CT 40, pl. 21, K 00743 (P336152)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CT 40, pl. 21, K 00743 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336152 |
| 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 snake is seen in a temple: the offerings of that temple will continue for a long time. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If a snake keeps scaring (people) in a temple: angry gods will return to the country. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55– | If a snake is seen in the temple of Ištar: there will be a food-offering of Ištar. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If a snake [...] in the temple of Ištar: that temple [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | These are the pertinent omens. |
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 | 1 MUŠ ina E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR IGI E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR ⸢BI⸣ | |
| 2 | zi-ir-qu₂-šu₂ uš-ta-bar-ru-u₂ | |
| 3 | 1 MUŠ ina E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR up-ta-nar-rad | |
| 4 | DINGIR-MEŠ šab-su-ti ana KUR GUR-MEŠ-ni | |
| 5 | 1 MUŠ ina E₂—{d}INNIN IGI-ir | |
| 6 | PAD.{d}INNIN {d}INNIN GAL₂-⸢ši⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 MUŠ ina E₂—{d}⸢INNIN⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | E₂—DINGIR E₂—DINGIR BI ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | an-nu-ti MU-MEŠ ša₂ ina UGU-hi | |
| 4 | qur-bu-u-ni | |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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