SAA 04, 203 (P237559)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237559 |
| Museum no. | BM 099187 |
| 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 answer [to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [From this day, the ...th day of this month], Sivan (III) of [this] ye[ar, to the ...th day of ...], 20 days [and nights, my stipulated term] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [......] Urda-[...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] which is i[n ......]? |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, gr]eat [lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... the mid]dle of the 'base of the throne' is split. The middle of the [...] sur[face of the 'finger' ...]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... The breast-bo]ne lies on its back. Of the first [extispicy]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... The breast-bo]ne lies on its back. Of the second [extispicy]. |
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-na GI.⸢NA⸣ [a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [TA UD x ša₂ ITI NE]-i {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ MU.[AN.NA NE-ti] | |
| 3 | [EN UD x ša₂] {⸢iti}x⸣ 20 UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ 20 MI-MEŠ ši-kin a-dan-ni-ia] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x {1}ARAD—{d}[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ DU-ik-[ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ ŠUB—AŠ.TE DU₈ MURUB₄ ⸢EDIN⸣ [ŠU.SI x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x GAG.ZAG].GA na-par₂-qud ša₂ IGI-⸢tim⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x GAG.ZAG].GA na-par₂-qud ša₂ EGIR-[tim x x x x] | |
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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