PRT 004 (P236960)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236960 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Šamaš, great lord, giv]e [me] a firm positive answer [to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [From this day, the 3rd day of] this [month], Iyyar (II), [of] this [year, to the 2nd day of this month, Sivan (III), of] this [yea]r, 30 days [and nights], my [stip]ulated term — |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [within this stipulated term, will either] Dusanni, the Sa[pardean, or] Kaštaritu, [city lord of Karkaššî, with either an ar]my of the C[immerian]s, or of the Manneans, [or of the Medes, ......]? |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [......] Will they appear [before that city]? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...... Does your great divinity] know it? [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [Disregard what happens after] my stipulated term. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Disregard what they speak with (their) mouths, or what] they think. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an uncle]an person has touched the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is defi]cient or faulty. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [Disregard that he who touches 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, or the fire. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 1414– | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant], am dres[sed in my ordinary soiled garments], have eaten, drunk, or touched anything unclean, [(or) changed or altered the proceedings, (or that) the oracle query has become jumbl]ed [in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether from this day, the 3rd day of this] month, Iyyar (II), [to the 2nd day of the month Sivan (III)] of this [year, 30 days and nights, my stipulated term], |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | [Dusa]nni, the Sapardean, [or Kaštaritu the city lord, with] a powerful [arm]y [either of the Cimmerians], or [of] the Medes, [or of the Manneans, will ...] appear [before] that city. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [Be present in this ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer], and may I see (it). |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [......] The heart of the ram is normal. Fir[st ex]tispicy. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...... The gall] bladder is overturned and faces upward. The top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [......] The coils of the colon lie crosswise. The middle part, (11) i[ts base] is 'loose.' [...] a membra[ne ...] is hanging. The base of the middle surface of the 'finger' is split. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [......]. Third extispicy. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Šumâ] and Bel-ušallim. Month Iyyar (II), 3rd day. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | May (this query) go [to your great divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
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 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka] an-na GI.NA [a]-⸢pal-an⸣-[ni] | |
| 2 | [TA UD an-ni-i UD 03-KAM ša₂ ITI] ⸢an⸣-ni-i {iti}GUD.SI.⸢SA₂⸣ [ša₂ MU.AN].⸢NA⸣ an-ni-ti | |
| 3 | [EN UD 02-KAM ša₂ {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ MU.AN].NA an-ni-ti 30 UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ ši]-⸢kin⸣ a-dan-ni-ia | |
| 4 | [ina ši-kin a-dan-ni UR₅-tu lu-u {1}du-sa-an-ni {lu₂}sa-[par-da-a.a lu]-u {1}kaš-ta-ri-ti | |
| 5 | [EN—URU [EN—URU ša₂ {uru}kar—kaš-ši-i a-di A₂].KAL ⸢lu⸣-u₂ ša₂ {lu₂}⸢gi⸣-[mir-ra]-a.a lu-u ša₂ {lu₂}man-na-a.a | |
| 6 | [lu-u ša₂ {lu₂}ma-da-a.a x x x]+⸢x i⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]-⸢ni⸣-i | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x i-na pa]-an [URU UR₅-tu₂] in-nam-mar-u₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti] ZU-e | |
| 9 | [IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e e-zib ša₂ ana EGIR a]-dan-ni-ia | |
| 10 | [e-zib ša₂ ina pa-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu u₂—lu i]-dab-bu-bu | |
| 11 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ KUG lu-ʾu]-u UDU.NITA₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL]-u₂ LAL-u₂ | |
| 13 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-ša₂-tu₂ lab-šu₂] ⸢mi⸣-ih-[ha] {zid₂}⸢MAD.GA₂⸣ me-⸢e haṣ⸣-bu u IZI TAG-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [e-zib ša₂ ana-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar-ša₂-tu₂ lab]-ša₂-ku mim-ma lu-ʾu-u a-ku-lu NAG-u TAG-MEŠ | |
| 15 | [ku-un ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu ta-mit ina KA-ia ip-tar-ri-du LAL]-MEŠ-u lu-u ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u be₂-e-⸢ra⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i TA UD an-ni-i UD 03-KAM ša₂ ITI an-ni]-i {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂ | |
| 2 | [EN UD 02-KAM ša₂ ITI an-ni-i {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ MU.AN.NA] an-ni-ti | |
| 3 | 30 UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ ši-kin RI lu-u {1}du-sa-an-ni] {lu₂}sa-bar-da-a.a | |
| 4 | [lu-u {1}kaš-ta-ri-ti EN—URU EN—URU a-di A₂].⸢KAL-MEŠ⸣ KALAG.GA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [lu-u ša₂ {lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a lu]-u [ša₂ {lu₂]}ma-da-a.a | |
| 6 | [lu-u ša₂ {lu₂}man-na-a.a i-na IGI] URU UR₅-tu₂ in-nam-ma-ru | |
| 7 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA] šuk-nam-ma lu-mur | |
| 8 | [BE x x x GAR]-in ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ SILIM-im ⸢IGI⸣-ti | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢ZE₂⸣ BAL-ma AN.[TA] IGI SAG EDIN 15 U DU₈ | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ ŠA₃.NIGIN GIL-MEŠ MURUB₄-tim | |
| 11 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ BAR ⸢x x⸣ ni ši-ši-⸢tu₂⸣ [x] ul-lu-lat SUHUŠ EDIN U MURUB₄ DU₈ | |
| 12 | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ ša₂-lul-ti | |
| 13 | {1}šu-ma-a] u {1}{d}EN—SILIM-im {iti}GUD UD 03-KAM₂ | |
| 14 | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d]}UTU EN GAL-u₂ DU-ik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
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