SAA 04, 096 (P240299)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240299 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Query |
| 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 fi]rm [positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [From this day, the ...th day of this month], A[b (V), to the ...th day of the month ...], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, send Ša-Nabû]-šû, [chief eunuch], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [with the men, horses and army at his disposal, t]o the district [of ...]? |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [If he sends them], will they kill [what there is to kil]l, [loot, what there is to loot ...]? |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... The base of the middle part] is 'loose.' |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... The coils of the colon are ...] (and) are 16 in number. |
| 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]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...... Check]-up. |
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 {iti]}NE.NE.[GAR x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x {1}ša₂—{d}AG]-šu-u ⸢a-di⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x x x a]-na na-ge-[e x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x ša₂ GAZ] GAZ-ku ⸢ša₂⸣ [SAR SAR-tu] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ZU-[e] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢U₅⸣ [o] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x MURUB₄-tum SUHUŠ]-sa₃ BAR [o] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x ŠA₃.NIGIN x x x] 16 ŠID-[šu₂-nu] | |
| 4' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma] ⸢KIN⸣ li-tap-[pal] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ di [o] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x pi]-⸢qit⸣-ti [o] | |
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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