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SAA 04, 348 (P237168)

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

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DesignationSAA 04, 348
IDP237168
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 'path' [reaches its] 'seats.'
Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3'The 'strength' is swollen like a seed.
Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–The lower part [...].
Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22[If in] the left side of the gall bladder a 'foot'-mark is tr[immed], your [army] will [... its] goal.
Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33The 'path' on the left of the gall [bladder ...].

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'[BE] GIR₂ DAG-MEŠ-[šu₂ ka-šid]
2'[BE] KALAG GIM NUMUN [o]
3'[o] ul-lu-uṣ [o]
4'[BE x] KI.TA-te [x x x]
r
1[BE ina] 150 ZE₂ GIR₃ ⸢kaṣ₃⸣-[ṣa-at]
2[ERIM]-ka ŠA₃.SE₃.SE₃.[KI-ša₂ x x]
3⸢BE⸣ GIR₂ 150 ⸢ZE₂⸣ [x x]

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