Fs Finkelstein 203 (P336162)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Finkelstein 203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336162 |
| 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' | [... lo]wer [...] 'weapon'-mark [......]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [In the] middle [sur]face of the 'finger' there is a fissure. [......] |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [The 'station' and the 'pa]th' are present. If the 'well-being' is overturned [and faces the gall bladder]: strife; dispersal of [the man's] household. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [The fr]ont of the atrophied part is effaced. If the gall bladder [has a swelling up]ward in its narrow part: the orders of the ruler will be disa[greeable] to his officials. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | If the 'finger' is severed: downfall of the army. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | If on the left of the 'finger' in (its) wide part there is a 'foot'-mark: it is the foot-mark of an ecstatic of the enemy country. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'–o 11'11' | If above the 'increment' there is a 'request'-mark: the man will request ... from the god. |
| Obverse [11:14] o 12'12'– | If the top part hangs over the right ridge of the lung: devastation of the steppe, loss of cattle. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If there is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the 'turban' of the lung and it faces upward: the gods of my army will abandon it. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is loose. The breast-bone is thick. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | The coils of the colon are 12 in number. The heart of the sheep is normal. Check-up. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | The 'well-being' is overturned and faces the gall bladder. The gall bladder has a swelling upward in its narrow part. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The 'finger' is severed. On the left of the 'finger' in (its) wide part there is a 'foot'-mark. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Above the 'increment' there is a 'request'-mark. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | The top part hangs over the right ridge of the lung. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | There is a 'weapon'-mark on the right side of the 'turban' of the lung and it faces upward. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | There are 7 unfavorable omens. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | Will the matters which [are written] in this oblong tablet and placed [before] your great divinity, be carried out suc[cessfully]? |
| Reverse [12:14] r 1313–r 1414 | [Unf]avorable, meaning: "They will not be carried [out successfully]." |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x AN].⸢TA⸣-u₂ {giš}TUKUL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [BE ina] ⸢EDIN⸣ U MURUB₄ DU₈ GAR [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [BE NA u] GIR₂ GAR-MEŠ SILIM BAL-ma ⸢ZE₂⸣ [IGI] | |
| 4' | ⸢IZI⸣.GAR BIR-ah E₂ [LU₂] | |
| 5' | [BE] ⸢IGI⸣ KAR-ti pa-šiṭ ZE₂ ina SIG-ša₂ e-[liš dak-šat] | |
| 6' | ša₂ NUN UGU GAL-MEŠ-šu₂ INIM-MEŠ-šu₂ GIG-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ṣa] | |
| 7' | BE ŠU.SI kaṣ₃-ṣa-at ŠUB-ti ERIM-ni | |
| 8' | BE ina DAGAL 150 U GIR₃ RA-at | |
| 9' | GIR₃ {lu₂}GUB.BA ša₂ KUR KUR₂ | |
| 10' | BE ina UGU MAŠ₂ KAM-tum ŠUB-at₂ | |
| 11' | mim-ma NIG₂.GA₂ LU₂ DINGIR APIN-eš | |
| 12' | BE AN.TA-tum EDIN MUR ša₂ 15 i-bir | |
| 13' | KAR-tum EDIN ZI.GA bu-lim | |
| r | ||
| 1 | BE ina 15 U.SAG MUR {giš}TUKUL GAR-ma AN.TA IGI | |
| 2 | ERIM-ni DINGIR-MEŠ-ša₂ TAG₄-MEŠ-ši | |
| 3 | BE U—MUR MURUB₄ SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi | |
| 4 | BE ŠA₃.NIGIN 12 ŠA₃ UDU SILIM SI.LAL | |
| 5 | BE SILIM BAL-ma ZE₂ IGI ZE₂ ina SIG-ša₂ e-liš dak-šat | |
| 6 | BE ŠU.SI kaṣ₃-ṣa-at ina DAGAL 150 U GIR₃ RA-at | |
| 7 | BE ina UGU MAŠ₂ KAM-tum ŠUB-at₂ | |
| 8 | BE AN.TA-tum EDIN MUR ša₂ 15 i-bir | |
| 9 | BE ina 15 U.SAG MUR {giš}TUKUL GAR-ma AN.TA IGI | |
| 10 | 07 TAG-MEŠ GAR | |
| 11 | di-ib-bi ša₂ ina ŠA₃ IM.GID₂.DA an-na-[a šaṭ-ru-ma] | |
| 12 | [ina] ⸢IGI⸣ DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šak-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 13 | ⸢in⸣-ne₂-ep-pu-šu₂-u i-šal-⸢li⸣-[mu-u] | |
| 14 | ⸢TAG⸣-MEŠ ma-a la in-ne₂-ep-⸢pu⸣-[šu] | |
| 15 | la i-šal-li-[mu] | |
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