SAA 04, 126 (P237550)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237550 |
| Museum no. | BM 099142 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [... Does your great divinity know it? Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great] divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Will he who can se]e, see it? [Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Disregard [that ......]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Disregard that an angry, fu[rious man spoke angrily the words of his report]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Disregard that the en[emy will ...] the land [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Disreg]ard the (formulation) of the pray[er for today's case, be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | [Disreg]ard that a clean [or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity] for [the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that he who] touches the forehead [of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex [your] servant, [am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have] eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with, [touched, or stepped upon anything unclean, or have jumbl]ed and im[paired the oracle query in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | [I ask you, Šamaš], great lord, whet[her from this day, the ...th day of this month, the mo]nth Tishri (VII), to the 1[0th of the month ..., ... days and nights, my stipu]lated term [...] |
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' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [i-na KA] DINGIR-[ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-i] | |
| 3' | [IGI]-ru IGI-[ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-e] | |
| 4' | e-zib [ša₂ x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | e-zib ša₂ šab-su ⸢ra⸣-[aʾ-bu a-mat ṭe₃-mi-šu₂ ir-ʾu-bu] | |
| 6' | e-zib ša₂ {lu₂}⸢KUR₂⸣ KUR [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ ik-⸢rib⸣ [di-nim UD NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 8' | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ KUG [lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU.NITA₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ lu-u₂ a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 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 pu-ut [UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na]-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-[ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 4 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ a]-⸢ku⸣-lu NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-[šu₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂ ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar]-ri-du uh-ta-[ṭu-u₂ x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ-ha lu-[u₂ BAR-MEŠ-ra x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU] EN GAL-u₂ ⸢GIM⸣ [TA UD NE-i UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI] | |
| 8 | [NE-i] {⸢iti⸣}DU₈ EN UD 10+[x-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI x x x x UD-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | [x MI-MEŠ] ši-kin ⸢RI⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x]-⸢ia x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] an [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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