SAA 04, 145 (P336615)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336615 |
| Museum no. | BM 099070 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Query |
| Find spot | Kuyunjik (Nineveh) |
| Coordinates | 36.3587, 43.1519 |
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' | [or jun]ior members of the royal [line], or [the king's relatives], |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [or the] eunuchs, recruitment officers (and) te[am] command[ers], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [or] the royal chariot men (and) [...] chariot men, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [or] the staff-bearers, guards (and) [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [or] the mounted scouts, trackers (and) [...], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [or] the Assyrians, or the Arameans, [or the ...], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [o]r the Egyptians, [Nubians (and) ...], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [the auxili]ary troops of the Ya[......], |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [or] the men [who are their accomplices and confederates], |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [or] th[eir brothers ......] |
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 lu-u₂ NUMUN]—⸢LUGAL⸣ NUMUN]—⸢LUGAL⸣ EGIR-u₂-te lu-⸢u₂⸣ [qur-ub LUGAL] | |
| 2' | [lu-u₂] ⸢SAG⸣-MEŠ mu-šar-kis-a-ni GAL-⸢u₂⸣-[ra-a-ti] GAL-⸢u₂⸣-[ra-a-ti] | |
| 3' | [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ {lu₂}{giš}GIGIR-MEŠ LUGAL {giš}GIGIR-MEŠ [x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ {lu₂}ša₂—{giš}PA-MEŠ ša₂—EN.NUN-MEŠ ša₂—⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 5' | [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ {lu₂}kal-lab-MEŠ UŠ—kib-si-[MEŠ UŠ—kib-si-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 6' | [lu]-⸢u₂⸣ aš-šur{ki}a.a lu ar-ma-a.[a x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [lu]-u₂ {kur}mu-uṣ-ra-a.a {[kur}ku-sa-a.a x x x] | |
| 8' | [ki]-⸢it⸣-ru ša₂ {lu₂}ia-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [lu-u₂] {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ša₂ i-⸢si⸣-[šu₂-un iš-mu-u₂-ni u₂-du-u₂-ni] | |
| 10' | [lu-u₂ ŠEŠ]-⸢MEŠ-šu₂⸣-[nu x x x x x x x] | |
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