SAA 08, 242 (P336675)
Astrological Report, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | SAA 08, 242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336675 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Astrological Report |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | [If ...]......, that cattle-pen will ... |
| Obverse [1:3] 22–33 | [If an ano]maly has a bump in its back ...[...] your adversary will submit [to you]. |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | [If] an anomaly has an excrescence: the days of the ruler will be long; the [ki]ng will achieve supreme royal power, will have a large army, and will see a reign of prosperity. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | That cattle-pen will improve. |
| Obverse [8:10] 99–1010 | Perhaps the king my lord will say: "Why did you not quote (any omens) from Šumma izbu? |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | There are no [...] in what I [...]. |
| Obverse [11:16] 1212– | from Šumma i[zbu ......] you quoted ... [......]...[......]. |
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 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ x x x x TUR₃ BI i x | |
| 2 | [BE iz]-⸢bu⸣ ma-aš₂-tu ina ku-tal-li-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢EN⸣—a-ma-ti-ka ⸢EN⸣—a-ma-ti-ka i-kan-nu-uš ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 4 | [BE] iz-bu ṣi-ba-ra GAR UD-me ⸢NUN⸣ GID₂.DA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ LUGAL-tu kiš-šu₂-tu DIB-bat | |
| 6 | um-ma-na ma-at-tu TUK-ši | |
| 7 | BALA HE₂.NUN IGI.LAL | |
| 8 | TUR₃ BI ana IGI-šu₂ DU-ak | |
| 9 | is—su-ur-ri LUGAL be-li₂ i-qab-bi | |
| 10 | ma a-ta-a TA@v ŠA₃-bi ša BE—⸢iz⸣-[bi] | |
| 11 | ⸢la⸣ ta-su-ha ina ŠA₃-bi ša ⸢a⸣-[x x] | |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣ [x]+⸢x⸣ la-a-šu₂ TA ŠA₃-bi BE—⸢iz⸣-[bi x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 13 | x ⸢ta-su⸣-ha ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣ [x x] su ⸢x⸣ [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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