Fs Finkelstein 206 (P336163)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Finkelstein 206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336163 |
| 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 [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | The 'increment' [......]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | The upper part is mov[able ......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | If the breast-bone [is perforated] in its 'cavity': [defection]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'– | If the coils of the colon are turned (and) [their number] is 16: the gods of my army will [lead it] into strife. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 9'b.e. 9'– | Third (extispicy). There are 6 unfavorable omens. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | If the archers whom Assurbanipal, king [of Assyria], [has sent] against [Šamaš-šumu-ukin] to Babylon, |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | from the 20th [of the month ......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | to the 2[0th of the month ......] |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | of [this] ye[ar ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢BE⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | BE [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | BE [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | BE MAŠ₂ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | BE AN.TA ⸢DU⸣-[ik x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | BE GAG.ZAG.GA ina SAL.⸢LA⸣-[šu₂ GAM-iš ZI.GA] | |
| 7' | BE ŠA₃.NIGIN 150 GUR-MEŠ 16 [ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂-nu] | |
| 8' | ERIM-ni DINGIR-MEŠ-ša₂ ina IZI.GAR-[MEŠ UŠ-MEŠ-ši] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9' | 03-tum 06 TAG-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GAR] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-i {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}{giš}[BAN-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | ša₂ {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A LUGAL [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3 | a-na UGU {1}{[d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA] | |
| 4 | a-na KA₂.⸢DINGIR⸣.[RA{ki} iš-pu-ru] | |
| 5 | TA UD 20-⸢KAM₂⸣ [ša₂ {iti}x x x] | |
| 6 | EN UD 20-[KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ ⸢MU⸣.[AN.NA an-ni-ti x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢ina⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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