PRT 064 (P238836)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238836 |
| 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] 11–11 | [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking [you]! |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, [propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity], and [may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [May (this query) go to] your great [divinity], O Šamaš, [great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Month Elul (VI), 16th day, eponym year of [NN]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {[d}UTU EN GAL]-⸢u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu⸣-[ka] ⸢an⸣-[na] ⸢GI⸣.[NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [UZU-MEŠ ta]-mit SIG₅-MEŠ [SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 3' | [šuk-nam]-ma [lu-mur] | |
| 4' | [UGU DINGIR-ti]-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU [EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 5' | {iti}KIN UD 16-KAM lim-me {1}[x x x x] | |
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)
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