PRT 011 (P237358)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237358 |
| 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 [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, send NN with me]n, ho[rses, and an army, as (great as) he wishes, ......]? |
| Obverse [3:8] o 4'4'–o 8'8' | [If he sends him, should he with men, horses, and an army, (as great) a]s he wis[hes, go to take the city ..., and will he, be it] through friendly words [...... or] by means of ramps, [or by means of battering-rams, or by ladder]s, [conquer that city, ...]? Will it be delivered to him? |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? Does your great divinity] know it? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep], or blocked [the way of the sacrifi]cial sheep. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and ma]de it unclean. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that an unclean person has perform]ed [extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy] is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] is dressed in his [ordin]ary soiled garments, [has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) has al]tered or changed [the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in] my [ordinary] soiled garments. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x a-di ERIM]-MEŠ {⸢anše⸣}[KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [A₂.KAL-MEŠ mal₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu x x x x x x li-ma]-⸢ʾi⸣-ir-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4' | [ki-i il-tap-ru a-di ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ A₂.KAL-MEŠ] ⸢mal₂⸣ ŠA₃-ba-⸢šu₂⸣ [ub-lu] | |
| 5' | [a-na ṣa-ba-ta {uru}x x x x lil-lik-ma lu-u₂] ina dib-bi ṭa-⸢bu⸣-[ti] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x lu-u₂] i-na a-ra-am-mu | |
| 7' | [lu-u₂ i-na {giš}šu-bi-i lu-u₂ i-na {giš}I.DIB]-MEŠ | |
| 8' | [URU ša₂-a-šu₂ {uru}x x x x i-ṣab-ba-a-ta a-na] ŠU.2-šu₂ ŠID-MEŠ-i | |
| 9' | [a-mi-ru im-ma-ra še-mu-u₂ i-šem-me-e DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti] ZU-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR].⸢SISKUR⸣ GIL-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂]-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂]-u₂ | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂]-⸢e⸣-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU.2 ⸢BAL⸣-u₂ uš-pe-lum | |
| 7 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e]-⸢a⸣ ar₂-ša₂-a-⸢ti⸣ [lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
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