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Obverse |
Column i |
o i 1'o i 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | [...] ... |
o i 2'2' | [...] ⸢x : x⸣ : | [...] ... |
o i 3'3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ pa-a-šú : | [...] ... “his mouth” |
o i 4'4' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ : ABSIN? SI : | [...] ... Virgo will ... |
o i 5'5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-ḫa-a-a : LÚ DUMU LÚ KASKAL DU ḪÚL LÚ? | [...] my arms — “a man, the son of a man, will go on a journey — happiness of the man.” |
o i 6'6' | [...] ⸢GU₄⸣ : ⸢é⸣-sag-gíl : 1 | [...](-)gu₄ means “Esagil.” |
o i 7'7' | [...] ⸢KI⸣ : BAR/ŠÚ : ḪUL : 2 | [...] ... bar/šú (means) “evil,” |
o i 8'8' | [...] : ⸢SIG⸣ NIM GÁL : | [...] ... there will be decreasing or increasing. |
o i 9'9' | [...]-nu ⸢:⸣ i-ger-ri LÁṭi : | [...] ... if it start a fight, it will diminish. |
Column ii |
o ii 1'o ii 1' | [x] ⸢x⸣ ⸢: lúKÚR :⸣ 3.⸢20⸣ LUGAL : ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | [...] means “enemy.” “3.20” means “king” ... [...] |
o ii 2'2' | GAZ ḫe-pu-ú : na-qa-ri : 4.10 : su-⸢x⸣-[x x x x x] | “gaz” (means) “to break,” (i.e.,) “to demolish.” “4,10” means ... [...] |
o ii 3'3' | AGAR₅(IM%IM) : ra-a-du : kal-kal-tú : ṣu-ma-mit : ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | agar₅ means “downpour.” “Hunger” means “thirst” ... [...] |
o ii 4'4' | 20 2 : LUGAL URIki : 13 20 10 : lúKÚR-šú : KI SÁ.SÁ ⸢: x⸣ [x x x] | “20 2” means “king of Akkad.” “13 20 10” means “his enemy.” ki sá.sá means ... [...] |
o ii 5'5' | NÍG.ZI KÚR NU GÁL-MEŠšú : šá gišBAN ina ÉRIN.SIG₅-MU DU-MEŠ : šá giš⸢BAN⸣ [x (x x x x)]3 | “There will be no attacks of the enemy.” “Those of the bow (i.e., archers) will march in the middle of the army” means “those of the bow ... [...]” |
o ii 6'6' | 2 : dan-nu : KUR.KUR AL.KINár : KUR.KUR ú-ma-ʾ-ár : EN.⸢EL?⸣ | “2” means “strong.” kurkur alkin means “he will control the lands.” “en.el” |
o ii 7'7' | a-la-lu-ú : lúKÚR 10 20 20 KUR : LUGAL LUGAL KURád : 11 11 RA : 4 | “drain.” The enemy will die. “20 20 kur” means “one king will conquer another king.” “11 11 ra” means |
o ii 8'8' | LÚ LÚ i-da-ak : SUD-MEŠ gišMÁ-MEŠ 3.3-LÁ.GIŠ 10 lúMÁ.LAḪ₄-MEŠ-ši-na5 | “one man will kill another man.” “Sinking of ships, 3.3-lá.giš will die (10)” (means) “their sailors,” |
o ii 9'9' | 3.3 : lúMÁ.LAḪ₄ : LÁ.GIŠ : ši-na : ina KUR.RE ka-ma/ba-šú GÁLši | (since) “3.3” means “sailor” and lá.giš means “their (fem.).” “There will be ka-ma/ba-šú-disease in the lands” — |
o ii 10'10' | GIG : ka-ma/ba-šú : mur-ṣu : 3.20 27 10 : LUGAL MAR BA.UG₆ | gig means ka-ma/ba-šú, (i.e.,) “disease.” “3,20 27 10” means “the king of Amurru will die,” |
Reverse |
Column iii |
r iii 1r iii 1 | 3.20 LUGAL : 27 : MAR : 10 : mu-tu : SI-šú RU : šá-ru-ur-šú GE₆ma | (since) “3,20” (means) “king,” 27 means “Amurru,” (and) 10 means “death.” “si-šú šub means “its brilliance is black.” |
r iii 22 | URINin : saq-lu/qi : MEŠ : ma-a-du : É PEŠ.PEŠ : É-MU? i-rap-piš | urin means saqqu. “meš” means “much.” “é peš.peš” means “my house will expand,” |
r iii 33 | PEŠ : ra-pa-šú : LÁ.GÌR : bu-lì : PEŠ : ra-pa-šú : IDIM : nag-bi6 | (since) “peš” means “to expand.” “lá.gìr” means “livestock.” “peš” means “to expand.” “idim” means “depth.” |
