TI pl. 4, K 06259 (P337153)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | TI pl. 4, K 06259 |
|---|---|
| ID | P337153 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa09 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | The word of Ištar of Arbela [to the king's mother: ...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | My knees are bent fo[r ......]. |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | Mullissu [has heard] the cry [of her calf]. |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | Gird (f.) your loins! [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | Ninurta [shall go] at the right and left side o[f .......] |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | [shall put] his enemies under [his] foot [......] |
| Obverse [7:9] 88– | I will g[o out] to the Palace of the Steppe [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 9b.e. 9–b.e. 9b.e. 9 | I will give security for [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria] |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 1010– | [His] e[nemies] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | within [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | I will [......] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The enemy who [......] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | the enemy who ... [...] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | we will cast [before his feet] and g[o ...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Glorify (pl.) [...] Mullissu! [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | are those of Šamaš, until my father [......]. |
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 | a-bat {d}15 ša\yd {uru}arba-il₃ [x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | kin-ṣa-a.a kan-ṣa a-⸢na⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {d}NIN.LIL₂ a-na kil-li [ša mu-ri-ša₂ ta-se-me] | |
| 4 | qab-le-ki ru-uk-si ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ša\d {1}aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur [x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 {d}NIN.URTA 15 u 150 ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | a.a-bi-šu₂ ina KI.TA GIR₃.2-[šu₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ina E₂.GAL EDIN u₂-[ṣa x x x x x x] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 9 | tu-qu-un a-na {1}[aš-šur—PAB—AŠ MAN KUR—aš-šur] | |
| 10 | ⸢ad⸣-dan {lu₂}[KUR₂-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina ŠA₃ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | u₂-⸢ba⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}KUR₂\d ⸢ša⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}KUR₂\d ⸢ša\p lum x⸣ [x ina IGI GIR₃.2-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 5 | ni\d-ik\y-ru-ur ni-⸢il⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {d}NIN.LIL₂ ⸢dul⸣-la [x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢ša⸣ {d}UTU ši-na EN AD-u-a u₂-⸢za⸣-[x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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