PRT 024 (P237231)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237231 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [will] the tro[ops of the Scythians (and) the troops of the Cimmerians] emerge [from] the pass [of ... and go to Bit-Hamban and Parsumaš, will they make a dangerous incursion into the district of ...] and the district of [Šamaš-naṣir], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | will they loot [......]? |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | [Is it decreed and confirmed] in a favorable case, by the command [of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? Will he who can see, see it? [Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Disregard that the messenger [......]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Disregard the (formulation) of [today's] case, [be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Disrega[rd that ......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [(whether) they will make] a dangerous [incursion] to the dist[rict of Šamaš-naṣir, kill, plunder and loot]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | Be present [in t]his [ram, place (in it) a firm] positive an[swer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious [om]ens by [the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [May (this query) go t]o your great divini[ty, O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...] in the middle of the right side, a 'request'-mark [......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...] the left of the gall bladder is sp[lit ......] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... the le]ft of the gall bladder is split in two places [......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [In] the middle surface of the 'finger' a 'weapon'-[mark ......] |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | [... t]o the left of the 'fin[ger' ......] |
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' | {lu₂}⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ {lu₂}iš-ku-za-a.a {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a TA] | |
| 2' | ne₂-ri-⸢bi⸣ [ša₂ {uru}x x x a-na E₂—{uru}ha-am-ban a-na {kur}par-su-maš] | |
| 3' | E₃-MEŠ-⸢ma⸣ [il-la-ku-ne₂-e a-na na-gi-i ša {uru}x x x] | |
| 4' | u₃ na-gi-[i ša₂ {uru}{d}UTU—PAB-ir ZI-bu GUD.UD ša₂ {mi₂}HUL ip-pu-šu₂-u₂] | |
| 5' | i-šal-la₂-lu-[u₂ x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ina SILIM-tim ina KA [DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-i] | |
| 7' | IGI-ri IGI-⸢ra⸣ [ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | e-zib ša₂ {lu₂}A—šip-ri {lu₂}A—šip-ri [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | e-zib ša₂ di-⸢ni⸣ [UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 10' | e-⸢zib⸣ [ša₂ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] a-na na-⸢gi⸣-[i ša₂ {uru}{d}UTU—PAB-ir] | |
| 2' | [ZI-bu] ⸢GUD⸣.UD {mi₂}HUL ⸢ip-pu⸣-[šu₂ GAZ-ku i-hab-ba-tu i-šal-la₂-lu] | |
| 3' | [ina ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂] ⸢an⸣-ni-i GUB-am-ma an-[na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta]-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ [SILIM-tim x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x] ⸢LAL⸣ [o] | |
| 6' | [x x x] bu [o] | |
| 7' | ⸢UGU⸣ DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-[ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 8' | [x x] MURUB₄ 15 ⸢e-riš⸣-tum [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ 150 ZE₂ pu-uṭ-[ṭu-ur x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x] 150 ZE₂ EN 02 DU₈ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x ina] EDIN U MURUB₄ {giš}[TUKUL x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 12' | [x x a]-⸢na⸣ 150 ŠU.[SI x x x x x x x x x] | |
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