SAA 04, 137 (P237534)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237534 |
| Museum no. | BM 098975 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Query |
| 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 ask]ing you! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], who has now [writt]en whatever he wishes [in this papyrus] and placed it before your great divinity, and (whom) your great divinity knows — |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [in accordance with the command of your gre]at [divinity], Šamaš, great lord, (and) your favorable decisions, should [the subject of this query, Esa]rhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan, and do [whatever] he has written [in] this [pa]pyrus? |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Is it pleasing [to the grea]t [lord, ...]? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] the right of the 'weapon'-mark is split. The top of the right lung is split. [...] of the right lung there is a 'request'-mark. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......, Nabû-ušall]im. Second Elul (VI/2), 24th day. |
| 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 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] ša₂ TA-an-ni mim-ma ša₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lam | |
| 3 | [i-na ni-a.a-ru an-ni-i iš-ṭu]-⸢ru⸣-ma ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti ša₂-kan-u₂-ma DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-u | |
| 4 | [GIM KA DINGIR-ti-ka] ⸢GAL⸣-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ EŠ.BAR-ka šal-mu | |
| 5 | [EN—MU.MU NE-i {1}AN].⸢ŠAR₂⸣—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ li-iṣ-rim lik-pid₂-ma | |
| 6 | [mim-ma ša₂ i-na ni]-⸢a.a⸣-ru an-ni-i iš-ṭu-ru li-pu-uš | |
| 7 | [UGU {d}x x x EN GAL]-i ṭa-bi-i | |
| 8 | [pa-an {d}x x x EN GAL-i ma-hi-i]-ri | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] 15 {⸢giš}TUKUL DU₈ SAG MUR 15 DU₈⸣ [x x x] ⸢MUR ša₂ 15 KAM₂-tum⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x {1}{d}AG—SILIM]-im {iti}KIN 02-KAM₂ UD 24-KAM₂ | |
| 3' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL]-u₂ DU-ik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
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