SAA 04, 207 (P239279)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 207 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239279 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Query |
| 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 [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that ......] the army of of Esarh[addon, king of Assyria]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that they (may)] turn him [... and that they may experience] illness and hardsh[ips on the road]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | [Disregard that ... an] evil [god] (or) [an evil] godd[ess ......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial] sheep, [or blocked] the way [of the sacrifice]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman] has come near [the place of the exti]spicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in th]is [place]. |
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 x x⸣ ṣu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ x x] ⸢e⸣-mu-qu ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—[SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ x x u₂]-⸢ta⸣-ru-šu₂ GIG ma-na-[ah-ti ša₂ KASKAL.2 IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x DINGIR] HUL {d}⸢INNIN⸣ [HUL x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢UDU.NITA₂⸣ [SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [u₂—lu a]-na IGI [SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-ti KI] ⸢MAŠ₂ DIB⸣-[MEŠ-qu-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ ina KI NE]-i [lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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