PRT 027 (P236926)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236926 |
| 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 ORACC project saao/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Disregard the (formulation) of tod]ay's [ca]se, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person [has touched] the sacri[ficial sheep]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard that the ra]m (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficie[nt or faulty]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that he who tou]ches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, [(or) has touched] the (libation) beer, [the maṣhatu-flour, the water, the container and the fire]. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'– | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, [have eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with anything unclean], (or) changed or altered [the proceedings], (or that) the oracle query has become jumbled and faulty in my mouth. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [I ask yo]u, Šamaš, great lord, whether from this day, the 10th day of [this mon]th, [the month Ab (V) of this year, to the 9]th [day] of the month Elul (VI) of this year, for 3[0 days and nights, the stipulated term —] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | [(whether) within this stipulated term Esarhaddo]n, king of Assyria, [should send] the magnates and army, as he wi[shes, to set up ca]mp [against ..., a fortress o]f Mugallu the Melidean [...], (and whether) he and his army [will ...] a[gainst ......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ di]-⸢nim UD⸣-[mu an-ni-i] GIM DUG₃-ab GIM LAL-u KUG lu-ʾu-u ⸢SISKUR⸣.[SISKUR TAG-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u LAL-[u ha-ṭu-u] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG]-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-šu₂ mi-ih-ha {[zid₂}MAD.GA₂ A-MEŠ haṣ-bu IZI TAG-MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na]-ku DUMU {lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-ša₂-[ku mim-ma lu-ʾu-u KU₂ NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 5' | [ku-un qa-ti] BAL-u uš-pe-lu ta-mit ina KA-ia₂ ip-tar-ri-du ⸢LAL⸣-[MEŠ lu-u ZI-MEŠ lu-u BAR-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-šal]-⸢ka⸣ {d}UTU EN GAL-u GIM TA UD-mu NE-i UD 10-KAM₂ ša₂ ⸢ITI⸣ [NE-i {iti}NE ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-tu] | |
| 2 | [EN UD 09-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}KIN.{d}INNIN.NA ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-tu ina 30 [UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ ši-kin RI ina ši-kin RI UR₅-tu] | |
| 3 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ u A₂.KAL ša₂ ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣-[šu₂ ub-lu i-šap-par-u-ma ina UGU {uru}x x x] | |
| 4 | [bir-ti] ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}mu-gal-lu {kur}mi-li-da-a.a ma-[dak-ti i-šak-kan-u₂] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x i]-⸢dab-bu-bu⸣ šu-u₂ u A₂.KAL-šu₂ ana ⸢UGU⸣-[hi x x x x x x x x x] | |
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