SAA 04, 188 (P336620)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Kuyunjik (Nineveh) · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 188 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336620 |
| Museum no. | BM 099062 |
| 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 f[irm positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [Will Assurbanipal, so]n of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, [who is now ill and] whose [...] and epigastrium hurt him, [...]...? Does your great divinity know it? |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [Is it decreed and confirmed in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord], and your favorable decisions? |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer], favorable designs, [favorable, propitious omens] by the oracular [command of your great divinity], and may I see (them). |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... The upper part] extends beyond the surface of the right lung, and its 'gate' is held by a filament. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... The coils of the colon are ... and tu]rned, and are 12 in number. There is an additional vertebra on the left. |
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 | {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ] ⸢DUMU⸣ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | [ša₂ i-na-an-na GIG-ma x x]+⸢x SAG⸣.DU {kuš}MURUB₄-MEŠ-šu₂ KU₂.KU₂-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x]-⸢bu⸣-u₂-ma DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-⸢e⸣ | |
| 5 | [GIM KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL]-u₂ u₃ EŠ.BAR-ka šal-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] u₂ [x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ].HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 2' | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] ša₂ SILIM-tim | |
| 3' | [ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam]-⸢ma⸣ lu-mur | |
| 4' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] ⸢lil⸣-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x BE AN.TA-tum] ⸢EDIN⸣ MUR ša₂ 15 e-bir KA₂-ša₂ GU ṣa-bit | |
| 6' | [x x x x ŠA₃.NIGIN x x x] ⸢GUR⸣-MEŠ 12 ŠID-šu₂-nu KIŠIB 150 a-tar | |
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