CT 28, pl. 32, 1880-07-19, 0060 (P336147)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 28, pl. 32, 1880-07-19, 0060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336147 |
| 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/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If a ram's horns are joined in front: that fold will be increased. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If a ram's horns are blunted, variant: broken in front: that fold will expand. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If an anomaly's horns are where its right and left ears (should be): the king will rule the (four) quarters. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | If an anomaly's (only) horn protrudes from its head: the weapon of the king will endure; the land of the prince will expand; the weapons of the king will be strong and the king will have no opponent. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | [If an anomaly] has only one horn, and it protrudes from the top of its head: the land of the prince will expand; [your enemy will re]side [in the land]; the king will have auxiliary troops and will overthrow [the land of his enemy]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......], he will rule the universe; |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [......] of the people; the prince will [redig] an abandoned canal, [and that land] will dwell in quiet. |
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 | BE UDU.NITA₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ana IGI-šu₂ it-ta-en-mi-da | |
| 2 | TUR₃ BI u₂-ta-tar | |
| 3 | BE UDU.NITA₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ana IGI-šu₂ has-ra haṣ-ṣa TUR₃ BI DAGAL-iš | |
| 4 | BE iz-bu SI-MEŠ-šu₂ a-šar PI.2-šu₂ 15 u KAB GAR-MEŠ | |
| 5 | LUGAL UB-MEŠ i-be-el | |
| 6 | BE iz-bu SI-šu₂ ina SAG.DU-šu₂ E₃ {giš}TUKUL LUGAL GI.NA | |
| 7 | KUR NUN DAGAL-iš {giš}TUKUL LUGAL KALAG-MEŠ-ma | |
| 8 | LUGAL GABA.RI NU TUK-ši | |
| 9 | [BE iz]-⸢bu SI-šu₂⸣ 01-ma ina UGU-šu₂ E₃ KUR NUN DAGAL-eš | |
| 10 | [KUR₂-ka ina ŠA₃ KUR TUŠ]-⸢ab⸣ LUGAL til-la-a-te TUK-ši | |
| 11 | [KUR KUR₂-šu₂] u₂-šam-qat | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ši-ma kiš-šu-tu₂ i-be-el | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢UN⸣-MEŠ NUN ID₂-ta ⸢ŠUB⸣-ta | |
| 3 | [BAL-ma KUR BI KI.TUŠ] ⸢NE⸣.HA TUŠ-ab | |
Sources & licences
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