PRT 139 (P336367)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336367 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | (1) (Beginning destroyed) |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The 'p[ath' ......]. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | The place of the 'finger' [...] from inside the 'base of the thro[ne'] is drawn towards the 'finger,' and the 'cap' [......]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | The floating ribs of the left are two. [There are] 3 unf[avorable] features. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | The 'station' is present. The 'path' has a bifurcation toward the right narrow part. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder has fissures like a snake. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | The 'base of the throne' [...] and faces downward. The 'finger' [...]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [...] there is an atrophied part. Unfavorable. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [......]. The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. Check-up. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | The 'path' has a bifurcation toward the right narrow part. The 'well-[being' is des]troyed. |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder has fissures like a snake. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | There are 3 unfavorable features. |
| Obverse [20:24] o 2121–o 2424 | The day that the men and army of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, enter Sippar, and Šamaš-šumu-ukin hears of it, will he flee Babylon to wherever he intends? Indecisive. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | The middle of the 'station' is effaced. The 'path' is curled. The 'strength' is present. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | There is a hole in the right of [...]. The 'well-being' is destroyed. |
| Obverse [26:29] o 2727– | The 'finger' is low. The 'base of the throne' is present. In the top of the left surface of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark, and it faces the [to]p of the 'finger.' The 'weapon'-mark of the 'increment' rises to the left of the 'increment.' |
| Reverse [0:1] r 44–r 44 | [In the top of the left surface of the 'finger'] there is a 'weapon'-mark, and it faces the top of the ['finger']. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 55–r 55 | The breast-bone is blunted. There are 7 unfavorable features. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 66–r 99 | Should Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written in this tablet and placed before your great divinity, over the troops of Bit-Amukani? |
| Reverse [6:9] r 1010–r 1212 | If he appoints him, will he make common cause with Šamaš-šumu-ukin, or with Na[bû-bel-šim]ate, or with the king of [Elam]? |
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] ŠA₃ ME.NI | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x] GIM NUN | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢bi⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ti | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-ta | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | BE ⸢GIR₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | KI U [x x] TA ŠA₃ ME.⸢NI⸣ [x x x]-ni | |
| 10 | ana ŠU.SI eṣ-ret u U.SAG ⸢ku⸣ [x x x]-MEŠ aš₂-[x] | |
| 11 | BE na-a.a-bat 150 02-ta 03 ⸢TAG⸣-[MEŠ GAR] | |
| 12 | BE NA GAR GIR₂ ana PAB.HAL 15 PA TUKU-ši | |
| 13 | BE GIR₂ 150 ZE₂ GIM MUŠ DU₈-MEŠ TUKU-[ši] | |
| 14 | BE ŠUB—AŠ.TE [x x]-ma KI.TA IGI ŠU.SI [x x] | |
| 15 | BE [x x x x] KAR-tum ŠUB-at la SIG₅ | |
| 16 | BE [x x x x] U—MUR MURUB₄ SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR | |
| 17 | BE GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 SI.LAL | |
| 18 | BE GIR₂ ana PAB.HAL 15 PA TUKU-ši ⸢SILIM RA⸣-iṣ | |
| 19 | BE GIR₂ 150 ZE₂ GIM MUŠ DU₈-MEŠ TUKU-ši | |
| 20 | 03-ma ⸢TAG⸣-MEŠ GAR | |
| 21 | UD-mu {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ e-mu-qi₂ ša₂ {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR—aš | |
| 22 | a-na UD.KIB.NUN{⸢ki⸣} e-ter-bu u {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁.GAL—MU—GI.NA | |
| 23 | il-te-mu-u TA ŠA₃ TIN.TIR{ki} | |
| 24 | KI IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ GAR-nu-šu₂ i-hal-li-iq NU TAR-MEŠ | |
| 25 | BE MURUB₄ NA pa-aš-ṭa GIR₂ ka-pi₂-iṣ KALAG GAR | |
| 26 | BE ina ⸢x x⸣ 15 U ŠUB-di SILIM RA-iṣ | |
| 27 | BE ŠU.SI LAL-al ŠUB—AŠ.TE GAR ina SAG EDIN 150 ŠU.SI | |
| 28 | {giš}TUKUL GAR ⸢SAG⸣ U IGI {giš}TUKUL MAŠ₂ ana 150 MAŠ₂ ZI-bi | |
| r | ||
| 4 | BE [ina SAG EDIN 150 ŠU.SI {giš]}TUKUL GAR-ma SAG [U] ⸢IGI⸣ | |
| 5 | BE GAG.ZAG.GA hu-us-sur 07 TAG-MEŠ GAR | |
| 6 | LU₂ ša MU-šu₂ ina ŠA₃ {im}ni-ib-zi an-⸢na⸣-a | |
| 7 | SAR-ma ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti ⸢šak⸣-nu | |
| 8 | {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR—aš ina UGU {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 9 | ša₂ E₂—{1}a-muk-a-ni lip-qid-su | |
| 10 | GIM ip-te-eq-du-šu₂ KA-šu₂ ŠA₃-šu₂ KI {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 11 | lu-u ⸢KI⸣ {1}{d}⸢AG⸣—[EN]—⸢NAM⸣-MEŠ lu-u KI LUGAL | |
| 12 | {⸢kur⸣}[NIM.MA{ki} i]-⸢šak⸣-kan | |
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