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RT 24, 103-105 (P394467)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RT 24, 103-105 |
|---|---|
| ID | P394467 |
| 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 |
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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [... IL₂]-⸢šu KA⸣-[šu₂ ...] | ... his lifting, his opening |
| 2' | [... a]-⸢ḫu⸣-lap-ia ⸢DU₁₁⸣.[GA-bi ...] | ... my limbs, its ‘song’ |
| 3' | ⸢NAG⸣ ina I₃.GIŠ ŠEŠ₂ ⸢NU⸣.[MEŠ-šu₂ ...] | You knead ēšu-plant in oil (and) you daub his eyes with it. |
| 4' | [... ri-da-a]-ti paq-du a-na ⸢DIB⸣-[ti₃ ...] | ... are entrusted to the ešdibti-office |
| 5' | [... ri-da-a]-⸢ti⸣ UŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ a-na ⸢TI⸣-[šu₂] | “... his descendants to his father-in-law |
| 6' | [... mu-ru]-⸢uṣ⸣ DU₃.A.BI [...] | ... all the urû-priests |
| 7' | [...] {⸢d⸣}AMAR.UTU tara-kas₂ {udu}SISKUR₂ BAL-qi₂ [...] | You set up a šakku-offering for Marduk. You libate an offering. |
| 8' | ⸢tu⸣-ṭaḫ-ḫa NINDA.⸢I₃⸣.DE₂.A LAL₃ I₃.NUN.NA ⸢GAR⸣-an {⸢dug⸣}A.[DA.GUR₄ ...] | etu-tbaḫḫu-liquorice, emmer bread, honey, butter, ešamê-plant, adagar-vessel |
| 9' | [... {giš]}⸢EREN⸣ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ a-na {d}AMAR.UTU DUB-aq 4 NIG₂.⸢NA⸣.[MEŠ ...] | You strew ēšû-tree (and) cypress for Marduk. 4 cedar ... |
| 10' | [x-x-x-x ina] ⸢IGI⸣ KEŠ₂ BAL-qi₂ ki-is-pa ⸢a⸣-[na x-x-x-x-x-(x-x)] | You set up a ritual assemblage in the courtyard. |
| 11' | [x-x-x-x ta]-⸢kas₂⸣-sip₄ LU₂ BI ina UGU x [...] | ... you smash that man on top of ... |
| 12' | [x-x-x-x-x-x] x {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU x [...] | ... a woman |
| 13' | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x] x-x-x-x-x-x [...] | |
| 1'' | [x] x-x-x ⸢ana ID₂⸣ ŠUB-⸢di⸣-[ma ...] | You throw ... into the river and . |
| 2'' | ⸢up⸣-ša₂-šu-u₂ ḪUL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [x-x]-x [...] | “The evildoer ... ... |
| 3'' | ⸢EN₂⸣ LUGAL ne₂-me-qi₂ mu-⸢šim-mu NAM⸣.[MEŠ] | Incantation: King of wisdom, creator of fates |
| 4'' | ⸢ra⸣-im e₂-sag-il₂ tuk-lat TIN.TIR{[ki]} | the “first-born’ of Esagil, the support of Babylon |
| 5'' | ⸢na⸣-ṣir ZI-tim LUGAL DINGIR.MEŠ EN AN [KI] | Life of the king of the gods, lord of heaven and earth |
| 6'' | ⸢ga⸣-mil en-ši mu-ḫal-li-qu rag-[gi] | “Emil, the lord, the one who destroys the wicked, |
| 7'' | ⸢na⸣-din ḪE₂.NUN u₃ maš-re-e a-na UN.MEŠ a-⸢pa⸣-[a-ti] | “It is enough, the ginormouse and the mašrê-offerings to the people of the apšāti |
| 8'' | ka-šid a-a-bi mu-⸢šam⸣-qi₂-tu mu-⸢uz⸣-[zap-ri] | The one who defeats enemies, the one who annihilates enemies |
| 9'' | na-din GIŠ.ŠUB.BA u₃ nin-da-be₂-⸢e⸣ a-na DINGIR.MEŠ šu-ut ⸢da⸣-[ad₂-me] | The seller of the prebend and the nindabâ-offerings for the gods of the ‘hand-of-the-god’ |
| 10'' | EN KUR.KUR na-ram ŠA₃ {d}⸢EN.LIL₂⸣ ḫa-tin [...] | Lord of the lands, beloved one, son of Enlil, may he ... joy |
| 11'' | na-ši {giš}GIDRU BALA-e ka-⸢bi-su⸣ DINGIR muz-[zap-ri] | Received by the scepter of the balaŋ composition ka’ebisû-priest of the god, the messenger. |
| 12'' | na-din mil-ku u EŠ.BAR [...] DINGIR.MEŠ ⸢ŠEŠ⸣.[MEŠ-šu] | The one who gives advice and decisions . . [.] . of the gods, his (personal) gods |
| 13'' | {d}AMAR.UTU re-me₂-nu-u₂ TI.LA [...] | O merciful Marduk, [. . ] life |
| 14'' | šur-kam-ma TI.LA gi-mil [... GAL]-⸢tim⸣ | It is the second (in a series called) “Life, rejoicing, . . [.] . chief of the temples, |
| 15'' | mur-ṣu ša₂ iš-šak-nam-ma UŠ.MEŠ-ni | It is a disease that has been placed on me and my enemies |
| 16'' | pal-ḫa-ku-ma ad-ra-ku u₃ šu-⸢ta-du⸣-ra-ku | I am afraid, I am frightened, and I am terrified |
| 17'' | IM-ka DU₁₀.GA li-zi-qa-am-ma li-ne₂-ʾu-u₂ mur-ṣi | May your sweet [wind] blow upon me and may it release my illness. |
| 18'' | nap-li-sa-an-ni-ma {d}EN TUK-a re-e-mu | Take hold of me, O merciful Bel! |
| 19'' | ana-ku NENNI A NENNI IR₃-ka šum-ru-ṣu ak-⸢ta⸣-mis IGI-ka | I (am) so-and-so, son of [so-and] so, your light is bright, your face is bright. |
| 20'' | ⸢di⸣-ni de-en EŠ.BAR-a-a KU₅-us | He shall contest in my lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 21'' | [al]-⸢si⸣-ka EN ši-man-ni qer-biš ZI-ti₃ gi-mil | I call upon you, O lord, who knows me, grant me a long life. |
| 22'' | [...] ⸢e⸣-pi-šu ḪUL-ti₃-ia ka-a-ša₂ NIGIN-ka | ... my evil ‘house-plant’ is on your lips. |
| 23'' | [...] ⸢NENNI⸣ ša DINGIR URU-šu₂ {d}MES {d}15 URU-šu₂ {d}zar-pa-ni-tum | ... of the god of his city, Marduk, the goddess of his town, Zarpanitu |
| 24'' | [...] ⸢SILA⸣ pu-uḫ-pu-uḫ-ḫu-u iš-šak-nam-ma UŠ.MEŠ-ni | ... the esalû-vessel was poured out and its roots |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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