PRT 051 (P336346)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336346 |
| 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 answer] to what [I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [Should Esa]rhaddon, ki[ng of Assyria, ... the man whose] name [is written] in [this papyru]s [and placed be]fore [your great d]ivinity [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [...] The right is in the place [......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] which is against [......]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] is present. The 'strength' [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [The upper/lower part] is elevated. The ba[se of] the middle part is [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [The breast-bo]ne is thick. There are 10 coils of the co[lon ......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [The upper pa]rt and the lower part are equ[al ......]. |
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 | [LU₂ ša₂] MU-šu₂ i-na ⸢ni⸣-[ʾa-a-ri an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma] | |
| 3 | [i-na] ma-har DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-[ka GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
| 4 | {1}{d}aš]-⸢šur⸣—ŠEŠ—SUM-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] BE 15 ina KI [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x] ša₂ ana ⸢UGU⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x] GAR BE KALAG ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x BE AN.TA-tum] DU-ik MURUB₄-tu₂ ⸢SUHUŠ⸣-[sa₃ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [GAG.ZAG].GA ⸢KUG⸣ 10 ŠA₃ ŠA₃.[NIGIN x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [BE AN.TA]-tu₂ KI.TA-tu₂ šit-qu₂-[la x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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