SAA 04, 179 (P336617)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336617 |
| Museum no. | BM 099144 |
| 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] 1'1'–1'1' | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman] has come near [the place of the] extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | [Disregard that] an unclean person [has performed extispicy in this place]. |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity] for the performance [of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Obverse [3:6] 4'4'– | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the] sheep [is dressed in his ordinary soiled] garments, [has eaten, drunk, or anointed] himself with [anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed] the (ritual) proceedings. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of the] haruspex, your servant. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | [I ask you, Šamaš, gre]at [lord], whether [Assur]banipal, son of [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, should ... the man whose name is written in this papyrus and placed be]fore yo[ur great] divinity [......] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ DIB.DIB-[ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i] lu-ʾu-[u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka] ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na MAŠ₂ [MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU].NITA₂ ṣu-bat ⸢gi⸣-[ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-šat lab-šu₂] | |
| 5' | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG ŠEŠ₂]-⸢šu₂⸣ ku-un qa-[ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KA DUMU—{lu₂]}⸢HAL⸣ DUMU—{lu₂]}⸢HAL⸣ ARAD-ka [ta-mit up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 2 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ]-ha lu-[u₂ BAR-MEŠ-ra] | |
| 3 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ ki-i [LU₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ ina ni-a-ra an-na-a] | |
| 4 | [šaṭ-ru-ma i-na ma]-har DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti] | |
| 5 | [GAR-un {1}{d}aš-šur]—DU₃—A DUMU {1}{[d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na] | |
Sources & licences
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