PRT 033 (P240416)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240416 |
| 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' | [...... If] they [g]o [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [...... will] they go [......]? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'– | [Disregard that a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| 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 unclean. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an unclean person has] performed [extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extisp]icy is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that he who touches the fore]head of the sheep [is dressed in his ordi]nary soi[led] garments, has alte]red or cha[nged [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' | [x x x x x x x x x it]-⸢tal⸣-ku [x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢il⸣-la-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu an-ni-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha]-ṭu-[u₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na] ⸢pa⸣-an SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ]-⸢ma⸣ u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ ib]-ru-u₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂]-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-[u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-šu₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL]-u 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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