SAA 04, 246 + 263 (P240365)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 246 + 263 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240365 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Disregard the (formulation) of] to[day's case], be it good, be [it faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the exti]spicy is deficient [or faulty]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in] his ordinary soiled [garments]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in] my [ordinary] soiled [garments, have eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with anything unclean, or changed or altered] the proceedings. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu NE]-i GIM DUG₃-ab ⸢GIM⸣ [ha-ṭu-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 SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂]-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-tu [lab-šu₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e]-a ar₂-ša₂-tu [lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 5' | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ u₂—lu] ⸢ku⸣-un ŠU [BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
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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