PRT 007 (P237461)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237461 |
| 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 this day, the 10th day of this month, Iyyar (II)], of this year, [to the 9th day of Sivan (III) of this year, 30 days and] nights, my stipulated term — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [within this stipulated term, should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], strive and plan? Should he let [troops and horses] enter [the city Kilman which is at the mou]th of the pass of the city Sandu? [Is it pleasing to your great divinity? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | If he should let troops and horses] enter the city Kilman, |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | [will Kaštaritu, city lord of Karkaššî, or Dusan]ni, the Sapardean, [or the Cimmerians, or the Medes, or the Mann]eans, [or any other enemy] capture [that city, Ki]lman, [and enter that city, Kilman]? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Does your great [divinity] know it? [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Disregard what happens after] my stipulated term. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard that they (may) inflict a defeat and] plunder the open country. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person] has touched [the sacrificial she]ep. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faul]ty. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments], (or) has touched [the (libation) beer, the maṣhatu-flour, the water, the container], or the fire. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant], am [dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with] anything un[clean, (or) changed or altered the proceedings, or (that) the oracle query has become jumbled and impaired in my mouth]. |
| Obverse [16:20] o 1717– | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether from] this [day], the 10th day of this month, Iyyar (II), [of this year, to the 9th day of] Sivan (III) of this year, [the term stipulated for the performance of (this) extispicy — |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | whether, should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, within] my [stipulated te]rm, let [troops and horses] enter [the city Kil]man, in the province of [Ha]rhar, |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [Kaštaritu, city lord of Kar]kaš[šî, or D]usanni, the Sapardean, [or the Cimmerians, or the Medes], or the Manneans, [or any other enemy, will conq]uer [that city, Kilman], and enter it. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...... The up]per part extends beyond the back of the right lung. The interior of the 'c[ap' ...]. First extispicy. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [......] is present. There is a hole in the front of the right ankle. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | [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 [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and may an ora]cle 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 an-ni-i UD 10-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI an-ni-i {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂] ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti | |
| 3 | [EN UD 09-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}SIG₄.GA ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti 30 UD-MEŠ] 30 MI-MEŠ ši-kin a-dan-ni-ia | |
| 4 | [i-na ši-kin a-dan-ni šu-a-tu₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] ⸢li⸣-iṣ-rim lik-pid₂-ma | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x a-na {uru}ki-il-man ša ina pi]-⸢i⸣ ne₂-ri-bi ša₂ {uru}sa-an-du li-še-rib | |
| 6 | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti DUG₃-ab GIM x x x x x x x x a-na] {uru}ki-il-man ul-te-ri-bi | |
| 7 | [lu-u₂ {1}ka-aš₂-ta-ri-ti EN—URU EN—URU ša₂ kar—kaš-ši-i lu-u₂ {1}du-sa]-⸢an⸣-ni {lu₂}sa-bar-da-a.[a] | |
| 8 | [lu-u₂ {lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a lu-u₂ {kur}ma-da-a.a lu-u₂ {kur}man-na]-a.a | |
| 9 | [lu-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ mal₂ GAL₂-u₂ URU UR₅-tu₂ {uru}ki]-⸢il⸣-man i-ṣab-ba-tu-u₂ | |
| 10 | [a-na ŠA₃-bi URU UR₅-tu {uru}ki-il-man ir-ru-bu-u₂ DINGIR]-⸢ut⸣-ka GAL-ti ZU-e | |
| 11 | [IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e e-zib ša₂ ana EGIR a]-dan-ni-ia | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂ di-ik-tu GAZ-MEŠ-ku-ma hu-bu]-⸢ut⸣ EDIN i-hab-ba-tu₂ | |
| 13 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU.NITA₂ SISKUR].⸢SISKUR⸣ TAG-MEŠ | |
| 14 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu]-u₂ | |
| 15 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂ mi-ih-ha {zid₂}MAD.GA₂ A-MEŠ haṣ-bu u] ⸢IZI⸣ TAG-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 16 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar-ša₂-a-ti lab-ša₂]-ku mim-ma ⸢lu⸣-[ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 17 | [ku-un ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] ⸢LAL⸣-MEŠ lu-u₂ [ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ki-i TA UD] an-ni-i UD 10-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI ⸢an-ni⸣-i {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂ | |
| 2 | [ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti EN UD 09-KAM₂ ša₂] {iti}SIG₄.GA ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti | |
| 3 | [ši-kin a-dan-ni DU₃-eš-ti {lu₂}HAL-ti ina ši-kin a]-⸢dan⸣-ni-ia {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x a-na {uru}ki-il]-man ša₂ pi-hat {uru}⸢har⸣-har u₂-šer-ri-bu-ma | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂ {1}ka-aš₂-ta-ri-ti EN—URU EN—URU ša₂ {uru}kar]—kaš-[ši-i lu-u₂ {1}⸢du⸣-sa-an-ni sa-bar-da-a.a | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂ {lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a lu-u₂ {kur}ma-da-a.a] lu-u₂ {kur}man-na-a.a | |
| 7 | [lu-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ mal₂ GAL₂-u₂ URU šu₂-a-ti {uru}ki-il-man i-kaš-ša₂]-du ana ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ ir-ru-bu | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢AN⸣.TA EDIN MUR ša₂ 15 i-bir qir-bit U.⸢SAG⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣-at IGI-ti | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ša₂ GAR [(x) x]+⸢x⸣ ina IGI kur-sin-ni ša₂ 15 BUR₃ ŠUB | |
| 10 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ] SILIM-[MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma] lu-mur | |
| 12 | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma UR₅].UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
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