PRT 119 (P336361)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 119 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336361 |
| 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 [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [... The 'well-being'] is smashed on the [rig]ht. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] is affected. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [...]: route of the army. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...]... of the enemy. Grief. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | The base of the [middle 'finger' of the lung] is 'bound.' The breast-bone is thick. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] The top of the le[ft] surface of the [gall] bladder [...] faces the le[ft side] of the 'finger.' |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [... in the] middle [surface] of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark which faces the top of the 'finger.' |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] there is a 'weapon'-mark. The top of the 'finger' bends towards the 'well-being.' |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | [...] is short. The 'well-being' is smashed on the right. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] is atrophied. In the left side of the lung there is a 'foot'-mark which [...] the right of the inside [...]. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | There are [... unfavo]rable omens. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [Are the words contained] in this letter |
| Obverse [19:21] o 20'20'–o 21'21' | [which NN has sent t]o Assurbani[pal, king of Assyria], your creature, [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | [...] sincere [...]? |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | [......]. Do they go [......]? |
| Obverse [23:24] o 24'24'–o 24'24' | [The 'station'] is present. The 'paths' are two, the lower one [...]. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 25'25'–o 25'25' | [...] to the left [...] the 'path' [...]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [... a messen]ger before Assurbani[pal ...] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...]... [Is it plea]sing [t]o your great divinity [......]? |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [... favo]rable, meaning: "......" |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [Month Nis]an (I), 9th day, eponym year of Sagab (651). |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [Chi]ef haruspex, reporter. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Performed [in] the New 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ IGI | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x]-šu₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ši | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x] mi | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x SILIM] 15 SIG₃-iṣ | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ TAG-at | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x] KAR-ut ERIM-ni | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x] ⸢ub⸣ MI KUR₂ ŠA₃.HUL | |
| 11' | [BE ŠU.SI—MUR] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ SUHUŠ-sa₃ KEŠ₂-is GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi | |
| 12' | [BE] ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 ⸢x⸣ ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ SILIM-im | |
| 13' | BE [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ BE SAG EDIN 150 ZE₂⸣ [x x x] 150 U IGI | |
| 14' | [x x x x x x] U MURUB₄ {giš}TUKUL GAR-ma SAG U IGI | |
| 15' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ {giš}TUKUL GAR-ma SAG U SILIM ša₂-ri-ir [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 16' | [x x x x x x]-ur₂ ku-ri SILIM 15 SIG₃-iṣ | |
| 17' | BE [x x x x x x] KAR ina 150 ⸢MUR⸣ GIR₃ 15 ŠA₃ [x x x] | |
| 18' | [x x x x x TAG]-MEŠ ⸢GAR⸣ [x x] | |
| 19' | [x x x x x ša₂] ⸢i⸣-na ši-pir-ti an-ni-[ti x x x] | |
| 20' | [ša₂ {1}x x x i]-⸢na⸣ pa-an {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—[DUMU.UŠ LUGAL] | |
| 21' | [KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] ⸢bi⸣-nu₃-ut ŠU.2-ka ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 22' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ šal-mu-tu [x x x x x] | |
| 23' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ a ki DU-MEŠ ⸢KA⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 24' | [BE NA] GAR GIR₂ 02-ma KI.TA-[u₂ x x x x x] | |
| 25' | [x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ana 150 [x x] GIR₂ ud [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x {lu₂}DUMU—šip]-ri {lu₂}DUMU—šip]-ri ina IGI {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—[DUMU.UŠ] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x DINGIR⸣-ti-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-ni DUG₃.GA-ab ma-a ⸢x⸣ ud ni ⸢sal⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | {[iti]}⸢BARAG⸣ UD 09-KAM₂\t lim-mu {1}sa-gab ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | {[lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—HAL {[lu₂]}⸢GAL⸣—HAL EN—ṭe₃-e-mu EN—ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 6' | [ina ŠA₃] ⸢E₂⸣.GAL GIBIL e-tap-šu | |
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