuš in “hemerological compilations,” such as the Neo-Babylonian tablets MLC 2627 (CCP 3.8.1.B) and BM 50634 (CCP 3.8.1.E).

The most arresting feature of the present tablet is its colophon, which states that the tablet is a compilation, and specifies its sources. The colophon represents the tablet as a list of “Favorable days, which are good to accomplish any plan, and for a person to achieve any goal.” According to the colophon, the commentarial explanations have been excerpted from a longer commentary: “together with twenty-five lines extracted from its mukallimtu-commentary.” The colophon also states the the tablets used for the compilation came from Babylon.

The edition below is greatly indebted to the editio princeps: A. R. George, Mesopotamian Incantations and Related Texts in the Schøyen Collection. CDL Press, 2016. Pp. 169-172.

1. Following the terminology from E. Jiménez, “Loose Threads of Tradition. Two Late Hemerological Compilations”, Journal of Cuneiform Studies, vol. 68, pp. 197-227, 2016.

Edition

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ZA 002, 334-335[via ccpo]


Obverse
oo	(beginning line missing)
o 1'1'	DAM-su ana É-šú KU₄^ib	⸢BÁRA⸣ [(x x x x x x)] ⸢APIN GAN ZÍZ ŠE⸣	⸢ŠE⸣	“(If) he introduces his wife in his house” (= Iqqur īpuš §62): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), […], Araḫsamna (VIII), Kislīmu (IX), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 2'2'	LÚ.TUR Ù.TU	GU₄ SIG₄ NE APIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) a baby is born” (= Iqqur īpuš §64): (During the months of) Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Abu (V), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 3'3'	še-gu-u is-si	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ NE DU₆ APIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he recites a lamentation” (= Iqqur īpuš §34): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Abu (V), Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 4'4'	TÚG-su DADAG	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ NE DU₆ APIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he cleans his garment” (= Iqqur īpuš §35): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Abu (V), Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 5'5'	PAD-su ana DINGIR-šú GAR^un	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ ŠU NE KIN DU₆ APIN GAN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he presents his food to his god” (= Iqqur īpuš §36): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Duʾūzu (IV), Abu (V), Elūlu (VI), Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Kislīmu (IX), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 6'6'	GARZA TI^qí	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ DU₆ ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he takes an office” (= Iqqur īpuš §38): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Tašrītu (VII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 7'7'	NINDA SUMⁱⁿ	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ DU₆ ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he gives bread” (= Iqqur īpuš §37): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Tašrītu (VII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 8'8'	BÁRA GIBIL^iš	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ KIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he renovates a sanctuary”(= Iqqur īpuš §29): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Elūlu (VI), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 9'9'	lu KUN.SAG.GÁ lu UB.LÍL.LÁ lu BÁRA lu BÁRA.SI.GA lu IM.DÙ.A DÙ^uš	ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he builds either a sanctuary or a chapel or an altar or a small shrine or a platform” (= Iqqur īpuš §30): (During the months of) Šabāṭu (XI) and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 10'10'	DINGIR-šú lu DINGIR šul-pu-tú ud-diš	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ KIN DU₆ APIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he renovates either his god or a defiled god”(= Iqqur īpuš §31): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Elūlu (VI), Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 11'11'	KI.MAḪ DÙ^uš	ŠU AB ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he builds a grave” (= Iqqur īpuš §41): (During the months of) Duʾūzu (IV), Ṭebētu (X), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 12'12'	PÚ BAD^te	SIG₄ NE DU₆ APIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he opens a well” (= Iqqur īpuš §43): (During the months of) Simānu (III), Abu (V), Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 13'13'	KI.NE ŠUB^di	BÁRA GU₄ KIN DU₆ APIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he lays a hearth” (= Iqqur īpuš §44a): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Elūlu (VI), Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 14'14'	DUG A.GEŠTIN.NA GAR^un	NE ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he sets up a vinegar jar” (= Iqqur īpuš §44b): (During the months of) Abu (V), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 15'15'	^gišKIRI₆ iz-qup	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ NE KIN DU₆ APIN GAN AB ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he plants a grove” (= Iqqur īpuš §45): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Abu (V), Elūlu (VI), Tašrītu (VII), Araḫsamna (VIII), Kislīmu (IX), Ṭebētu (X), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 16'16'	^gišKIRI₆ ^gišGIŠIMMAR iz-qup	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ ŠU KIN DU₆ ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he plants a palm grove” (= Iqqur īpuš §46): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Duʾūzu (IV), Elūlu (VI), Tašrītu (VII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 17'17'	^gišKIRI₆ GIBIL^iš	BÁRA GU₄ SIG₄ ŠU KIN APIN GAN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he renovates a garden” (= Iqqur īpuš §48): (During the months of) Nisannu (I), Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Duʾūzu (IV), KIN = Elūlu (VI), APIN = Araḫsamna (VIII), GAN = Kislīmu (IX), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
o 18'18'	^gišKIRI₆ ud-diš	GU₄ SIG₄ KIN APIN ZÍZ ŠE	ŠE	“(If) he renovates a garden” (= Iqqur īpuš §49): (During the months of) Ayyāru (II), Simānu (III), Elūlu (VI), Araḫsamna (VIII), Šabāṭu (XI), and Addaru (XII), it is favorable.
	end of obverse
Reverse
Column i
r i 1r i 1	^itiBÁRA 1 4.1/2 6.1/2 8 10 11 14 16 23.1/2 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Nisannu (I): 1 4½ 6½ 8 10 11 14 16 23½ are favorable.

r i 22	^itiGU₄ 2 6 8 10 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Ayyāru (II): 2 6 8 10 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 are favorable.

r i 33	^itiSIG₄ 3 5 9 11 12 13 15 16 22 24 27 30 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Simānu (III): 3 5 9 11 12 13 15 16 22 24 27 30 are favorable.

