AfO 24, 101 (P240195)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 24, 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240195 |
| 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 Reiner, Erica · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | The month Barsagsag means Nisannu (I month), [because ...]. The month Šabāṭi means Nisannu (I month), [because ...]. Because [...]. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 1b.e. 1– | The month Šebūti means Araḫsamnu (VIII month), [...]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | The month Šerʾi-erēši (wr. AB.SÍN-URU₄-ši) means Kislīmu (IX month), because AB.[SÍN means "furrow" (šerʾu) (?), as in] "the farmer (errēšu) of pure plow, who [...]," which is said in Lugale ud melembi nergal. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | The month Tamḫīri means Ṭebētu (X month), because in Ṭebētu [...] rises and the people of the land [bring] offerings (maḫḫuru) to him. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | The month Sililīti means Šabāṭu (XI month), (it is called) Sililīti [(...)] because in Šabāṭu the betrothal of the gods [takes place]. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | The month Ḫuldube means Addaru (XII month), HUL [means "evil" and DÚB means "to crush" (?)], because in Addaru Marduk crushed his enemies [...] and took kingship. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 1111–r 1313 | From a writing board [whose original] was from Aššur. [Written by Nabû-nāṣir], son of Ea-pattāni, [...]. |
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 | {iti}BAR.SAG.SAG {iti}BAR₂.ZAG.GAR [x x x x x x x (x)] | |
| 2 | {iti}ša-ba-ṭi {iti}⸢BAR₂.ZAG.GAR⸣ [x x x x x x x (x)] | |
| 3 | ⸢MU⸣ x x x x [x x x x x x x x x x x (x)] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | {iti}še-bu-ti {iti}APIN.DU₈.A [x x x (x x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {iti}AB.SIN₂-URU₄{ši} {iti}GAN.GAN.[E₃] aš₂-šu₂ ⸢AB⸣.[SIN₂ še-er-ʾu] | |
| 2 | er-re-šu {giš}APIN KU₃{ti₃} ša₂ tu-lu-[x x x (x x)] | |
| 3 | ša ina lib₃-bi lugal-e ud me-lem₄-bi nir-⸢ŋal₂⸣ [qa-bu-u₂] | |
| 4 | {iti}tam-hi-ri {iti}AB.BA.E₃ aš₂-šu₂ ina {iti}AB.BA.E₃ [x x x (x x)] | |
| 5 | i-lam-ma UN-MEŠ KUR mah-hu-ru ana IGI-šu₂ x x [x x (x)] | |
| 6 | {iti}si-li-li-ti {iti}ZIZ₂.A.AN si-li-⸢li⸣-[ti x (x)] | |
| 7 | aš₂-šu₂ ina {iti}ZIZ₂.A.AN ha-ša₂-da-nu ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ [GAR{nu}{(u-ni)]} | |
| 8 | {iti}HUL.DUB₂.E {iti}ŠE.KIN.TAR HUL [lem-nu DUB₂ na-pa-ṣu] | |
| 9 | aš₂-šu₂ ina {iti}ŠE.KIN.TAR {d}AMAR.UTU lem-nu-[ti-šu₂ x x x] | |
| 10 | u₂-nap-pi-ṣu LUGAL{ta} [il-qu-u₂] | |
| 11 | TA lib₃-bi {giš}le-⸢u₅⸣-[um GABA.RI] | |
| 12 | KUR a-šur₄{ki} AN-[x {m}{d}AG-URI₃{ir]} | |
| 13 | AMAR {m}{d}e₂-a-pat-ta-[ni 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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