PRT 058 (P336349)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336349 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [... Will it be carried out s]uccessfully? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Does your great divinity] know it? |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [Is it decreed] and confirmed in a favorable case, b[y the command of your] great [divinity], Šamaš, great lord? [Will he who can s]ee, see it? [Will he who ca]n hear, hear it? |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'–o 7'7' | [Disre]gard that the ram (offered) to [your] divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | Be present [in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious omens by the oracular [command] of your great [divini]ty, [and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [May (this query) go to] your great [divi]nity, [O Šamaš, great lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
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' | [in-ne₂-ep-pu-u₂-šu i-šal]-li-i-[mi₃] | |
| 2' | ⸢DINGIR⸣-ut-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti] ZU-[e] | |
| 3' | i-na SILIM-tim i-[na KA DINGIR-ti-ka] GAL-[ti] | |
| 4' | {[d]}UTU EN GAL-u₂ [qa-bi-i] ku-un | |
| 5' | [IGI]-ru IGI-⸢ra⸣ [ŠE].GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-[e] | |
| 6' | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-[ka] ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na MAŠ₂-ri MAŠ₂-[u₂] | |
| 7' | ⸢LAL⸣-u₂ ha-ṭu-[u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-e] GUB-[za]-am-ma | |
| 2' | [an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ ta]-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-⸢tim⸣ | |
| 3' | [ša₂ KA DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ [šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 4' | [UGU DINGIR]-ti-ka GAL-[ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik]-⸢ma⸣ li-tap-pal | |
Sources & licences
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