PRT 140 (P237191)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 140 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237191 |
| 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' | [...] are present. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [The 'strength'] is doubled. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The front of the [gall] bladder is located to the right. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [The ba]se of [the gall bladder] is loose on the right, [firm] on the left. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | There is a cross-shaped marking [in the t]op of the gall bladder. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] its [bas]e is [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [NN, rep]orter. Month Tebet (X), [...th da]y, [eponym year of Sa]gab (651). |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Performed [in ....] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | (r 6') (Rest destroyed) |
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' | [x x x] ⸢MEŠ⸣ GAR-MEŠ | |
| 2' | [BE KALAG] uš-te-eš-ni | |
| 3' | [BE] ⸢ZE₂⸣ IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ ana 15 GAR-[MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [BE ZE₂] ⸢SUHUŠ⸣-MEŠ-ša₂ 15 ZI 150 [GI.NA] | |
| 5' | [BE ina] ⸢SAG⸣ 150 ZE₂ BAR-[tum] | |
| 6' | [x x] ⸢SUHUŠ⸣-sa₃ ⸢ka⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] tu₂ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] MU [x x] ⸢ṣir⸣ | |
| 3' | {1}x x x] ⸢EN—ṭe⸣-mu ⸢EN—ṭe⸣-mu {iti}AB ⸢UD⸣ [x-KAM₂] | |
| 4' | [lim-mu {1}⸢UD⸣-gab | |
| 5' | [ina x x] ⸢e⸣-pi-iš | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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