PRT 071 (P240298)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240298 |
| 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, give me a firm positive answer to what I am] asking you! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [Esarh]addon, king of Assyria, who is now intent on [......]... and (whom) your [great divinity knows ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] the vertebrae [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] The breast-bone is located in the middle of the liver [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [May (this query) go to] your great divinity, O Šamaš, [great] lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... Mo]nth Adar (XII), 22nd day, [...]. |
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 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ ša₂ ⸢TA⸣-[an-ni x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x] ⸢ti-iṣ-mu-ru-ma DINGIR-ut-ka⸣ [GAL-ti ZU-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x] KIŠIB [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x] GAG.ZAG.GA ina MURUB₄ BA₃ ŠUB [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [UGU DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU ⸢EN⸣ [GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 4' | [x x x] {⸢iti}ŠE⸣ UD 22-KAM₂ [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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