SAA 04 299 (P238809)
Extispicy Report, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04 299 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238809 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Report |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
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 | The middle of the 'sta[tion' is effaced]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | The 'path' is c[urled]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The 'strength' is absent. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | The left of the gall [bladder is attached]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The gall bladder [...]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | Should Assurbanipal, ki[ng of Assyria, appoint] Nabû-šarru-uṣur, [...] of Assurbanipal, [king of Assyria], to the office of Chief Eunuch? |
| Reverse [4:6] r 5'5'–r 6'6' | If he [appoints him] to (this) posit[ion], will he in his speech and thoughts side with [Assurbanipal, his lord]? |
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 MURUB₄ ⸢NA⸣ [pa-aš₂-ṭa x x x x] | |
| 2 | BE GIR₂ ⸢ka⸣-[pi₂-iṣ x x x x x] | |
| 3 | BE KALAG NU [GAR x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | BE 150 ⸢ZE₂⸣ [ṣa-mid x x x x x] | |
| 5 | BE ZE₂ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢BE U⸣ UGU ŠID-[MEŠ-šu₂ TUR] | |
| 7 | BE MAŠ₂ ni-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 8 | BE AN.TA-ti DU | |
| 9 | BE U.SAG UGU SA-ti | |
| 10 | BE U—MUR MURUB₄ SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR | |
| 11 | BE GAG.ZAG.GA KUG | |
| r | ||
| 1 | BE ŠA₃.NIGIN 150 ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | u GUR-MEŠ 24 ŠID-šu₂-nu | |
| 3 | TAG-at₂ | |
| 4 | {1}dan-a {1}zi-zi-i EN-ME—UMUŠ EN-ME—UMUŠ | |
| 5 | {iti}AB UD 24-⸢KAM₂⸣ [o] | |
| 6 | ⸢lim-mu⸣ {1}x x x x] | |
| 7 | {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ {[lu₂}x x x] | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ [MAN KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] | |
| 9 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ ⸢MAN⸣ [KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] | |
| 10 | ana UGU GAL—SAG-u₂-[ti GAL—SAG-u₂-[ti lip-qid-su] | |
| 11 | GIM ana UGU KI.⸢GUB⸣-[šu₂ ip-taq-du] | |
| 12 | KA-šu₂ u ŠA₃-šu₂ [KI {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ (EN-šu₂)] | |
| 13 | GAR-a-an [x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša₂ ina bar-te paq-da-⸢a-ni⸣ [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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