SAA 04, 102 (P336611)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336611 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | should he [go] and set up camp before that city, [...]ni, will they, |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [be it by means of w]ar, or through fri[endliness or peaceful negotiations], [or by means of a tunnel or bre]ach, (or scaling) ladders, or by means of ra[mps or battering-rams], |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [or through famine, or] by soaking with water, or by a strong weapon, or [......], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [or through ..., pr]essure, negligence, lack (of soldiers), or [..., or through any r]use of capturing a city whatever, |
| Obverse [7:10] o 8'8'–o 10'10' | [capture] that city, [enter that city], conquer that city? |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | (whether) they will capture that city, [enter that city], and conquer [that city]. |
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 x x x x x x x x x lil-lik] | |
| 2' | [i-na UGU URU UR₅-tu₂ {uru}x x]-ni ma-dak-⸢ta⸣ [liš]-⸢ku-un-ma⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [lu-u₂ i-na DU₃-eš {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄] ⸢u₃⸣ ME₃ lu-u₂ ⸢i-na⸣ KA DUG₃.[GA sa-lim ṭu-ub-ba-a-ti] | |
| 4' | [lu-u₂ i-na nik-si i-na pil]-ši i-na {giš}I.DIB lu-u₂ i-na a-⸢ra⸣-[am-ma i-na šu-bi-i] | |
| 5' | [lu-u₂ i-na bu-bu-ti i]-⸢na⸣ A-MEŠ ma-ha-hi lu-u₂ i-na {giš}TUKUL dan-ni lu-⸢u₂⸣ [i-na x x x x] | |
| 6' | [lu-u₂ i-na x x x lu]-u₂ dan-na-ni i-na ṣu-um-me šu e-[x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [lu-u₂ i-na x x x si]-ʾu-ti ši-ṭu-ti mi-ku-ti lu-u₂ i-[na x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [lu-u₂ i-na mim-ma] ⸢ši⸣-pir ni-gil-ti ša₂ ṣa-bat URU mal₂ GAL₂-u₂ URU UR₅-[tu₂ i-ṣab-ba-tu-u₂] | |
| 9' | [i-na ŠA₃-bi URU UR₅-tu₂ TU-MEŠ-u₂ x x]+⸢x⸣ URU UR₅-tu₂ ŠU.2-su-un i-⸢kaš⸣-[ša₂-a-da] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x] ⸢URU UR₅-tu₂ DIB x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x URU UR₅-tu₂] ŠU.2-⸢su-un⸣ i-kaš-ša₂-ad [x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢u₂⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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