SAA 04, 252 (P237535)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 252 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237535 |
| Museum no. | BM 098978 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the] performance [of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] has eaten, drunk, [or anointed himself with anything unclean]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex [your servant], have eaten, [drunk, or anointed myself with anything] unclean, [have seen] fear [and terror at] night, have altered (or) changed [the proceedings ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-[u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] KU₂ NAG-[u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂] a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL [ARAD-ka] | |
| 4' | [mim-ma] lu-ʾu-u₂ a-ku-lu [NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 5' | [i-na] MI MUD [pi-rit-ti IGI-ru ku-un qa-ti] | |
| 6' | [BAL]-u₂ uš-⸢pe-lu⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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