PRT 116 (P336359)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336359 |
| 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] 11–11 | The 'station' is present. The 'path' is present. |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | The 'path' is raised on the right, and lies in the cystic duct. |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | The left of the gall bladder is split. There is a hole in the left of the 'finger.' |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | Above the 'increment' there is a 'weapon'-mark which rises from right to left. |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | The 'cap' rides upon the 'outside.' |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | The upper part is elevated. The 'crucible' [...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | There is a 'foot'-mark in the back of lung. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | The breast-bone is thick. |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | The coils of the colon are 14 in number. |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | The heart of the sheep is normal. |
| Obverse [11:13] 1212– | Unresolved. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 11–r 22 | Month A[b (V)], 11th [da]y, eponym year of Sagab (651). |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Ninuaya, chief haruspex, (was) reporter. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Performed in the Succession Palace. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BE NA GAR BE GIR₂ GAR | |
| 2 | BE GIR₂ 15 ul-lu-ma ina SUR ZE₂ GAR | |
| 3 | BE 150 ZE₂ DU₈ BE ina 150 ŠU.SI BUR₃ ŠUB | |
| 4 | BE ina UGU MAŠ₂ {giš}TUKUL GAR TA 15 ana 150 ZI | |
| 5 | BE U.SAG UGU SA-ti U₅-ma | |
| 6 | BE AN.TA DU-ik NIG₂.TAB ⸢KI⸣.TA di-pat | |
| 7 | BE ina ku-tal MUR GIR₃.2 GAR-at | |
| 8 | BE U—MUR MURUB₄-ti SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR | |
| 9 | BE GAG.ZAG.GA KUG | |
| 10 | BE ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 | |
| 11 | ŠA₃-bi UDU SILIM | |
| 12 | ⸢la⸣ BUR₂-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {iti}⸢NE UD 11-KAM₂\t⸣ | |
| 2 | lim-mu {1}sa-gab | |
| 3 | {1}NINA-a.a {lu₂}GAL—HAL {lu₂}GAL—HAL | |
| 4 | EN—UMUŠ EN—UMUŠ | |
| 5 | ina E₂—UŠ E₂—UŠ e-tap-šu₂ | |
Sources & licences
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