PRT 128 (P238054)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 128 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238054 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | If the base of the 'station' is protruding pointedly: the enemy will take the vanguard of my army. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | If a filament lies crosswise in the top of the 'station': the god will not listen to the prince's prayer. In warfare: the prince's army will not achieve its enterprise. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The 'well-being' is destroyed. There is a hole in the right side of the 'pouch.' |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55–o 88 | It takes the place of a cyst. If the front of the top of the gall bladder is split, it is a split referring to the diviner's negligence. A pole will break. The merchant will lose his money bag on the (business) trip he is taking, and will return empty-handed. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | If there is a fissure in the left side of the gall bladder which faces the base of the 'finger': niphu, false prediction. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | The [t]op of the right surface of the lung is split. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | The upper part is elevated. The middle 'finger' of the lung |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [...] is present, and the left side of the 'finger' faces the top of the lung. Favorable. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] my army's gods [will aban]don it. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] over the lung there is a 'foot'-mark. The coils of the colon are 16 in number. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | There are [... unfavo]rable features in the extispicy. |
| Reverse [2:8] r 3'3'–r 8'8' | From the 8th day of this month, Ab (V), to the 8th day of Elul (VI), will the Elamite army gather, get organized, march, (and) fight with the men and army of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria? Unfavorable. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | (r 9') (Break) |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | Tablet of Dannay[a, eunuch; Ašš]ur-da''[in-šarru], reporter. Month Adar (XII), [...day, epo]nym year of S[agab] (651). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | BE SUHUŠ NA ša₂-miṭ EGIR ERIM-MU KUR₂ ⸢TI⸣ | |
| 2 | BE ina SAG NA GU GIL ik-rib NUN DINGIR ul ⸢iš⸣-me | |
| 3 | ina {giš}TUKUL ERIM NUN ŠA₃.SE₃.SE₃.KI-ša₂ NU KUR-ad₂ | |
| 4 | BE SILIM RA-iṣ BE ina DUN₃ 15 BUR₃ ŠUB-di | |
| 5 | BE KI di-hu TI IGI-it SAG ZE₂ DU₈ | |
| 6 | DU₈ e-gu-ti DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL {giš}me-še-du TAR-ir | |
| 7 | DUMU DAM.QAR ina KASKAL DU-ku ki-is-su | |
| 8 | u₂-hal-laq SUD-sa GUR-ra | |
| 9 | BE ina 150 ZE₂ DU₈ SUHUŠ U IGI | |
| 10 | IZI.GAR KA NU GI.NA | |
| 11 | BE ⸢SAG⸣ EDIN 15 U DU₈ | |
| 12 | ⸢BE AN⸣.TA-ti DU-ik U—MUR MURUB₄ | |
| 13 | [x x] ⸢LAM⸣ GUD | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ GAR-ma 150 U SAG MUR IGI SIG₅ | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ERIM-ni DINGIR-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢TAG₄⸣-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] ⸢UGU⸣ MUR GIR₃ ⸢x ŠA₃.NIGIN 16 | |
| 2' | [x] ⸢TAG⸣-MEŠ ina ŠA₃ | |
| 3' | TA UD 08-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI an-ni-i {iti}NE.GAR | |
| 4' | a-di UD 08-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}KIN {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {kur}NIM.MA{ki}MEŠ | |
| 5' | up-tah-ha-ru-u₂ uk-taṣ-ṣa-ru-u₂ | |
| 6' | DU-MEŠ-i {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄ u ME₃ | |
| 7' | KI {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ A₂.KAL ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—A | |
| 8' | MAN KUR—aš-šur ip-pu-šu₂-u₂ ul DUG₃.GA | |
| 9' | [x x x]+⸢x a a⸣ [x x x] | |
| 10' | {d}MAŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x] ⸢x x⸣+[x x] eš | |
| 11' | IM {1}dan-a.a {lu₂}[x x (x) {1}aš]-⸢šur⸣—KALAG-⸢in⸣—[x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 12' | {lu₂}EN—UMUŠ {lu₂}EN—UMUŠ {iti}⸢ŠE⸣ [UD x-KAM lim]-me {1}⸢sa⸣-[gab] | |
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