SAA 04 088. Will Chief Eunuch Ša-Nabu-šu be Attacked by the Egyptians? (PRT 036+) [military and political]

(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answ]er to what I am asking you!

(2) Ša-Nabû-šû, chief eunuch, whom [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], has now sent and who has gone, (whom) your great divinity kno[ws —

(3) in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord], and your favorable decisions, should the subject of this query, Ša-Nabû-šû, [chief eunuch, ......]?

(5) [After he ...] has reached the city [...]-Aššur [..., will N]echo and Šar[ru-lu-dari, Egyptian kings, ......] and the Egypti[ans ......]?

(8) As long as [he stays] in the dis[trict of Egypt, will either Necho] or Šarru-lu-dari [......] which Esarhaddon, king of Assyria has s[ent ......]?

(11) [Will ...] their [...], or the Egyptians [...], or the vassals in Egy[pt ...... strive] and plan, and, either by their (own) deliberations, o[r ......, be it in day]time or [at nig]ht, or in the e[vening, mount a] dangerous [attack ag]ainst Ša-Nabû-šû, ch[ief eunuch, or act with evil intent again]st him, [kill, plunder (or) loot him]?

(17) [Is the ki]lling, plundering (or) looting of Ša-Nabû-šû, [chief eunuch of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is o]n a mission [i]n Egypt, [dec]reed and confirmed i[n accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, [hear it]?

(20) [Disregard that they] (may) think about it, [but turn and ......].

(r 1) [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for] to[day's case], be it [good, be it faulty].

(r 2) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched the sacrificial [sheep], or [blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep].

(r 3) [Disregard that] the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient [or faulty].

(r 4) [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, [have jumbled] the oracle query in [my mouth], (or) changed or altered the [proceed]ings.

Let [them be taken out and put aside]!

(r 6) [I ask y]ou, Šamaš, great lord, whether Ša-Na[bû-šû, chief eunuch, who is no]w on a mission in Egypt, [will be subject] to a dangerous [at]tack by [Šarru-lu-dari and Necho], kings of Egypt, or by any Egy[ptians, (and whether) they will kill, c]apture, plunder, (or) loot (him).

(r 10) [Be present] i[n this ram, place] (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable designs], favorable, propitious [omens] by [the oracular command of your great divinity], and [may I see (them)].

(r 14) [May (this query) go] to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer].

(r 15) The middle of the 'station' is effaced. The 'path,' the 'stre[ngth,' and the 'well-being'] are present. The left of the gall bladder is atta[ched].

(r 16) The lower part is elevated. Perniqqus are present. In the 'head lift' of the lun[g ......].

(r 17) The tip of the middle 'finger' of the lung is [sp]lit. The coils of the colon are 1[2 in number. The heart of the ram is normal].