PRT 031 (P237377)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237377 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [From th]is [day], the 11th day of [this] month, [the month Nisan (I) of this year, to the 10th day] of the month Iyyar (II) of [this ye]ar, [for 30 days and nights, my stipulated term] — |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [within] this stipulated [term, will Mugallu the Melidean strive and plan? Will he mobilize] a large and [powerful] a[rmy, and mount an attack ag]ainst Mannu-[ki-...]? |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [Will they kil]l, p[lunder ......]? |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | [Be present in] this ram, [place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], fa[vorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
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 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [TA UD an]-⸢ni⸣-i UD 11-KAM₂ ⸢ša₂ ITI⸣ [an-ni-i {iti}BARAG ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti] | |
| 3 | [EN UD 10-KAM₂] ša₂ {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂ ša₂ MU.[AN.NA an-ni-ti 30 UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ ši-kin a-dan-ni-ia] | |
| 4 | [ina ši-kin] a-dan-ni šu-a-tu₂ {1}[mu-gal-lu {lu₂}mi-li-da-a.a i-ṣar-ri-i-mi₃ i-kap-pi-i-di] | |
| 5 | [e-mu]-⸢qu⸣ ma-aʾ-du-ti [KALAG.GA-MEŠ i-de-ek-ka-a] | |
| 6 | [a]-⸢na⸣ UGU {1}man-ni—[ki-i—x x x x x x x i-ma-aq-qa-tu-u₂] | |
| 7 | [i-duk]-⸢ku⸣-u₂ i-[hab-ba-tu x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [i-na ŠA₃] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ an-ni-i [GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [UZU-MEŠ] ⸢ta⸣-mit ⸢SIG₅⸣-[MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 4' | [šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
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