SAA 04, 221 (P239304)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239304 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that] I have per[formed extispicy in this uncl]ean [place]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extisp]icy is defici[ent or faulty]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep has touched the (libation) be]er, the maṣhatu-flour, the water, [the container and the fire]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant], have e[aten, drunk, or anointed myself with anything] unclean, [have seen fear and terror at night, have altered or c]ha[nged the proceedings, or (that) the oracle query has become jumbled in my mouth]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-e lu-ʾu]-u₂ MAŠ₂ ab-[ru-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂]-u₂ LAL-[u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ mi-ih]-⸢ha⸣ {zid₂}MAD.GA₂ A-⸢MEŠ⸣ [haṣ-bu IZI TAG-tu₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka mim-ma] lu-ʾu-u a-[ku-lu NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 5 | [i-na MI LUH-tu₂ pi-rit-ti a-mu-ru ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂] ⸢uš⸣-[pe-lu u₂—lu ta-mit] | |
Sources & licences
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