PRT 025 (P336337)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336337 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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' | [......] their [......] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] that [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] Mutu [......] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......] the Sap[ardean ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......] city or [......] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | [......] will plunder ...[......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's case, b[e it good, be it faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that a clean or an u]nclean person has to[uched] the sacrificial sheep, [or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that an uncl]ean man or woman [has come near] the pl[ace of the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that the r]am (offered) to your divinity fo[r the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Disregard that he who to]uches the forehead of the sh[eep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments], has eaten, drunk, or [anointed himself with anything un]clean, [(or) has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [Disre]gard that [the oracle query has become jumbled] in the mouth of the haruspex, [your servant]. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | [I ask you Šamaš, great lord, whether, sho]uld Esarhaddon, king of [Assyria se]nd [his messenger] (with) an Aramean scribe to [NN of ...], and should they go (there), [NN ...] will capture them. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a fi]rm [positive answer, favorable] desig[ns, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of y]our [great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x]-ši-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢UR₅⸣-tu₂ lu [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x] {1}mu-tu₂ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]-ru {lu₂}sa-⸢bar⸣-[da-a.a x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x] URU lu-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x]-⸢ku⸣-u₂-te i-hab-⸢ba⸣-[tu x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ di]-⸢in⸣ UD-mu NE-i ⸢GIM⸣ [DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ UDU SISKUR.SISKUR ⸢TAG⸣-[MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-ti a-⸢šar⸣ [MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-[na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢TAG⸣-it SAG.KI ⸢UDU⸣.[NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu] | |
| 6 | [mim-ma] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ [ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 7 | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ i-na KA DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL [ARAD-ka ta-mit up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 8 | [lu]-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ BAR-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ra a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 9 | [ki]-⸢i⸣ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—[aš-šur{ki} {lu₂}A—KIN-šu₂] {lu₂}A—KIN-šu₂] | |
| 10 | {[lu₂]}A.BA ar-ma-a.a a-na ⸢UGU⸣ {1}x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [i]-⸢šap⸣-pa-ru-ma DU-ku {1}⸢pa⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [i]-⸢ṣa⸣-ba-as-su-un [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma] | |
| 13 | [an-na] ⸢GI⸣.NA GIŠ.⸢HUR⸣-[MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim] | |
| 14 | [ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
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