SAA 04, 219 (P240162)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 219 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240162 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] Have they stood [...]? |
| Obverse [2:5] o 3'3'–o 5'5' | [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable] case, [by the command of your great divinity], Šamaš, great lord? [Will he who can see, see] it? Will he who can he[ar, hear it]? |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it [good], be it [faulty]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that a clean or un]clean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or [blocked] the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an unclean] man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and [made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that] an unclean person [has performed] extispicy in this place. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that he who touches the fore]head of the sheep [is dressed in his ordi]nary soi[led] garments. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my or]dinary so[iled garments ...] |
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 x]+⸢x⸣-u₂ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x]-un iz-zi-zu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti]-ka GAL-te {d}UTU ⸢EN⸣ [GAL-u₂] | |
| 4' | [qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru] IGI-ra ŠE.⸢GA⸣-[u₂ ŠE.GA-e] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu] ⸢NE⸣-i ⸢GIM⸣ [DUG₃.GA] ⸢GIM⸣ [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu]-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR [TAG]-tu₂ lu-u₂ a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR [GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu]-u₂ lu-ʾu-tu₂ KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma [u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ ina] KI NE-i lu-ʾu-u₂ ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it] ⸢SAG⸣.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ [gi]-ne₂-šu₂ ar₂-[ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 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 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] GIM-ma [x x x x x] | |
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