PRT 038 (P237383)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237383 |
| 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' | [...] Is it decreed and con[firmed 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard that in] their midst either the M[edes or the ......]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that in]side Bit-Hamban [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [(Disregard that)] he has [ea]ten, drunk, or anointed himself with [anything unclean], o[r has altered or changed the (ritual) proceedings]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Disregard that] the oracle query has become ju[mbled in the mouth] of the haruspex, your servant. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | I ask you, [Šamaš, great lord, whether the troops] of the Cimmerians (and) the troops of the [Scythians will] set out for [Bit-Hamban and] Parsumaš and [......], |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | (whether) they will [...] strive and plan [......], go to Bit-Hamban [......], |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | (and whether) they w[ill kill] what there is to kill, [plunder what there is to plunder, loot what there is to loot]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Be present i]n this ram, [place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs] |
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 qa-bi-i ku-[ni-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ i]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-nu lu-u₂ {lu₂}ma-[da-a.a x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ qi₂]-rib E₂—{uru}ha-am-ban ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢KU₂⸣ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ u₂—⸢lu⸣ [ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ ina KA] DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit ⸢up⸣-[tar-ri-du] | |
| 3' | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ] lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}[UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 4' | [ki-i {lu₂}ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ {lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a {lu₂}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ {[lu₂}iš-ku-za-a.a] | |
| 5' | [a-na E₂—{uru}ha-am-ban] a-na {kur}par-su-maš u₂-ṣu-nim-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x]-⸢ti⸣ i-ṣar-ri-mu i-kap-⸢pu⸣-[du x x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x] a-na E₂—{uru}ha-am-ban [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x il]-la-ku-nim-ma ša₂ GAZ ⸢GAZ⸣-[MEŠ ša₂ SAR SAR-MEŠ ša₂ IR-li IR-lu] | |
| 9' | [i-na ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i [GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
Sources & licences
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