PRT 123 (P238941)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238941 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [If the 'paths' are two], and the rig[ht 'path' lies] on the left 'path': [The prince's wea]pons will prevail over his enemy's weapons. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | [If the 'well-being'] appears [like] a crescent at the side of the gall bladder: you will penetrate [your enemy's country in] campaigns. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] Bel-[...] |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | [...]-reṣuwa, reporter. |
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 GIR₂ 02-ma GIR₂] 15 UGU GIR₂ 150 [GAR] | |
| 2' | [NUN {giš]}⸢TUKUL⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ UGU {giš}TUKUL KUR₂-šu₂ ŠEŠ-MEŠ | |
| 3' | [BE SILIM GIM] UD.SAR ana A₂ ZE₂ it-tab-ši | |
| 4' | [KUR KUR₂-ka ina] KASKAL-MEŠ TU-u₂ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] du [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] {1}{d}EN—⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 3' | {1}{d}x]—⸢A₂⸣.DAH-u-a EN—ṭe₃-me EN—ṭe₃-me | |
| 4' | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣-nu | |
| 5' | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MAN ⸢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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