SAA 08, 472 (P237541)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 472 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237541 |
| Museum no. | BM 099007 |
| 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 Tebet (X)] on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will devour Subartu; a foreigner will rule the Westland. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: frost; there will be a rumor of an enemy. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | Tebet (X) means Elam. May the king of all lands be everlasting! |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88– | [The l]ord of kings gave me orders in the city Kar-Mullissu as follows: "...[......] from [......]" — |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | the king did not [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | to the king [......] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | (r 5) (Break) |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | [......] the bed [......] ... |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010– | [The king of all lands should] know. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 11r.e. 11–r.e. 11r.e. 11 | [From Bel]-upahhir. |
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 30 [ina {iti}AB] UD 30-KAM₂ IGI-ir | |
| 2 | SU.BIR₄{ki} {[lu₂}ah]-⸢la⸣-mu-u₂ KU₂ | |
| 3 | EME a-hi-⸢tum⸣ KUR—MAR{ki} i-be-el | |
| 4 | 1 30 UD 30-KAM₂ IGI-ir šu-ru-up-pu-[u₂] | |
| 5 | GU₃ {lu₂}KUR₂ GAL₂-ši | |
| 6 | {iti}AB {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR.KUR lu da-ri | |
| 8 | ⸢EN⸣ LUGAL-MEŠ ina {uru}kar—{d}NIN.LIL₂ | |
| 9 | ṭe₃-e-mu il-tak-na-an-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | um-ma a-ša₂-[x x x x] | |
| 2 | la ŠA₃-bi [x x x x] | |
| 3 | LUGAL ul [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4 | ana LUGAL ⸢x⸣ [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ra | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x] {giš}NA₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ x-ki-ir | |
| 9 | [x x x x]-pu-ra | |
| 10 | [LUGAL KUR.KUR lu] i-di | |
| r.e. | ||
| 11 | [ša₂ {1}{d}EN]—u₂-pa-hir | |
Sources & licences
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