PRT 035 (P336340)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336340 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | will they do [battle ......]? |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [Is it decreed and confirm]ed [in a favorable case, b]y the command of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hea]r it? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it fa]ulty. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked [the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it] unclean. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that an unclean person has perform]ed [extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is] dressed [in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) altered or ch]anged [the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that the oracle query has be]come jumbled [in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [I ask you], Šamaš, great lord, whether [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, should send Ša-Nabû]-šû, [chief eunuch, with the army at his disposal, aga]inst the troops of [...], |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | (whether) they will come [......], and |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [(whether) Esarhaddon], king of Assyria, [will be ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ip-pu-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x i-na SILIM-tim i]-⸢na⸣ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-[ti] | |
| 4' | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un]-i | |
| 5' | [IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE].⸢GA⸣-e | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha]-⸢ṭu⸣-u₂ | |
| 7' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR] GIL-MEŠ | |
| 8' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-ti KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le]-ʾu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-e lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂]-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti] ⸢lab⸣-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš]-pe-lu | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KA DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit up]-⸢tar⸣-ri-du | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d]}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 6 | [ki-i {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur {1}ša₂—{d}PA]—šu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 7 | {[lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {[lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ a-di A₂.KAL-MEŠ mal₂ it-ti-šu₂ a-na] ⸢UGU⸣-hi {lu₂}ERIM-[MEŠ] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x x i-šap-pa-ru] DU-MEŠ-ku-⸢nim⸣-[ma] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x ŠA₃-bu ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na] ⸢LUGAL KUR—aš-šur⸣ | |
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