PRT 126 (P238288)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238288 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | If there is a 'weapon'-mark [over the 'increment' which rises] fr[om right to left]: my army will [take] the spoils of the enemy's army. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The front of the atrophied part is effaced and [......]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | If the 'ear' is present: My army [......]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | Will [the weapons of ......]... prevail over the weapons of the men [and army] of Šamaš-šumu-u[kin]? |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | (When) the extispicy was performed, [its] favorable omens [were numerous, its] unfavorable ones [few]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Mon[th Iy]yar (II), [...th day, ...]. |
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 [ina UGU MAŠ₂] {giš}TUKUL GAR-ma ⸢TA⸣ 15 ana 150 te-bi] | |
| 2' | ERIM-ni hi-im-ṣa-ti ERIM KUR₂ [KU₂ x x x x x] | |
| 3' | BE IGI KAR-ti pa-šiṭ-ma [x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | BE ha-si-si GAR ERIM-ni [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢DAG⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] ti ⸢ka⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢UGU⸣ {giš}TUKUL ERIM-[MEŠ A₂.KAL] | |
| 3' | ša₂ {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—⸢GI⸣.[NA] | |
| 4' | lam du KALAG-MEŠ [o] | |
| 5' | UR₅.UŠ₂ DU₃-ma SIG₅-MEŠ-[ša₂ ma-aʾ-da] | |
| 6' | HUL-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ša₂ i-ṣa] | |
| 7' | {⸢iti}GUD⸣ [UD x-KAM₂ x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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