PRT 070 (P237387)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237387 |
| 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 [1:4] o 22–o 44 | From this day, the [...th] d[ay of this month ... of this year, to] the 30th day of Siva[n (III) of this year, for ... days and nights, the] term [stipulated] for the performance [of (this) extispicy — within this stipulated term], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | will [the troops of ...] stri[ve and plan? ...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Be present in this ram, place] (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [May (this query) go] to [your great] divinity, [O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
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-mu NE-i ⸢UD⸣ [x-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI NE-i {iti}x ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-ti] | |
| 3 | [EN] UD 30-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}⸢SIG₄⸣ [ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-ti a-na x UD-MEŠ x MI-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | [ši-kin] ⸢a-dan⸣-ni DU₃-ti [ba-ru-ti i-na ši-kin a-dan-ni UR₅-tu ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | {[kur}x x x] i-ṣar-⸢ri⸣-[mu-u₂ i-kap-pi-du-u₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢i-x⸣+[x x x x x x x x i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-i GUB-za-am-ma] | |
| 2' | an-na ⸢GI⸣.[NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 3' | UGU DINGIR-[ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
Sources & licences
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