SAA 04, 230 (P239753)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 230 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239753 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | Disregard that the ram (offered) [to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | Disregard that he who touches [the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, (or) anointed himself with] anything unclean, (or) [has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Disregard that I, [the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Month Shebat (XI), 10th day [......]. |
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' | e-zib ša₂ UDU.⸢NITA₂⸣ [DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2' | e-zib ša₂ TAG-[it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 3' | mim-ma lu-ʾu-[u₂ KU₂ NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 4' | e-zib ša₂ a-[na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {iti}ZIZ₂ UD 10-[KAM₂ x x x x x x x] | |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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