SAA 04, 143 (P336614)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336614 |
| 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' | [...... re]bellion of Assyria |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [......? Is the instigation of insurrection] and rebellion, [by the man whose name is] written [in this papyrus, against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and Assurbani]pal, the crown prince of the Succession Palace, |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'– | [decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš], great lord? [Has he who can see, seen it? Has he who can hear], heard it? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it fa]ulty. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked [the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it] unclean. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed [extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient] or faulty. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] has ea[ten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything un]clean [......] |
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] ⸢bar-ti KUR—aš-šur⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x DU₃-eš si-hi] bar-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3' | [ša₂ LU₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ i-na ni-a-ri an-na-a] ⸢ša₂⸣-aṭ-ru | |
| 4' | [a-na UGU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} u₃ {1}{d}aš-šur]—⸢DU₃⸣—DUMU.UŠ DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL ša₂ E₂—UŠ-te E₂—UŠ-te | |
| 5' | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU] EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 6' | [qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂] iš-me-e | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mi an-ni-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM ha]-⸢ṭu⸣-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR] ⸢GIL⸣-MEŠ-ku | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂]-⸢le⸣-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ ina KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂] ⸢ha⸣-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 6 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ mim-ma lu]-ʾu-u₂ ⸢KU₂⸣ [NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ-šu₂] | |
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