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SAA 04, 038 (P239367)

Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSAA 04, 038
IDP239367
Museum no.BM —
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreExtispicy Query
Find spotNineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Coordinates36.3582, 43.1621

English translation

By ORACC project saao/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)

LineEnglish
Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3'[whether they will make a hostile incursion to the ...] of Bit-Ha[mban ......], g[o to the city] Yašuh, and ki[ll what there is to kill ......].
Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4'[Be present] in [this] ram, [place (in it) a firm positive 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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
r
1'[x x x x] du ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x]
2'[x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ E₂—{uru}ha-[am-ban x x x x x x x x]
3'{[uru]}ia-šu-uh il-[la-ku-nim-ma ša₂ GAZ GAZ-MEŠ x x x x]
4'[o] ⸢i⸣-na ŠA₃-bi UDU.⸢NITA₂⸣ [an-ni-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA]

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