PRT 081 (P240161)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240161 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Disregard that a clean or un]clean person [has touched the] sacrificial [sheep or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'– | [Disregard that an unclean man or wo]man [has come near the] place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 3b.e. 3– | [Marduk-šumu-uṣur and] Naṣiru [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy] in this place. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to [your] divinity [for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [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]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Disregard that] I, [the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Let] them be taken out [and put aside]! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu]-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.[SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu]-ʾu-u₂-ti ⸢KI MAŠ₂⸣ [DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 3 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—ŠEŠ u] {1}na-ṣi-ru [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i]-⸢na⸣ KI an-ni-i [lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-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 SAG.⸢KI⸣ [UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [KU₂ NAG-u₂] ŠEŠ₂-[šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 5 | [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] | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂] ⸢ZI-MEŠ⸣ [lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 7 | [ki-i ERIM]-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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