r i 44	^itiŠU 3 7 11 13 17 19 21 22 26 27 28 29 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Duʾūzu (IV): 3 7 11 13 17 19 21 22 26 27 28 29 are favorable.

r i 55	^itiNE 1 2 6.1/2 10 12 15 16 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Abu (V): 1 2 6½ 1O 12 15 16 are favorable.

r i 66	^itiKIN 1 2 3 5 7 9 11 14 15 17 19 22 27 29 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Elūlu (VI): 1 2 3 5 7 9 11 14 15 17 19 22 27 29 are favorable.

r i 77	^itiDU₆ 1 4 6 7 8.1/2 9 11 13.1/2 14 17 19 21 22 23 26 28 29 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Tašrītu (VII): 1 4 6 7 8½ 9 11 13½ 14 17 19 21 22 23 26 28 29 are favorable.

r i 88	^itiAPIN 2 6 7 9 11 13 ⸢15⸣ 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 30 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Araḫsamna (VIII): 2 6 7 9 11 13 ⸢15⸣ 17 19 20 22 24 26 28 30 are favorable.

r i 99	^itiGAN 1 5 9 11 13 16 ⸢18⸣ 21 23 25 29 30 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Kislīmu (IX): 1 5 9 11 13 16 ⸢18⸣ 21 23 25 29 30 are favorable.

r i 1010	^itiAB 7 11.1/2 13 14 17.1/2 ⸢21⸣ 22 23 24.1/2 25 26 27.1/2 28 29 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Ṭebētu (X): 7 11½ 13 14 17½ ⸢21⸣ 22 23 24½ 25 26 27½ 28 29 are favorable.

r i 1111	^itiZÍZ 1 7 10.1/2 11 14 17 19 ⸢21⸣ 22 23 25 26 28 29.1/2 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Šabāṭu (XI): 1 7 10½ 11 14 17 19 ⸢21⸣ 22 23 25 26 28 29½ are favorable.

r i 1212	^itiŠE 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 12 13 ⸢14/15⸣ 16 20 22 24 25 27 30 ŠE	(Favorable days in the month) Addaru (XII): 1 2 4 5 6 8 9 12 13 ⸢14/15⸣ 16 20 22 24 25 27 30 are favorable.

r i 1313	* É DÙ^uš šá ⸢^giš⸣IG i-zaq-qa-pu	“If he builds a house” (= Iqqur īpuš §5) (refers to the man) who erects a door.

r i 1414	* É iq-qur šá ⸢SUMUN KÚR⸣-ma GIBIL ip-pu-šu	“If he tears down a house” (= Iqqur īpuš §7) (refers to the man) who removes an old (house) and builds a new one.

r i 1515	* É iṣ-ṣi šá si-i-ri i-ḫal-la-šu	“If he diminishes a house” (= Iqqur īpuš §8) (refers to the man) who scrapes off the wall-plaster.

r i 1616	* É is-suḫ šá lìb-bi É ú-šap-pa-lu	“If he tears out a house” (= Iqqur īpuš §9) (refers to the man) who digs deep the interior of the house.

r i 1717	[* É-su] ⸢KÚR^ir⸣ ⸢šá la-pa-an GISKIM È⸣-ma ana É-šú MAN-ma ir-ru-bu	[“(If) he] changes [his house]” (= Iqqur īpuš §11) (refers to the man) who, fleeing bad omens, leaves (his house) and enters another house of his.
r i 1818	[* ana É šá-nim-ma KÚR^ir-ma i-ḫi-iṭ šá ana É]-⸢šú šá-nim⸣-ma it-ti-qu	[“If he changes into another house of his and inspect it” (= Iqqur īpuš §13)] (refers to the man) who crosses over [into another house o]f his.
r i 1919	[* ... i]-⸢leq-qu⸣-u	[… refers to the man) who] takes […].
	the rest of column i (18 lines) is missing
Column ii
r ii 1r ii 1	U₄-MEŠ DÙG.GA-MEŠ	Favorable days,
r ii 22	šá ana DÙ^eš Á.ÁŠ	which to accomplish any plan,
r ii 33	ù LÚ mim-ma	and for a person
r ii 44	Á.ÁŠ-su	to achieve
r ii 55	KUR^ád DÙG.GA-MEŠ	any goal are good.
r ii 66	a-di 25 MU-MEŠ	Together with twenty-five lines
r ii 77	mu-kal-lim-ti-šú	extracted
r ii 88	nis-ḫu	from its mukallimtu-commentary.
r ii 99	lìb-bi * iq-qur DÙ^uš	From (the series) “(If) he demolishes, (if) he builds” (Iqqur īpuš),
r ii 1010	ki-i KA DUB-MEŠ	According to the wording
r ii 1111	man-du-ú-ti	of many tablets of
r ii 1212	* URU ina SUKUD^e GARⁱⁿ	(the series) “If a city is placed on a height” (Šumma Ālu ina mēlê šakin),
r ii 1313	iq-qur DÙ^uš	(the series) “(If) he demolishes, (if) he builds” (Iqqur īpuš),
r ii 1414	ù AB.ŠE.GE.DA	and “It is favorable” (Babylonian Almanac, abšegeda).
r ii 1515	GABA.RI TIN.TIR^ki	Originals from Babylon,
r ii 1616	šá ^m^dAG-zu-qup-GIN	which Nabû-zuqup-kēnu
r ii 1717	^lúDUB.SAR	the scribe,
r ii 1818	[ana IGI].⸢DU₈^?⸣.[A^?]⸢^ti⸣	[for the re]ading […]
	(rest of column missing)

DOI: 10079/tdz08zr

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