SAA 04, 308 (P238757)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 308 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238757 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...] is overturned [...]. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [The 'well-being'] is inundated. The 'path' on the right of the gall bladder is raised, lies in the cystic duct, and is inundated. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | The top of the 'finger' is atrophied. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | In the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' there is a cross-shaped marking. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The left side of the 'increment' is split. [The up]per part is elevated. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | The 'outside' rides upon the 'cap,' and its 'doorjamb' is split. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | If there is a cross-shaped marking in the right side of the lung, there will be confusion in the land. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | The 'cavity' of the lung is split on the left. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [The br]east-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 10 in number. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | There are [x] unfavorable omens. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | Of Marduk-šumu-uṣur, concerning the priest of Sin. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | As Dannaya checked his exta with him, they added two unfavorable omens. |
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' | [x x x] BAL [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [BE SILIM] RA-iṣ GIR₂ 15 ZE₂ | |
| 3' | ul-lu-ma ina SUR ZE₂ GAR | |
| 4' | u₃ RA-iṣ | |
| 5' | BE SAG U KAR-im | |
| 6' | BE ina DAGAL 150 U BAR-tum | |
| 7' | BE 150 MAŠ₂ DU₈ ⸢AN⸣-ti DU-ik | |
| 8' | BE SA-ti UGU U.SAG U₅-ma | |
| 9' | sip-pa-ša₂ DU₈ | |
| 10' | BE ina 15 MUR BAR-tum SUH₃ ina KUR GAL₂-ši | |
| 11' | BE SAL.LA MUR 150 DU₈ | |
| 12' | BE U—MUR MURUB₄ SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR | |
| 13' | [BE GAG].ZAG.GA KUG ŠA₃.NIGIN 10 | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x 150 [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ⸢TAG-MEŠ⸣ ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ | |
| 3' | ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—PAB | |
| 4' | ana UGU {lu₂}SANGA ša₂ {d}30 | |
| 5' | ki-i {1}dan-a.a is-se-e-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 6' | UR₅.UŠ₂-šu ib-ru-u₂-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7' | 02 TAG-MEŠ ur-ta-ad-di-ʾu-u | |
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