PRT 097 (P237646)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 097 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237646 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| 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] 1'1'– | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, [be it faulty]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your 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 [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in] my ordinary s[oiled garments ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD NE-i] GIM DUG₃-ab ⸢GIM⸣ [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka] ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-[u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂] gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-at [lab-šu₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂] gi-ne₂-e-a ⸢ar₂⸣-[ša₂-at lab-ša₂-ku] | |
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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