PRT 072 (P240295)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240295 |
| 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' | [Should ..., king of Assyria, send NN], together with [men, horses and troops, to ......]? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | If [he sends him, will ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | against [......]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Disregard the (formulation) of the pra[yer to god, request to god and goddess]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Disregard the (formulation) of the pray[er for today's case, be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | Disregard that [an unclean man or woman has come near] the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious] omens [by the oracular] command of [your great] divi[nity, and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | The gall bladder is flatt[ened ......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | The middle [part ......]. |
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' | EN [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | GIM [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | UGU [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | e-zib ša₂ ⸢ik⸣-[rib DINGIR me-reš-ti DINGIR u iš-ta-ri] | |
| 5' | e-zib ša₂ ik-[rib di-nim UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 6' | [e]-zib ša₂ KI ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢UZU⸣-[MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim] | |
| 2' | ša₂ KA ⸢DINGIR⸣-[ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 3' | BE ZE₂ šub-[bat x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | BE MURUB₄-⸢tum⸣ [x x x x x 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)
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