SAA 08, 440 (P237539)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 440 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237539 |
| Museum no. | BM 098999 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | If the moon becomes visible in Iyyar (II) on the 30th day: the Subarean will kill the [Wes]tland in battle. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44– | If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: constantly the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will dwell as if in pastures near the city; the [ki]ng will reach the highest rank. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | From Ṭabiya. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina {iti}GUD UD 30-KAM₂ IGI-ir | |
| 2 | ⸢MAR⸣.TU{ki} su₂-ba-ru-u₂ | |
| 3 | i-na {giš}TUKUL i-da-ku | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 5 | ka-a.a-ma-nu-ma BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 6 | KUR a-bur-riš uš-šab | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ a-ša₂-ri-du-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 2 | ša₂ {1}ṭa-bi-ia | |
Sources & licences
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