SAA 04, 292 (P238810)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 292 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238810 |
| 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' | [The 'finger' is abnormally] small. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [The 'increment' is like a ...]... |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The upper part is elevated. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | A 'foot'-mark protrudes above the wind-pipe. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | The 'cap' of the lung is trimmed. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | The right 'side' is present. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | The heart of the ram is normal. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | There are two 'stations.' The second one is like a cross. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | The 'path' is curled. There is a hole in the right of the gall bladder. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder has a bifurcation to its rear. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | The 'finger' is abnormally small. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | The right 'side' is present. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The ['inc]rement' is like a ... |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | There are [7 unfavo]rable features in the extispicy. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [If Na]bû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [and the army at] his disposal [......] |
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 U UGU ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂] TUR | |
| 2' | [BE MAŠ₂ GIM UD]-⸢hu⸣-ut-ti | |
| 3' | ⸢BE⸣ AN.TA-ti DU-ik | |
| 4' | BE GIR₃ UGU GU₂.HAR E₃ | |
| 5' | BE U.SAG MUR ka-ṣiṣ | |
| 6' | BE lit 15 GAR-at₂ | |
| 7' | BE GAG.ZAG.GA KUG ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 | |
| 8' | BE ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ ša₂-lim | |
| r | ||
| 1 | BE NA 02-ma MIN₃-u₂ GIM BAR-tum | |
| 2 | BE GIR₂ ka-pi₂-iṣ₃ ina 15 ZE₂ BUR₃ ŠUB | |
| 3 | BE GIR₂ 150 ZE₂ ana EGIR-šu₂ PA TUKU-ši | |
| 4 | BE U UGU ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ TUR | |
| 5 | BE lit 15 GAR-at | |
| 6 | ⸢BE MAŠ₂⸣ GIM UD-hu-ut-ti | |
| 7 | 07 ⸢TAG⸣-MEŠ ina ŠA₃ | |
| 8 | [x x {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—MAN—PAB {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG | |
| 9 | [u₃ e-mu-qu mal₂ it]-⸢ti⸣-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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