PRT 129 (P393717)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 129 |
|---|---|
| ID | P393717 |
| 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/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' | There is a hole [over the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' toward] the side of the middle surface of the 'finger.' |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | There is a ...[......]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [The upper part] extends beyond the [surface] of the right [lung] and [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] it is called an atrophied part that is not .... |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [The right side ab]sorbs [the middle 'finger' of the lung], but leaves its stump. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] my border town will be delivered to the enemy. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...] is split. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [If] the left side of the [mid]dle ['finger' of the lung] 'takes' the left side: victory of the enemy. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [The breast-bone] is curled on [the left], lies on its back on the right. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | If there is a hole [in the front of] the right [ankle]: downfall of the leader of the army. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | The coils [of the colon are ... in number. The heart] of the ram is normal. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | The base of the 'station' protrudes pointedly. The 'paths' are two, the upper one is white and speckled. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] is on the left. The top of the left surface of the 'finger' is split. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | [...] is damp. Above the top of the 'station' there is a hole. |
| Obverse [14:17] o 15'15'– | There is a [hole] over the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' toward the side of the middle surface of the 'finger.' |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | The right side absorbs the middle 'finger' of the lung, but leaves its stump. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The breast-bone is curled on the left, lies on its back on the right. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | There is a hole in the front of the right ankle. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | There are 10 unfavorable omens [in the extispicy]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [From] the 22nd [day] of this month, [..., to] the 22nd day of Ab (V) of this year, |
| Reverse [7:13] r 88–r 1313 | [will S]in-tabni-uṣur, son of [Ni]kkal-iddina, [become hos]tile to [Assurbani]pal, king of Assyria, your creature? Will he [side] with Šamaš-šumu-ukin, or [make com]mon cause with him? |
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' | [BE ina UGU DAGAL 150 U ana] ⸢A₂⸣ EDIN BUR₃ MURUB₄ U ŠUB-[di] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] KUR ⸢x⸣ BE ŠUB-di | |
| 3' | [BE AN.TA-tum EDIN MUR] ša₂ 15 i-bir-ma | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢KAR⸣-tum la mu-še-ṣi-ti MU-šu₂ | |
| 5' | [BE U—MUR MURUB₄ 15 it]-bal-ši-ma ki-sit₂-ta-šu₂ TAG₄ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢URU⸣ ZAG-MU ana KUR₂ SUM-ma | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ DU₈-MEŠ | |
| 8' | [BE ŠU.SI—MUR] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ 150-ša₂ 150 TI-qi KUR-ti ŠU KUR₂ | |
| 9' | [BE GAG.ZAG.GA 150 ka-pi₂-iṣ 15 na-par₂-qud | |
| 10' | BE [ina IGI kur-sin-ni ša₂] 15 U ŠUB ŠUB-ti DU—IGI ERIM-ni | |
| 11' | BE ŠA₃.[NIGIN x x ŠA₃] UDU.NITA₂ ša₂-lim | |
| 12' | BE SUHUŠ NA ša₂-miṭ GIR₂ 02-ma AN.TA-u BABBAR ma-tir | |
| 13' | [BE x x] 150 GAR SAG EDIN 150 U DU₈ | |
| 14' | [BE x x x] sal-hat AN.TA-nu SAG NA BUR₃ ŠUB | |
| 15' | [BE ina] ⸢UGU⸣ DAGAL 150 U ana A₂ EDIN U MURUB₄ | |
| 16' | [BUR₃] ŠUB-di | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢BE⸣ U—MUR MURUB₄ 15 it-bal-ši-ma | |
| 2 | ki-sit₂-ta-šu₂ TAG₄-ib | |
| 3 | BE GAG.ZAG.GA 150 ka-pi₂-iṣ 15 na-par₂-qud | |
| 4 | BE ina IGI kur-sin-ni ša₂ 15 BUR₃ ŠUB-di | |
| 5 | 10 TAG-MEŠ [ina] ŠA₃ | |
| 6 | [TA UD] 22-KAM₂\t ša₂ ITI an-ni-i {⸢iti⸣}[x] | |
| 7 | [EN] UD 22-KAM₂\t ša₂ {iti}NE ša₂ MU an-[ni]-tu₂ | |
| 8 | {1}{d]}30—tab-ni—u₂-ṣur DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ | |
| 9 | {1}{d]}⸢NIN⸣.GAL—SUM-na it-ti | |
| 10 | {1}aš-šur—DU₃]—A MAN KUR—aš-šur DU₃-ut ŠU.2-ka | |
| 11 | [i-na]-⸢ki⸣-i-ru it-ti {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 12 | [x x x]-⸢ma⸣ lu-u₂ it-ti-šu₂ | |
| 13 | [KA-šu₂ u₃] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-ba-šu₂ | |
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