SAA 04, 085 (P336610)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336610 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Query |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, should the subject] of this query, [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, from the begin]ning of the coming year un[til the month Tammuz of the com]ing [year], for ... days and ni[ghts, the stipulated term], take [the ro]ad and [go to Egypt], |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | he will [safely] come [back to] Nineveh. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | Be pr[esent in th]is ram, [place (in it) a firm positive answer], favorable, propitious [om]ens by [the oracular command of your great divinity], and may I [see (them)]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 2 | [ki-i EN]—MU.MU NE-i {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3 | [TA] ⸢SAG⸣ MU.AN.NA TU-ti ⸢EN⸣ {[iti}ŠU ša₂ MU.AN.NA] | |
| 4 | [TU]-⸢ti⸣ ina ⸢x⸣-ma UD-MEŠ ⸢MI⸣-[MEŠ ši-kin a-dan-ni] | |
| 5 | [ur-ha] ⸢KASKAL⸣.2 i-ṣab-ba-tu₂-ma [a-na {kur}mu-uṣ-ri il-la-ku] | |
| 6 | [šal-meš a]-⸢na⸣ NINA{ki} DU-kam₂-[ma x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an]-⸢ni⸣-e ⸢GUB⸣-[za-am-ma] | |
| 8 | [an-na GI.NA UZU]-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ GI-MEŠ ša₂ [KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 9 | [šuk-nam-ma] lu-[mur] | |
| 10 | [x x x x] ta [x x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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