PRT 063 (P240352)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240352 |
| 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' | [...... of] Assyria? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? Does your gr]eat [divinity] know it? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard what (happens) after] my stip[ulated term]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that they th]ink [it over, turn back, and le]ave it. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'– | [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed extispicy [in this place]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it un]clean. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or fa]ulty. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep (is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments)], (or) has touched [the (libation) beer, the maṣhatu flour, the water, the] pot and the fire. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, have eaten, dr]unk, or touched [anything unclean, seen fear and terror at night, (or) alt]ered [or changed the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [I as]k you, [Šamaš, great lord, whether ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢KUR⸣—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e DINGIR-ut-ka GAL]-ti ZU-e | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na EGIR a-dan]-ni-ia | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ it-ti ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-un i-dab]-⸢bu⸣-bu-u₂ | |
| 5' | [u₂-tar-ru-u₂-ma u₂]-⸢maš⸣-ša₂-ru | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂] MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu]-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu]-u₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ (TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu ar₂-šat lab-šu₂) mi-ih-hu {zid₂}MAD.GA₂ A-MEŠ haṣ]-⸢bu⸣ u IZI TAG-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ ana-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG]-u TAG-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [i-na MI LUH-tu ŠA₃.MUD IGI-ru ku-un qa-ti BAL]-u₂ | |
| 6 | [uš-pe-lu lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a]-⸢šal⸣-ka | |
| 7 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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