SAA 04, 310 (P336628)
Extispicy Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 04, 310 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336628 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Extispicy Report |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | The 'base of the throne' is overtu[rned ......]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | If the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is spl[it: defeat of my army]. Revolt of my army. My army will not achieve its enterprise. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | If the top of the 'finger' is atrophied: the enemy will attack the vanguard of my army. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | An attack will be assigned to the king. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | The 'increment' is normal. If the upper [part] extends beyond the surface of the right lung: devastation of the steppe, loss of cattle. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | If the middle 'finger' of the lung is o[vertur]ned and [is located in] the place of the 'treasure' [of the right] lung: a country dweller will enter the city, a city dweller will move to the country. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | An inhabitant of a fortress of yours will deliver the city to the enemy. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Change of dynasty. The owner of the sacrifice will [die] in [his] extispi[cy]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | In the sacrifices of the commoner: dispersal [of the man's household]. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'1'–r 6'6' | Should Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, [your cr]eature, appoint the man [whose name is written in] this [oblong tablet and placed] before yo[ur great] divinity, to the office of the royal delegate in the temple [of ...] in the Inner City? |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | Unfavorable. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | BE ŠUB—AŠ.TE ⸢BAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | BE SAG EDIN 15 ŠU.SI ⸢DU₈⸣ [SIG₃-iṣ SAG.DU ERIM]-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 3' | GABA.RAH ERIM-MU ṣu₂-mi-rat ERIM-MU NU KUR-MEŠ | |
| 4' | BE SAG ŠU.SI KAR-im IGI-it ERIM-MU KUR₂ TAG-[at] | |
| 5' | [ZI]-⸢bu⸣ a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ ip-pa-qid | |
| 6' | BE MAŠ₂ SILIM-im AN.[TA] EDIN MUR ša₂ 15 i-bir | |
| 7' | KAR-tum EDIN ZI.GA MAŠ₂.ANŠE | |
| 8' | BE ŠU.SI—MUR MURUB₄ ⸢BAL-at⸣ KI MI₂.ŠEŠ MUR | |
| 9' | ša₂ ki-di ana ŠA₃ URU ša₂ ŠA₃ URU ana ki-di ⸢TU⸣ | |
| 10' | a-šib {uru}bir-ti-ka URU ana KUR₂ SUM-[na] | |
| 11' | BAL-e LUGAL MIN₃-ni EN UR₅.UŠ₂ ina UR₅.⸢UŠ₂⸣-[šu₂ UŠ₂] | |
| 12' | BE-ma ina SISKUR.SISKUR MAŠ₂.EN.GAG BIR-ah [E₂ LU₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢LU₂⸣ [ša₂ MU-šu₂ i-na IM.GID₂.DA] | |
| 2' | an-na-a šaṭ-[ru-u₂-ma o] | |
| 3' | i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti GAR-nu] | |
| 4' | {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A MAN KUR—aš-šur{ki} DU₃-⸢ut⸣ [ŠU.2-ka] | |
| 5' | a-na {lu₂}qe-pu-u₂-te ina ⸢E₂⸣ [x x] | |
| 6' | a-na {uru}ŠA₃—URU lip-qi₂-⸢su⸣ | |
| 7' | TAG-at₂ | |
Sources & licences
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