SAA 04, 298 (P239133)
Extispicy Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 298 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239133 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Report |
| 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 base of the middle part is [...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | The left side of the lung is normal [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | The breast-bone is thick [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The coils of the colon are 14 in number [...]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | The heart of the ram is normal [...]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | It is said: "When [the ...] of Assurbani[pal], king of As[syria] |
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 MURUB₄-⸢tum⸣ SUHUŠ-⸢sa₃⸣ [x x] | |
| 2' | BE 150 MUR ša₂-lim [o] | |
| 3' | BE GAG.ZAG.GA e-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 4' | ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 5' | BE ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ ša₂-⸢lim⸣ [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-a ki-i ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2 | ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—[A] | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR—AN.[ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
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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