PRT 005 (P238972)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238972 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Fr[om] this [da]y, [the ...th day of this month, the month ...], to the [...]6th d[ay] of the month [... of this year, the stipulated term] — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | within [this] stipulated term, will [the ......s] strive and p[lan? ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | cause to rise [......] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | which is before Kašta[ritu ...... attack], kill, plun[der? ......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Will Esarhad[don, king of Assyria, be ......]? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Will he who can see, see it? [Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | Whether they will attack, [kill, plunder ......] (and whether) Esarhad[don, king of Assyria, will be ......]? |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | The middle of the 'path' is effaced. The 'well-being' is overtur[ned ......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | The middle of the right surface of the 'finger' is split. The middl[e of ......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | Above the place of ...[......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Šum[â and Bel-ušallim. Date] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [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 [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | May (this query) go to your [great] divinity, [O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
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 | {⸢d⸣}UTU EN GAL-u₂ [ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | ⸢TA⸣ [UD]-⸢mu⸣ an-ni-[i UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI an-ni-i {iti}x] | |
| 3 | EN ⸢UD⸣ [x]+6-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}⸢x⸣+[x ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti ši-kin a-dan-ni] | |
| 4 | i-na ši-⸢kin a⸣-dan-ni [šu-a-tu lu-u₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | i-ṣar-ri-⸢mu⸣ i-[kap-pi-du x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | u₂-šat-ba-a ⸢ib⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ a-na IGI {1}kaš-ta-⸢ri⸣-[ti x x x x x i-ma-aq-qu-tu-u₂] | |
| 8 | i-duk-ku-u₂ i-hab-[ba-tu-u₂ x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ŠA₃-bi ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—[SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ⸢IGI⸣-ru IGI-⸢ru⸣ [ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-e x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢i-ma-aq-qu⸣-[tu i-duk-ku i-hab-ba-tu x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ŠA₃-bi ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—[SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | BE MURUB₄ GIR₂ pa-aš₂-ṭa SILIM ⸢BAL⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | BE MURUB₄ EDIN 15 U DU₈ ⸢MURUB₄⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | BE UGU-nu KI KUG AN ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {1}šu-ma-[a {1}{d}EN—u₂-šal-lim x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | i-na ŠA₃-bi 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 ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 9' | ⸢UGU⸣ DINGIR-ti-ka [GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
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