PRT 042 (P239144)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239144 |
| 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 yo]u! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [The lady NN, who is placed before] your gre[at divinity, who is now il]l, [and on whom] the 'hand' of [Nanaya is being placed in extispicy], (whom) your great divinity [knows] — |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [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 [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [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 | {[mi₂}x x x x ša₂ i-na IGI] ⸢DINGIR⸣-ti-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti šak-na-tu] | |
| 3 | [ša₂ i-na-an-na mar-ṣa]-⸢tu⸣-ma ŠU.2 {d}[na-na-a] | |
| 4 | [i-na MAŠ₂ iš-šak-na-aš₂-ši] ⸢DINGIR-ut-ka GAL⸣-[ti ZU-u] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-ti šuk-nam-[ma lu-mur] | |
| 2' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka] ⸢GAL⸣-ti {d}UTU ⸢EN⸣ [GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma] | |
| 3' | [UR₅.UŠ₂ li]-⸢tap-pal⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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