SAA 04, 180 (P336618)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 180 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336618 |
| Museum no. | BM 099041 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm] positive answer [to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [The man whose name is written in this] papyrus [and placed before yo]ur great [divinity ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [May (this query) go to your great divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [... The 'stren]gth' is present. The left of the gall bladder is attached. The 'fing[er' ......]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......]. The base of the middle part is 'loose.' The breast-[bone ......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] descends to the right and [......]. |
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 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ša₂ a]-šal-lu-ka an-⸢na⸣ [GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [LU₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ i-na] ŠA₃-bi ni-ʾa-a-ra ⸢an⸣-[na-a šaṭ-ru-ma] | |
| 3 | [i-na IGI DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ GAL-ti [GAR-un x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-⸢ti⸣ {d}UTU ⸢EN GAL⸣-[u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x] ⸢KALAG⸣ GAR 150 ZE₂ ṣa-mid ŠU.⸢SI⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ MURUB₄-tum SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR GAG.ZAG.[GA x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ana 15 ma-qit u GID₂-ud [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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