PRT 073 (P240289)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 073 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240289 |
| 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 ......]...[...]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it] good, be it faulty. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep], or [blocked] the way [of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman] has come [near the place of the] extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | [Disregard that an unclean person has performed] extispicy [in this place]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of] the extispicy is deficient [or faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [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 cha[nged the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant], am dressed in my ordinary soiled [garments, have eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with anything unclean, or] ju[mbled the oracle query] in my mouth. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [Let them be taken out and put aside]! |
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' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ni ši ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD an-ni-i GIM DUG₃]-⸢ab⸣ GIM ha-ṭu-⸢u₂⸣ [o] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-tu₂] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ a-na IGI [SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ KI] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ DIB.⸢DIB⸣-[ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ ina KI NE-i lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e-ša₂ ar₂-šat lab-[šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 3 | [KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ u₂—lu ku-un qa-ti] ⸢BAL⸣-u₂ uš-[pe-lu] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e-a ar₂-šat lab-ša₂-ku [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 5 | [KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ u₂—lu ta-mit] i-na KA-ia up-[tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a]-⸢šal⸣-ka {d}UTU EN ⸢GAL⸣-[u₂] | |
| 7 | [ki-i x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x {1}⸢AN⸣.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—[SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] | |
Sources & licences
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