SAA 04, 001 (P237549)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237549 |
| Museum no. | BM 099108 |
| 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 ans[wer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [From this day, the ...th day of this month, the month Siv]an (III), to the 23rd day of the coming month, the month Tammuz (IV) of [this ye]ar, [for thes]e [... days and nights], the term stipulated for the performance of (this) extispicy — within [this stipu]lated term, |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [will either NN, the king of] Phrygia, or the Cimmerian troops who [are allied] w[ith him, or Mugallu and the troops allied wi]th him, or any other enemy [strive and plan to take] or [..., a fortress of the ci]ty Melid? |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] of that city, [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] the city Me[lid ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [(whether)] he will come and [...] to [......] |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [Be present in this ram, pl]ace (in it) [a firm positive answer], favorable designs, [favorable, propitious] omen[s by the oracular command of your great divinity], and may I [see (them)]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [May (this query) g]o [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord], and may an oracle be given as an an[swer]. |
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]-nam GI.NA a-pal-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 2 | [TA UD NE-i UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI NE-i {iti]}⸢SIG₄⸣ EN UD 23-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI TU-ba {iti}ŠU ša₂ ⸢MU⸣ [NE-ti] | |
| 3 | [a-na x UD-MEŠ x MI-MEŠ an-na]-⸢ti⸣ ši-kin RI DU₃-eš-ti {lu₂}HAL-ti i-na ši-kin ⸢RI⸣ [UR₅-tu₂] | |
| 4 | [lu-u₂ {1}x x x x LUGAL] {⸢kur⸣}muš-ku lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a ša₂ it-[ti-šu₂] | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂ {1}mu-gal-lu a-di ERIM-MEŠ ša₂] ⸢it⸣-ti-šu₂ lu-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ mal₂ GAL₂-MEŠ-[u₂] | |
| 6 | {[uru}x x x x bir-ti ša₂] {⸢uru⸣}mi-li-di lu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] x x [x] ⸢ša₂⸣ URU UR₅-tu₂ {uru}[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] {uru}mi-[li-di] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] DU-ma a-na [x x x] | |
| 3' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA] GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ta-mit] | |
| 4' | [SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk]-nam-ma lu-[mur] | |
| 5' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil]-⸢lik⸣-ma KIN li-tap-[pal] | |
Sources & licences
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