PRT 036 (P336341)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336341 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answ]er to what I am asking you! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Ša-Nabû-šû, chief eunuch, whom [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], has now sent and who has gone, (whom) your great divinity kno[ws — |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord], and your favorable decisions, should the subject of this query, Ša-Nabû-šû, [chief eunuch, ......]? |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | [After he ...] has reached the city [...]-Aššur [..., will N]echo and Šar[ru-lu-dari, Egyptian kings, ......] and the Egypti[ans ......]? |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | As long as [he stays] in the dis[trict of Egypt, will either Necho] or Šarru-lu-dari [......] which Esarhaddon, king of Assyria has s[ent ......]? |
| Obverse [10:16] o 1111–o 1616 | [Will ...] their [...], or the Egyptians [...], or the vassals in Egy[pt ...... strive] and plan, and, either by their (own) deliberations, o[r ......, be it in day]time or [at nig]ht, or in the e[vening, mount a] dangerous [attack ag]ainst Ša-Nabû-šû, ch[ief eunuch, or act with evil intent again]st him, [kill, plunder (or) loot him]? |
| Obverse [16:19] o 1717–o 1919 | [Is the ki]lling, plundering (or) looting of Ša-Nabû-šû, [chief eunuch of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is o]n a mission [i]n Egypt, [dec]reed and confirmed i[n accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, [hear it]? |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020– | [Disregard that they] (may) think about it, [but turn and ......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for] to[day's case], be it [good, be it faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched the sacrificial [sheep], or [blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that] the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient [or faulty]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, [have jumbled] the oracle query in [my mouth], (or) changed or altered the [proceed]ings. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | [I ask y]ou, Šamaš, great lord, whether Ša-Na[bû-šû, chief eunuch, who is no]w on a mission in Egypt, [will be subject] to a dangerous [at]tack by [Šarru-lu-dari and Necho], kings of Egypt, or by any Egy[ptians, (and whether) they will kill, c]apture, plunder, (or) loot (him). |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | [Be present] i[n this ram, place] (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable designs], favorable, propitious [omens] by [the oracular command of your great divinity], and [may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [May (this query) go] to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | The middle of the 'station' is effaced. The 'path,' the 'stre[ngth,' and the 'well-being'] are present. The left of the gall bladder is atta[ched]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | The lower part is elevated. Perniqqus are present. In the 'head lift' of the lun[g ......]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | The tip of the middle 'finger' of the lung is [sp]lit. The coils of the colon are 1[2 in number. The heart of the ram is normal]. |
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 | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka ⸢an⸣-[na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | {1}ša₂—{d}AG—šu₂-u₂ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-⸢MEŠ⸣ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-⸢MEŠ⸣ ša₂ i-ne-an-na {1}{d}[aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3 | iš-pur-šu₂-u₂-ma il-li-ku ⸢DINGIR⸣-ut-ka GAL-ti ⸢ZU⸣-[u GIM KA DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 4 | u₃ EŠ.BAR-ka šal-mu EN—MU.[MU] ⸢NE⸣-i {1}ša₂—{d}PA—šu₂-⸢u₂⸣ {[lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {[lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 5 | [GIM a]-⸢na URU.x-ni—aš-šur x⸣ [x x]-u₂ ik-tal-du [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x {1}⸢ni⸣-ku-u₂ {1}⸢LUGAL⸣—[lu—da₃-ri LUGAL-MEŠ {kur}mu-uṣ-ri] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x] u₃ {lu₂}mu-uṣ-ra-[a.a x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ⸢a-di⸣ UD-me mal₂ i-na na-[ge-e ša₂ {kur}mu-uṣ-ri x x x] | |
| 9 | [lu-u₂ {1}ni-ku]-u₂ lu-u {1}LUGAL—lu—da₃-ri [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] mal₂ {1}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ⸢iš⸣-[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-un lu-u₂ {kur}mu-uṣ-ra-a.a [x x x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x] lu-u₂ sa-al-mu-⸢ti⸣ [ša₂] i-na {kur}mu-⸢uṣ⸣-[ri x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [i-ṣar-ri-mu]-u₂ i-kap-pi-du-u₂ [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ i-na GALGA-šu₂-un ⸢lu⸣-[u₂ x x x] | |
| 14 | [lu-u₂ i-na] ⸢kal⸣—UD-me lu-u₂ [i-na šat]—⸢MI⸣ lu-u ⸢i⸣-na ba-[ra-ri-ti] | |
| 15 | [ZI-bu ši-ih]-⸢ṭu⸣ ša₂ HUL-[tim a-na] ⸢UGU⸣ {1}ša₂—{d}PA—šu₂-u₂ {lu₂}[GAL—SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}[GAL—SAG-MEŠ i-šak-ka-nu-u₂] | |
| 16 | [ŠU-su-un a-na HUL-tim i-na ŠA₃]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂ ub-bal-lu-u₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 17 | [x x x x x x x x x] GAZ-ku SAR IR ša₂ {1}ša₂—{d}PA—šu₂-⸢u₂⸣ {[lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ] {[lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ] | |
| 18 | [x x x x x x x x ša₂ i]-⸢na⸣ {kur}mu-uṣ-ri šap-ru i-⸢na⸣ [KA DINGIR-ti-ka] | |
| 19 | [GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi]-i ku-un IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-[u₂ i-šem-me-e] | |
| 20 | [e-zib ša₂ it-ti ŠA₃-bi-šu₂]-⸢un⸣ i-da-bu-bu-u₂-ma [GUR-MEŠ-ni BAR-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ ik-rib di-nim UD-mu] an-ni-e GIM ⸢DUG₃⸣.[GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU.NITA₂] SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-tu₂ u₂—lu ⸢IGI⸣ [SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-[u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na]-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit i-⸢na⸣ [KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 5 | [ku-un ŠU].2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu lu-u₂ ZI-[MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | [a-šal]-⸢ka⸣ {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i {1}ša₂—{d}⸢PA⸣—[šu₂-u₂ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ] {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [ša₂ i-ne]-⸢an⸣-na i-na {kur}mu-uṣ-ri šap-ru {1}LUGAL—lu—da₃-ri] | |
| 8 | {1}ni-ku-u₂] LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ {kur}mu-uṣ-ri lu-u₂ {kur}mu-[uṣ-ra-a.a mal₂ ba-šu-u] | |
| 9 | [ZI-bu ši]-ih-ṭu ša₂ HUL-tim i-na UGU-hi-⸢šu₂⸣ [i-šak-ka-nu] | |
| 10 | [x x x i]-ṣa-bat-tu₂ SAR-tu₂ IR-lu i-[na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i] | |
| 11 | [GUB-za-am]-⸢ma⸣ an-na GI.⸢NA⸣ GIŠ.[HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit] SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ [KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 13 | ⸢šuk-nam⸣-ma [lu-mur] | |
| 14 | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti] {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ [lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 15 | BE MURUB₄ NA pa-aš₂-ṭa GIR₂ ⸢KALAG⸣ [SILIM] GAR-MEŠ 150 ZE₂ ṣa-⸢mid⸣ | |
| 16 | BE KI.TA-tum DU-ik per-⸢niq⸣-[qu] GAR-MEŠ ina MU.SAG ⸢MUR⸣ [x x x] | |
| 17 | BE a-pi ŠU.SI—MUR MURUB₄ ⸢DU₈⸣-at ŠA₃.NIGIN 12 [ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ ša₂-lim] | |
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