SAA 04, 312 (P238336)
Extispicy Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | SAA 04, 312 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238336 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Report |
| 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' | The top of the left surface of [the 'finger'] drags towards the area of the 'finger.' [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The 'outside' [rides upon the 'cap.'] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The breast-bone [...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | [There are] 5 unfavorable omens. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | The patient whose name is written [in] this [... and placed] before your great divinity, |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | (and) the nature of whose illness, slight or grave, [your great divinity knows] — |
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 SAG EDIN 150 [ŠU.SI] | |
| 2' | ana KUR U im-šur [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [BE] SA-ti ⸢UGU⸣ [U.SAG U₅] | |
| 4' | ⸢BE⸣ GAG.ZAG.GA [x x x x] | |
| 5' | 05 TAG-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ina ŠA₃-bi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢mar⸣-ṣu ša₂ MU-⸢šu₂⸣ [ina x x] | |
| 2 | an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma [o] | |
| 3 | ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ [GAR] | |
| 4 | ša₂ ši-kin GIG-šu₂ i-[ṣu (u₃)] | |
| 5 | ⸢ma⸣-aʾ-⸢du-ma DINGIR⸣-[ut-ka] | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.