PRT 030 (P238969)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238969 |
| 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' | [Should NN with the army of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], set up [cam]p [against the ci]ty Quh[na, a fortress of Mugallu of Melid? Is it pleasi]ng [to your great divinity]? |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | If they, having planned, go, [...] set up camp and do whatever pertains to the capture of a city [...], will they conquer the city Quhna, capture it, and enter it? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Will Es]arhaddon, king of Assyria, be pleased, be happy, and |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Will he who can see, see it]? Will he who can hear, hear it? Does your great divinity know it? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Disregard what] they speak [with their mouth]s. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an un[clean] person has touched the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity] for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] is dressed in his ordinary soiled [garments], (or that) he has [ea]ten, drunk, or touched anything uncl[ean]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed] in my ordinary soiled garments ... |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'– | (Break) |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether NN, together with the army of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], (should) set up camp [aga]inst the city Quh[na], a fortress [of Mugallu of Me]lid, |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | (whether) they will conquer [that city Q]uhna, capture it, [and enter it], |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | (and whether) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, [will be pleased, be] happy, and rejoice. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | Be present [in] this [ra]m, [place (in it) a fi]rm [positive answer], favorable designs, favorable, [propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity], and may I see (them). |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] on the right of the 'finge[r' ... The t]op of the left surface of the 'finger' is split. Perniqqus are present. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] of the le[ft ......] is 'bound' at its [ba]se. The heart of the r[am is nor]mal. First extispicy. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... the gall bladder is] flattened. [...] is twisted. The 'cap' [......]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] its front [......]. |
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 x x x x x x ana UGU] {⸢uru}qu⸣-uh-[na bir-ti] | |
| 2' | [ša₂ {1}mu-gal-lu {kur}mi-li-da-a.a ma-dak]-⸢ti⸣ li-iš-kun-⸢u₂⸣ [o] | |
| 3' | [ana UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti DUG₃]-⸢ab⸣ GIM ik-tap-du-ma il-⸢la-ku⸣ | |
| 4' | [ana UGU {uru}qu-uh]-⸢na⸣ ma-dak-ti il-tak-kan-u₂-⸢ma⸣ mim-ma ša₂ DIB URU ip-pu-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [URU UR₅-tu₂] {⸢uru⸣}qu-uh-na i-kaš-ša₂-du-u₂ i-ṣab-⸢ba⸣-[tu]-u₂ ana ŠA₃-šu₂ ir-⸢ru⸣-bu-u₂ | |
| 6' | [ŠA₃-bi ša₂ {1}AN].⸢ŠAR₂⸣—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ DUG₃-ab ZALAG₂-ir i-⸢had⸣-di-i | |
| 7' | [IGI-ru IGI-ra] ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ ZU-e | |
| 8' | [e-zib ša₂ ina pa-a]-⸢ti⸣ i-dab-bu-bu | |
| 9' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD]-⸢mu⸣ NE-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM LAL-u₂ KUG lu-[ʾu-u₂] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ | |
| 10' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka] ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-[u₂] LAL-u₂ | |
| 11' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-[ʾu-u₂ i-ku]-lu NAG u TAG-[MEŠ] | |
| 12' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU {lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka] ⸢TUG₂⸣ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-[ti lab-ša₂-ku x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | [x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x]+⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x ana] ⸢UGU⸣ {uru}qu-uh-[na] bir-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | [ša₂ {1}mu-gal-lu {kur]}⸢mi⸣-li-da-a.a ma-dak-[ta] i-šak-kan-u₂-ma | |
| 4 | [URU UR₅-tu₂ {uru]}⸢qu⸣-uh-na i-kaš-ša₂-du-u₂ i-ṣab-ba-tu | |
| 5 | [ana ŠA₃-šu₂ TU-MEŠ]-ma ŠA₃-bi ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 6 | [DUG₃-ab] ⸢i⸣-nam-mi-ru i-had-du-u₂ | |
| 7 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ an-ni-i GUB-za-am-⸢ma⸣ [an]-⸢na GI.NA⸣ GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [UZU-MEŠ] ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ [SILIM-MEŠ ša KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma] lu-mur | |
| 9 | [x x x] a-na 15 ŠU.⸢SI⸣ [x x x] ⸢SAG⸣ EDIN 150 U DU₈ per-niq₂-qu GAR-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [x x x] ša₂ 150 [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] KUR ⸢SUHUŠ⸣-sa₃ ra-kis ŠA₃ UDU.⸢NITA₂ SILIM⸣ mah-rit | |
| 11 | [x x x BE ZE₂] ⸢šub⸣-bat [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ zir-at ⸢U.SAG⸣ [x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] IGI-ša₂ [x x x x] | |
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