SAA 04, 247 (P336625)
Extispicy Query, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336625 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'– | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come] near [the place of the extispicy] and made it unclean. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that] the extispicy is being performed [in this uncl]ean place. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy] is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in] his ordinary soiled [garments ...] |
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' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB]-MEŠ-qu-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-e lu-ʾe]-e MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂]-e-šu₂ ar-šat [lab-šu₂] | |
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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