PRT 113 (P237804)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237804 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 22 | The 'station' has a bifurcation toward the right side, whose inside is white and sp[eckled ......]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | In the middle of the right side of the 'station' there is a hole. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If the 'path' is curled: a traveller ...[......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | The 'strength' is absent. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | There is a hole in the right of the 'pouch.' |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is present. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The left of the gall bladder is split. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | The top of the left surface of the 'finger' is [split]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | In the base of the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' [towards] the side of the middle surface of the 'finger' there is a hole. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [There is a 'weapon']-mark [in the ri]ght and left of the 'finger.' |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [... is co]vered [...]. The lower par[t ......]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515–o 1616 | [... the 'f]inger' is present. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | Will [the ... ar]my [of] Šamaš-[šumu-ukin] leave Babylon and flee? |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Bel-ušallim (and) Baniya, [reporters]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Month Shebat (XI), 11th day, eponym year of Sagab (651). |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Šamaš-ṣabatanni, eunuch, ...[...]. |
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 | BE NA ana 15 PA ⸢TUKU⸣-[ši] | |
| 2 | ŠA₃-šu₂ BABBAR ma-⸢tir⸣ [o] | |
| 3 | BE ina MURUB₄ 15 NA BUR₃ ⸢ŠUB-di⸣ | |
| 4 | BE GIR₂ kup-pu-uṣ [o] | |
| 5 | a-lik KASKAL šu ŠUB i-⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 6 | BE KALAG NU GAR-in [o] | |
| 7 | BE ina DUN₃ 15 BUR₃ ŠUB-⸢di⸣ | |
| 8 | BE GIR₂ 150 ZE₂ GAR-in [o] | |
| 9 | BE 150 ZE₂ DU₈ [o] | |
| 10 | BE SAG EDIN 150 ŠU.SI [DU₈] | |
| 11 | BE ina SUHUŠ DAGAL 150 ŠU.SI [ana] | |
| 12 | ⸢A₂⸣ EDIN U MURUB₄ BUR₃ ŠUB-⸢di⸣ | |
| 13 | [BE ina] 15 u 150 ŠU.SI {giš}[TUKUL GAR] | |
| 14 | [BE x] ⸢ar₂⸣-mat KI.TA-⸢tum⸣ | |
| 15 | [x x] ⸢ŠU⸣.SI GAR-⸢in⸣ [x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x]-⸢bi⸣-e [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [A₂].KAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—[MU—GI.NA] | |
| 3' | TA TIN.TIR{ki} E₃-[MEŠ-u₂] | |
| 4' | i-hal-li-qu-[u₂] | |
| 5' | {1}{d}EN—GI u {1}ba-ni-ia₂ [EN-MEŠ—UMUŠ] [EN-MEŠ—UMUŠ] | |
| 6' | {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 11-KAM [o] | |
| 7' | lim-mu {1}UD-gab [o] | |
| 8' | {1}{d}UTU—DIB-an-ni {lu₂}SAG DU ⸢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
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