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PRT 028 (P237641)

Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationPRT 028
IDP237641
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreDivination
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

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Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33[I ask you, Šamaš], great lord, whether fr[om this day, the 28th day of this month, the month ... of t]his [year], to the 27th day of [this month, ... of this year, for 30 days] and nights, the [term] stipulated [for the performance of (this) extispicy] —
Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44[(whether) within this stipulated term M]ugallu the Melide[an with his troops will ......],
Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55[(whether) Mugallu] the Melide[an, or ......],
Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77[or the ...e]ans, or the [......]

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
r
1[a-šal-ka {d}UTU] EN GAL-u₂ GIM ⸢TA⸣ [UD-mu NE-i UD 28-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI NE-i {iti}x]
2[ša₂ MU.AN.NA an]-ni-ti EN UD 27-KAM₂ ša₂ [ITI NE-i {iti}x ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti]
3[a-na 30 UD-MEŠ] 30 MI-MEŠ ši-kin [a-dan-ni-ia DU₃-eš-ti ba-ru-ti i-na ši-kin]
4[a-dan-ni šu-a-tu₂ {1}⸢mu⸣-gal-lu {kur}mi-⸢li⸣-[da-a.a x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]
5[x x x x x {kur]}mi-li-da-[a.a x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]
6[lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {kur}x x-a].a lu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]
7[x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]

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