r iii 44 | MEŠ : ma-a-du : ina dUTU.È.A : U₄ma ina MÁŠ GUB-ma : ⸢ana GAG.SI?⸣.[SÁ] | “meš” means “much.” “At sunrise” means “when (the sun) stands in Capricorn” ... |
r iii 55 | ŠID ma-diš ka-la-mu tu-ṭa-ab : ta-al-⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | “šid” means “greatly.” You will improve everything ... [...] |
r iii 66 | ŠUBut KI.LAM : LÁ.GÌR : bu-lì : ú-⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | “Fall of the market.” “lá.gìr” means “livestock.” ... [...] |
r iii 77 | zu-ḫur-re-e ÙZ GÁLši [x x x x x x x]7 | ”There will be a reduction of the population” [... means] |
r iii 88 | ina la É-MU : ni-sa-a-⸢tú⸣ [...] | “In a house that is not mine.” “Grie[f” means ...] |
r iii 99 | 10 : nak-ri : ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | “10” means “enemy.” ... [...] |
r iii 1010 | LÁ.GÌR : ⸢bu-lì⸣ [...] | “lá.gìr” means “livestock.” [...] |
r iii 1111 | 35 ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | 35 ... [...] |
Column iv |
r iv 1r iv 1 | [...] ⸢x⸣ : DINGIR GUR₄-ma : 17 DINGIR KUR <<:>> GUR₄ | [...] ... the god (i.e., Mars?) is exceptionally bright — 17 the god (i.e., Mars?) rises (and) is exceptionally bright. |
r iv 22 | [...] ⸢:⸣ ÍD ḪÁD.A : GU₄.UD ina múlGÍR.TAB <<:>> TUR-ma | [...] “the river will dry up” — Mercury decreases in Scorpio. |
r iv 33 | [...] ⸢GÁL⸣ : GENNA ina ḪUN IGI-ma GUR₄ | [...] “there will be [...]” — Saturn appears in Aries and is exceptionally bright. |
r iv 44 | [...] ⸢AN⸣.GE₆ GARan : dil-bat ina MÁŠ TUR : <<DIŠ>> 8 | [...] “there will be an eclipse” — Venus decreases in Capricorn. |
r iv 55 | [...] GU₄.UD KI-šú GUB-ma | [...] Mercury stands with it. |
r iv 66 | [...] ⸢AN⸣.GE₆ GARan : múlBABBAR ina KÚŠU TUR | [...] “there will be an eclipse” — Jupiter decreases in Cancer. |
r iv 77 | [... KI]-šú GUB-ma | [...] stands [with] it. |
r iv 88 | [...] ⸢x⸣ 28 20 KANA₅(KA×MI)-ma | [...] 28, the sun gets dark and |
r iv 99 | [...] ⸢x⸣ 30 KANA₅(KA×MI)iš IGI-ma | [...] the moon appears in darkness, |
r iv 1010 | [...] ⸢x MAR u x⸣ | [...] ... |
1The LAGAB sign is written without the top horizontal, which is “suggestive of a date of writing somewhere in the twilight of cuneiform” (George & Frame Iraq 67 (2005) p. 266) [EJ].
2The sign read as BAR can also be ŠÚ.
3The small gloss above ina ÉRIN is apparently SIG₅. The apodosis is common in extispicy texts: šá GEŠTU-MIN ina ŠÀ ÉRIN-MU DU-MEŠ, “a spy will infiltrate my army” (e.g. Koch Babylonian Liver Omens [2000] pp. 188 l. 7, 241 l. 77, 317 l. 11 [šá EME]) [EJ].
4The equation EN.⸢EL?⸣ = alallû is not atteted elsewhere [EJ], but EL = alālu is known from elsewhere: see Civil AOAT 25 (Fs Kramer, 1976) p. 90 and Livingstone ZA 70 (1981) p. 56 [LEP].
5The number 10 after 3.3-LÁ.GIŠ might be a mistake for a colon.
6It is uncertain whether LÁ GÌR : bu-lim belongs to the previous explanation or to a new entry.
7The sign E is erased after su-ḫur-re-e. Compare the prognosis su/zu/ṣu-ḫur-re-(e) UN-MEŠ GÁL/GAR in ACh Sîn 25 l. 8 and 65, in Borger Fs Böhl (1973) p. 42 ad l. 20 and Rochberg AfO Beih 22 (1988) p. 125 D ii 4 and 126 D ii 11 [LEP]. ÙZ must therefore be a writing for nišū, elsewhere unattested, but compare ùz.LU = nammaštu (see George & Taniguchi Iraq 95 [2010] p. 95).
8There is an erasure after TUR.