PRT 106 (P336357)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336357 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | The 'station' is present. If the 'paths' are two, and they lie separately: change of mind, change of spirit. The expedition you have planned will collapse and you will undertake another. The plans of kings in chamber will come to naught, and they will conceive others. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If you make an extispicy for the practice of medicine, the physician shall not touch the patient: the diviner shall not make a prognosis. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | A deceitful omen. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | A bifurcation faces in its middle the gall bladder. If the 'well-being' is like the HAL-sign: diminution. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder and the 'base of the throne' are present. The 'increment' is normal. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | If there is a 'foot'-mark in the middle of the middle surface of the 'finger,' it is the foot-mark of an ecstatic of the enemy's country. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | The upper part extends beyond the surface of the right lung. The coils of the colon are 16 in number, and are of equal height. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313–o 1414 | The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' If the top of the breast-bone is split in the center and its left side lies on its back: abandonment of a city. For warfare: downfall of a notable. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | If the vertebrae are visible: nanmurtu. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | There are 5 unfavorable features. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, a king created by you, whose present condition is not good, |
| Obverse [18:21] o 1919–o 2121 | (and) the nature of whose illness, light or serious, is known to your great divinity — |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Month Iyyar (II), 26th day, eponymy of Sagab (651). |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | Marduk-šumu-uṣur, Dannaya, Sin-šarru-ibni, reporters. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | BE NA GAR GIR₂-ma a-he-e ŠUB-MEŠ | |
| 2 | nu-kur₂ GALGA MIN₃-e KU.KU KASKAL tak-pu-du | |
| 3 | ŠUB-ma MAN-tim-ma DU-ak LUGAL-MEŠ ina UKKIN | |
| 4 | INIM-MEŠ-šu₂-nu ŠUB-MEŠ-ma ša₂-na-tim-ma TUŠ.A-MEŠ | |
| 5 | BE-ma ana DU₃-eš a-su-ti DU₃-ma {lu₂}A.ZU ana GIG | |
| 6 | ŠU.2-su la ub-bal {lu₂}HAL ME.A NU GAR-an | |
| 7 | IZI.GAR tas-ri-ir-ru | |
| 8 | ⸢BE⸣ PA ina MURUB₄-šu₂ ZE₂ IGI BE SILIM GIM HAL tam-ṭa-a-ti | |
| 9 | BE GIR₂ 150 ZE₂ ŠUB—AŠ.TE GAR-MEŠ MAŠ₂ SILIM-im | |
| 10 | BE ina MURUB₄ EDIN U MURUB₄ GIR₃ RA-at GIR₃ {lu₂}GUB.BA ša₂ KUR KUR₂ | |
| 11 | BE AN.TA-tum EDIN MUR ša₂ 15 i-bir 16 ŠA₃.NIGIN | |
| 12 | KI a-ha-meš e-te-el-lu-u₂ | |
| 13 | BE U—MUR MURUB₄ SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR GAG.ZAG.GA SAG-su BAR-ma DU₈ u 150-šu₂ na-par₂-qud | |
| 14 | a-rad URU ana {giš}TUKUL ŠUB-ti SIG-i | |
| 15 | BE KIŠIB-MEŠ IGI.IGI-ru IGI.IGI-tum | |
| 16 | 05 TAG-MEŠ GAR | |
| 17 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur LUGAL DU₃-ut ŠU.2-ka | |
| 18 | ša₂ i-na-an-na UZU-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-lu DUG₃.GA-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 19 | ši-kin GIG-šu₂ i-ṣi u₃ ma-aʾ-du | |
| 20 | DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ ZU-u₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢IGI⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | {iti}GUD UD 26-KAM₂\t lim-mu {1}sa-gab | |
| 2' | {1}{d}ŠU₂—MU—PAB {1}dan-a {1}30—MAN—DU₃ | |
| 3' | EN-MEŠ—UMUŠ EN-MEŠ—UMUŠ | |
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