SAA 04, 272 (P237536)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 272 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237536 |
| Museum no. | BM 098981 |
| 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 [asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | Should Assurbanipal, ki[ng of Assyria, strive and plan]? Should he send an army, a[s he wishes, with Nabû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch, to make] an incur[sion into the district] of Gambulu? |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [If he, having planned, sends them, will they kill what there is to kill], loot what [there is to loot, and plunder what there is to plunder], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | and [... with] them [......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] in front [of ......]? |
| Reverse [0:2] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | [Dis]regard that I, the [haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen] fe[ar and terror] at night, [or] ju[mbled the oracle query] in my mouth. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Let them be taken out and put aside]! |
| Reverse [3:6] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | [I ask you], Šamaš, great lord, wh[ether, should Assurbanipal, king of Assyria], send [men, horses], and an army, as [he wishes, with Nabû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch], |
| Reverse [6:8] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | they will [make] an incursion [into the district of Gambulu], kill what there is to kill, [loot what there is to loot, and take] their property and [their pos]sessions. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | [Be present] in this ram, place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favor[able, propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity], and may I see (them). |
| Reverse [10:13] r 12'12'– | May (this query) go to [your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer. ......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Month ..., ...th day, eponym year of] Labasi (657). |
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—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ li-iṣ-rim lik-pid-ma] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}e-mu-qu ⸢mal₂⸣ [ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu it-ti {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG] {lu₂}GAL—SAG] | |
| 4 | liš-pur-ma ⸢ZI⸣-[bu ši-ih-ṭu i-na UGU x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {⸢kur⸣}gam-bu-lu{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x x x x ša₂ GAZ GAZ-ku] | |
| 6 | ša₂ [SAR] ⸢SAR⸣-u₂ [ša₂ IR IR-lu x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢u₃⸣ [ša₂ it]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂-un [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] i-na ⸢IGI⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 2' | [e]-zib ša₂ a-na-ku ⸢DUMU⸣—{[lu₂}HAL ⸢DUMU⸣—{[lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 3' | i-na MI gi-⸢lit⸣-[ti pi-rit-ti IGI-ru u₂—lu ta-mit] | |
| 4' | i-na KA-MU up-[tar-ri-du lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka] | |
| 5' | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ⸢ki⸣-[i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 6' | {lu₂}e-mu-qu mal₂ [ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu it-ti {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG] {lu₂}GAL—SAG] | |
| 7' | i-šap-pa-ru-ma ZI-[bu ši-ih-ṭu i-na UGU x x x x x] | |
| 8' | GAR-MEŠ-u₂-ma ša₂ GAZ ⸢GAZ⸣-[ku ša₂ SAR SAR-u₂ ša₂ IR IR-lu] | |
| 9' | NIG₂.ŠU-šu₂-un u₃ NIG₂.⸢GA⸣-[šu₂-un x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | i-na ŠA₃-bi UDU.NITA₂ an-[ni-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 11' | UZU-MEŠ ta-mit ⸢SIG₅⸣-[MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 12' | šuk-nam-ma lu-mur ⸢UGU⸣ [DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 13' | lil-⸢lik⸣-[ma KIN li-tap-pal x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x lim-mu] {1}la-ba-si | |
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