PRT 076 (P240399)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | PRT 076 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240399 |
| 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' | [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the] oracular command [of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš], great lord, and [may] an oracle [be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [The gall-bladder is s]plit [on the right] and attached on the left ...[...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... The breast-bo]ne in its entirety lies on its back. The coils of the co[lon are ... in number]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... second extis]picy. The 'station' [......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......]. The upper [part ...]. |
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' | [ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM]-⸢tim ša₂ KA⸣ [DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 2' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU] ⸢EN⸣ GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN [li-tap-pal] | |
| 3' | [x x x x BE ZE₂ ana 15 ⸢DU₈⸣-ma ana 150 ṣa-mid ki si [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x GAG.ZAG].⸢GA⸣ TEŠ₂.BI na-par₂-qud ŠA₃.⸢NIGIN⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x ša₂-ni]-tum BE NA ra-⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢IGI⸣ BE AN.[TA x x x 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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.