PRT 023 (P240321)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240321 |
| 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 as[king you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [Will] the governors, magnates, [soldiers, horses, and army of] Esar[haddon, king of Assyria, in Bit-Kari] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, fav]orable, propi[tious omens by the oracular command of] your great [divin]ity, [and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–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 [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The middle of the 'station' is split: not good. [......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | The lower part is elevated and is dark [......]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | The breas[t-b]one is thick. The coils [of the colon ......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 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 | {lu₂}EN.NAM-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL-[MEŠ ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ e-mu-qu] | |
| 3 | [ša₂] {1}{d}aš-šur—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—[SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ša₂ ina E₂—ka-a-ri] | |
| 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' | ⸢UGU⸣ DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti] | |
| 4' | {d}UTU EN GAL-[u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 5' | BE ⸢MURUB₄⸣ NA DU₈ ul ba-ni [x x x x] | |
| 6' | BE KI.TA-tum DU-ik u MI [x x x x] | |
| 7' | BE GAG.⸢ZAG⸣.GA e-bi ŠA₃.[NIGIN 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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