PRT 062 (P240378)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 062 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240378 |
| 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' | [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's] case, [be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to your divinity [for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'– | [Disregard that he who touches] the forehead of the sheep [is dressed in] his ordinary soiled garments. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ ik-rib] di-nim [UD NE-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ [ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it] ⸢pu⸣-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-[ša₂-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL] DUMU—{lu₂}HAL] ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-[a ar₂-ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 2 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ a]-ku-lu NAG-⸢u₂⸣ [ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU.2 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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