PRT 010 (P240267)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240267 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Šamaš, great lord, gi]ve me [a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [Dur-Illil, a fortress of Esarhaddo]n, king of Assyria, [located on the border of Mannea, which the Ma]nneans captured, [took possession of], and stationed th[eir troops] within it — |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [should NN together with men, horses], and an army, as he wishes, [g]o [to capture that city Dur-Illil], and [will they], |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | be it by means of war, [or by means of friendliness or peaceful negotiations], or by means of a breach or a tunnel, [or by means of hunger, or] through lack of soldiers in the city [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] First extispicy. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... The 'finger' is th]ick. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... Ch]eck-up. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and] may an oracle be given as an 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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka an-na GI.NA a]-pal-an-ni | |
| 2 | {[uru}BAD₃—{d}EN.LIL₂ bir-tu ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 3 | [ša₂ i-na UGU ta-hu-mu ša₂ {kur}man-na-a.a na-du-ma {lu₂]}⸢man⸣-na-a.a iṣ-ba-tu-ši-ma | |
| 4 | [a-na ša₂ ram-ni-šu₂-un u₂-tir-ru-uš ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂]-un a-na ŠA₃-bi u₂-še-lu-u₂ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x a-di ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ] e-mu-qu ma-al ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu | |
| 6 | [a-na ṣa-ba-a-ta URU ša₂-a-šu₂ {uru}BAD₃—{d}EN.LIL₂ lil]-⸢li⸣-ku lu-u₂ i-na DU₃-eš {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄ | |
| 7 | [u ME₃ lu-u₂ i-na KA DUG₃.GA sa-lim ṭu-ub-ba-a-ti] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ i-na nik-si pi-il-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [lu-u₂ i-na bu-bu-u₂-ti lu-u₂] i-na mi-ku-ti ša₂ ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ ŠA₃ ⸢URU⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ŠUB⸣-at₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] mah-ri-ti | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x BE ŠU.SI] ⸢eb⸣-bet | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢pi⸣-qit-ti | |
| 6' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma] KIN li-tap-pal | |
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
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