PRT 047 (P240279)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240279 |
| 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' | [... Esarhad]don, ki[ng of Assyria, ......]? |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [...] Will he speak [evil things and] malicious [wor]ds [against] Esarhaddon, k[ing of Assyria, and make an insurrection and rebellion against him]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extis]picy is deficient [or faulty]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] is dressed in his [ordinary] soiled [garments], (or) has eaten (or) dr[unk] anything unclean. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 7'7'– | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant], am dressed in my [ordinary] soiled [garments], have eat[en or drunk] anything unclean, [have changed or altered the proceedings, (or that) the oracle query] has become jumbled (and) impai[red in] my [mouth]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, (should) the subject] of this query, Esarhaddon, king of [Assyria], ap[point the man whose name he wr]ote [in this papyrus and placed] before your gre[at] divinity, [to a position of his choos]ing, |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [he will speak malicious words, evil things against Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, and make insurrection and rebellion against him. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [Be present in this ram, place] (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of] your great [divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ]—⸢SUM⸣-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 2' | [x x x x x a-na UGU {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 3' | [a-mat HUL-tim dib]-⸢bi⸣ bi-iʾ-šu-ti i-dab-bu-[bu-u₂ si-hu bar-tu ana UGU-šu₂ ip-pu-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu NE]-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM LAL-u₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u UDU.NITA₂ ⸢TAG⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂]-u₂ LAL-u₂ [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ NE-i TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e]-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u i-ku-lu ⸢NAG⸣-[u] | |
| 7' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e]-a ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-ša₂-ku mim-ma lu-ʾu-u a-⸢ku⸣-[lu NAG-u₂] | |
| 8' | [ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu ta-mit i-na KA]-⸢ia₂⸣ ip-tar-ri-du uh-⸢ta⸣-[aṭ-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 9' | [lu-u ZI-MEŠ lu-u be₂]-e-[ra] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u ki-i EN]—MU.MU NE-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—<ŠEŠ>—SUM-na LUGAL [KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 2 | [LU₂ ša₂ i-na na-a.a-ru NE-i MU-šu₂ iš]-⸢ṭu⸣-ru-ma ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti iš-ku-un] | |
| 3 | [i-na UGU pi-qit-ti KI ŠA₃-ba-šu₂] ⸢ub⸣-lam i-⸢pa⸣-[qi₂-du-šu₂-ma] | |
| 4 | [a-na UGU {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL] KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{[ki} dib-bi] | |
| 5 | [bi-iʾ-šu-ti ša₂ {mi₂}HUL i-dab-bu-bu] | |
| 6 | [si-hu bar]-⸢tu⸣ [a-na UGU-hi-šu ip-pu-šu] | |
| 7 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am]-⸢ma⸣ an-na GI.⸢NA⸣ [GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ GAL-ti [šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
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