SAA 04, 160 (P237551)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 160 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237551 |
| Museum no. | BM 099143 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [whether he will inst]igate [an insurrection and rebellion against ..., or] cause others to insti[gate it, plot it or cause others to] plot it, |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | [(or whether) someone else will cause him to plot it], and he will listen [and make common cause with someone else] |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | about insurrection [and rebellion against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and] Assurbanipal, [the crown prince of the Succession Palace]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 7'7'–r 9'9' | [Be present] in this ram, place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x] šu-u₂ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] ⸢u₂⸣-še-ep-pi-[šu₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ i-šem-me-[e x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na UGU si-ha [HI.GAR i-na UGU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} ⸢u₃⸣ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.⸢UŠ⸣ [DUMU—LUGAL [DUMU—LUGAL ša₂ E₂—re-du-ti E₂—re-du-ti ip-pu-uš] | |
| 7' | [i-šak-ka]-an i-na ŠA₃ UDU.⸢NITA₂⸣ [NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA] | |
| 8' | [GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] UZU-MEŠ ta-⸢mit⸣ [SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim] | |
| 9' | [ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] ⸢šuk⸣-nam-⸢ma⸣ [lu-mur] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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