ABRT 1, 26 - 27 (P334928)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | ABRT 1, 26 - 27 |
|---|---|
| ID | P334928 |
| 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/saa09 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | The prophetess Mullissu-kabtat (has said): |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | "It is the word of Queen Mullissu: Fear not, Assurbanipal! |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | "Until I have done and given to you what I promised, until you rule as king over the sons of the bearded courtiers and the successors of the eunuchs, [I will look af]ter you in the Palace of Succession; [your father] shall gird the diadem [...]. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88–o 1111 | "[The ... king]s of the lands shall say to one another: ['Come, let us] go to Assurbanipal! The king has witnesses! [Whatever the god]s decreed for our fathers and forefathers, [let him now] arbitrate between us.' |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | "[Mullis]su [has] said: [You shall ru]le over [the king]s of the lands; you shall show them their frontiers and set the courses they take. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | "Secondly, let me tell you: I will finish the land of Gomer like (I finished) Elam. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | "... I will break the thorn, I will pluck the bramble into a tuft of wool, I will turn the wasps into a squash. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | "Like a centipede, like a ...! You say, 'What does it mean, like a centipede, like a ...?' Like a centipede I will enter Egypt, like a ... I will come out. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | "You whose mother is Mullissu, have no fear! You whose nurse is the Lady of Arbela, have no fear! |
| Reverse [6:11] r 77–r 1111 | "I will carry you on my hip like a nurse, I will put you between my breasts (like) a pomegranate. At night I will stay awake and guard you; in the daytime I will give you milk; at dawn I will play 'watch, watch your ...' with you. As for you, have no fear, my calf, whom I (have) rear(ed)." |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {[mi₂]}{d}NIN.LIL₂—kab-ta-at {mi₂}ra-gi-in-tu₂ | |
| 2 | [ma]-a a-bat LUGAL {d}NIN.LIL₂ ši-i ma-a la ta-pal-lah₃ {1}aš-šur—DU₃\d—A | |
| 3 | [ma]-a a-di\d ki-i ša₂ aq\t-bu-u-ni ep-pa-šu-u-ni ad-da-nak-kan-ni\d | |
| 4 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ a-di\d ina UGU DUMU-MEŠ ša₂ ša₂—SU₆-MEŠ ina UGU hal-pe-te ša₂ {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [at]-⸢ta⸣ LUGAL\d-u-tu₂ ina UGU-hi-šu₂-nu tu-up-pa-šu₂-u-ni\d | |
| 6 | [a-ha]-⸢ṣi⸣-in-ka ina E₂—UŠ-u-ti E₂—UŠ-u-ti | |
| 7 | [ma-a AD-ka x x]+⸢x⸣-a-ti {tug₂}pi-tu-tu i-rak-kas | |
| 8 | [ma-a x x LUGAL]-MEŠ ša₂ KUR.KUR a-na a-he-iš i-qab-bu-u-ni | |
| 9 | [ma-a al-ka-ni ni]-il-lik ina UGU {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A LUGAL ši-i-bi ra-ši ⸢x⸣ | |
| 10 | [ma-a mi-i-nu ša₂ DINGIR]-MEŠ a-na AD-MEŠ-ni AD—AD-MEŠ-ni AD—AD-MEŠ-ni i-ši-mu-u-ni | |
| 11 | [ma-a u₂-ma-a šu]-⸢u₂⸣ ina bir-tu-⸢un⸣-ni lip-ru-us | |
| 12 | [u₃ {d}NIN].⸢LIL₂⸣ taq-ṭi-bi ma-a [LUGAL]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ KUR.KUR | |
| 13 | [ta-pi]-⸢al⸣ ta-hu-ma-a-ni tu-kal-lam-⸢šu₂-nu KASKAL⸣-MEŠ ina GIR₃.2-šu₂-nu GAR-an | |
| 14 | [ma]-⸢a⸣ ša₂-ni-tu₂ laq-bak-ka ma-a ki-i {kur}NIM{ki} {kur}gi-mir a-⸢ga⸣-mar | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ma]-a ta-al-la gi-ṣu a-šab-bir ma-a mur-din-nu a-na ni-ip-ši a-nap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 2 | a-dam-mu-ma-a-te a-na sar\p-bi u₂-ta-ra | |
| 3 | hal-la-la-at-ti en-gur-a-ti | |
| 4 | at-ta ta-qab-bi ma-a mi-i-nu hal-la-la-at-ti en-gur-a-ti | |
| 5 | hal-la-la-at-ti ina {kur}mu-ṣur e-rab en-gur-a-te u₂-ṣa-a | |
| 6 | ma-a ša₂ {d}NIN.LIL₂ AMA-šu₂-ni la ta-pal-lah₃ ša₂ GAŠAN—arba-il₃ ta-ri-su-ni la ta-pal-lah₃ | |
| 7 | ma-a ki-i ta-ri-ti ina UGU gi-iš-ši-ia IL₂-ši-ka | |
| 8 | ma-a {giš}HAŠHUR.KUR.RA ina bi-rit UBUR-MEŠ-ia a-šak-kan-ka | |
| 9 | ša₂ mu-ši-ia e-rak an-ṣar-ka ša₂ kal—UD-me kal—UD-me hi-il-pa-ka ad-dan | |
| 10 | ša₂ kal-la-ma-ri un-na-ni-ka u₂-ṣur u₂-ṣur up-pa-aš₂-ka | |
| 11 | ⸢ma-a⸣ at-ta la ta-pal-lah₃ mu-u-ri ša₂ ana-ku u₂-rab\d-bu-u-ni | |
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