SAA 08, 275 (P237510)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 275 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237510 |
| Museum no. | BM 134556 |
| 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/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If on the 15th day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land, and [he will tear] down my city gate. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | — The 15th day (means) the Westland and [...]. |
| Obverse [5:11] o 66– | [If in] Iyyar (II) the Pleiades, [the Seven], the great [gods, rise] at [their] appropriate time: the great gods will gather and make a favorable [decision about the land]; sweet [winds] will blow. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
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 | 1 UD 15-KAM₂ {d}30 u₃ {d}UTU | |
| 2 | it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 3 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ a-na KUR | |
| 4 | IL₂-a KA₂.GAL URU-⸢ia⸣ {[lu₂}KUR₂ i]-⸢na-qar⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢UD⸣ 15-KAM₂ KUR—MAR.TU u₃ [x x]-MEŠ-ma | |
| 6 | 1 ina] {iti}GUD MUL.MUL {d}07.BI] | |
| 7 | [DINGIR]-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ina a-dan-ni-[šu₂-nu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [KUR-MEŠ-ni] DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ NIGIN-MEŠ-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 2 | [GALGA KUR ana] SIG₅-tim GALGA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [TU₁₅-MEŠ] DUG₃.GA-MEŠ DU-MEŠ | |
| 4 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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