SAA 04, 315 (P237128)
Extispicy Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 315 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237128 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Report |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...... It is favorable in both a favora]ble and unfavor[able case. ...] |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | Should [Assurbani]pal, king of Assyria, [your] creature, [at the beginn]ing of month Adar of [this] ye[ar] perform [...] sacrifices be[fore god ...], his [...]? |
| Reverse [4:7] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [Does your great] divinity [know it? Is it pleasing] to the great lord, ...? Is it acce[pt]able [to the great lord, ...?] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x ina SILIM]-⸢tim⸣ u NU ⸢SILIM⸣-[tim SILIM-at₂ x x x] | |
| 2' | [i-na e]-⸢reb⸣ {iti}ŠE ša₂ MU.⸢AN⸣.[NA NE-ti] | |
| 3' | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃]—A MAN KUR—aš-šur DU₃-ut ŠU.2-ka] | |
| 4' | [x x x x] {udu}SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ ina ⸢IGI⸣ {[d}x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x]-šu₂ li-pu-uš DINGIR-⸢ut⸣-[ka] | |
| 6' | [GAL-ti ZU-e] ⸢UGU⸣ EN GAL {d}x [DUG₃.GA-i] | |
| 7' | [IGI EN GAL {d}x] ⸢ma-hi⸣-[i]-⸢ri x⸣+[x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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