CT 53, 175 (P313590)
Extispicy Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 53, 175 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313590 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Report |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [Since] they have been [sending] messages to Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, saying: "Should he appoint Sin-šarra-uṣur son of Nikkal-iddina over us, the Puqudu and the Sealand will switch their allegiance to Assyria and become your subjects" — |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55– | are these true and sincere words? If Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, appoints Sin-šarra-[uṣur son] of Nikkal-iddina over them, [will he ...] about the [... of] Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 99– | [and ...] Assyria [......]? |
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 | [ša] ši-pir-a-ti ina UGU {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR—aš | |
| 2 | [KIN]-u₂-ni-ni um-ma {1}{d}30—MAN—PAB A {1}{d}NIN.GAL—SUM-na | |
| 3 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-hi-ni lip-qid-ma IGI ša₂ {lu₂}{1}pu-qud | |
| 4 | [ša₂] ⸢KUR⸣—ti-amat ina KUR—aš-šur{ki} liš-šuk-na ARAD-ka DU₃-uš | |
| 5 | ⸢dib⸣-be₂-e GI.NA-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ šu₂-nu ki-ma {1}{d}30—MAN—[PAB] | |
| 6 | [A] {1}{d}NIN.GAL—SUM-na {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR—aš | |
| 7 | [ina] ⸢UGU⸣-[hi-šu₂]-nu is-sa-ak-⸢nu ina UGU ba-li⸣-[x (x)] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8 | [x x x x x {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN ⸢KUR—aš⸣ [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] KUR—aš ⸢x x x⸣ x ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
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