PRT 037 (P240296)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240296 |
| 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 [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [.... NN], chief eunuch |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [... (whom) your great divinity] knows — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord, and your favo]rable [decisions, ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... the base of the middle 'finger' of the lung] is 'loose.' |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] there is an [atrop]hied part. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...... Third] extispicy. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [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 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] {lu₂}GAL—{lu₂}SAG {lu₂}GAL—{lu₂}SAG | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti] ZU-u₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-mu | |
| 5 | [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 ŠU.SI—MUR MURUB₄ SUHUŠ]-⸢sa₃⸣ BAR | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x KAR-tum] ⸢ŠUB⸣-at₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 03-KAM₂ | |
| 4' | [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
- 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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