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SAA 04, 325 (P237127)

Extispicy Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSAA 04, 325
IDP237127
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreExtispicy Report
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1'[......] the land and [...].
Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3'[If the 'p]at[hs' are two, and the right 'path' is located] on the [left] 'path': [the prince]'s weapons [will prevail] over [the enemy's] weapons.
Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6'[If the 'paths'] are [two], and the upper one [is collapsed] to the right and effaced [in] its collapsed part: [......] will not attain [his g]oal.
Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7'There is a hole [at] the left side of the gall bladder.
Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9'[The ...] appearance of the gall bladder is li[ke ......]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
o
1'[x x x x x x x] KUR u [x x x]
2'[BE] ⸢GIR₂⸣ 02-ma GIR₂ 15 ⸢UGU⸣ GIR₂ 150 GAR-in]
3'[NUN {giš]}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ UGU {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ [KUR₂ ŠEŠ-MEŠ]
4'[BE GIR₂ 02-ma AN.TA-u₂ ana 15 [ma-qit]
5'[x x] mi₃-iq-ti-šu pa-šiṭ ⸢NU⸣ [x x x]
6'[x ŠA₃.SE₃].SE₃.KI-[šu₂] NU ⸢KUR⸣-[ad]
7'[BE ina] 150 ZE₂ BUR₃ ŠUB-[di x x x]
8'[BE SILIM] GAR ZE₂ ⸢GIM⸣ [x x x x]
9'[x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x]

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