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SAA 04 301

  • CDLI P393717
  • Collection no.: BM —
  • Accession no.: K 00028 + K 03960
  • Primary publication(s): PRT 129

Details

  • Provenience: Kuyunjik (Nineveh) (Pleiades ID: 874621)
  • Archive: 099 - Miscellaneous
  • Language: Akkadian (Neo-Babylonian)
  • Genre: Extispicy Report (appointment)
  • Object type: tablet
  • Material: clay
  • Script: Neo-Babylonian

Date

  • Period: Neo-Assyrian
  • Reign: Ashurbanipal (668–ca. 631 BC)
  • Dated: no

Sender Information

  • Sender: (unknown)
  • Location: Nineveh
  • Recipient: (the king)

SAA 04 301. Will Sin-tabni-uṣur Side with Šamaš-šumu-ukin? (PRT 129) [appointment][via saao/saa04]

Obverse
oo beginning broken away

o 1'1'

[BE ina UGU DAGAL 150 U ana] ⸢Á⸣ EDIN BÙR MURUB₄ U ŠUB-[di]

(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.'

o 2'2'

[x x x x x x x] KUR? ⸢x⸣ BE ŠUB-di

(2) There is a ...[......].

o 3'3'

[BE AN.TA-tum EDIN MUR] šá 15 i-bir-ma

(3) [The upper part] extends beyond the [surface] of the right [lung] and [...].

o 4'4'

[x x x x x x x] ⸢KAR⸣-tum la mu-še-ṣi-ti MU-šú

(4) [...] it is called an atrophied part that is not ....

o 5'5'

[BE U—MUR MURUB₄ 15 it]-bal-ši-ma ki-sít-ta-šú TAG₄

(5) [The right side ab]sorbs [the middle 'finger' of the lung], but leaves its stump.

o 6'6'

[x x x x x x x] ⸢URU⸣ ZAG-MU ana KÚR SUM-ma

(6) [...] my border town will be delivered to the enemy.

o 7'7'

[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ DU₈-MEŠ

(7) [...] is split.

o 8'8'

[BE ŠU.SI—MUR] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ 150-šá 150 TI-qi KUR-ti ŠU KÚR

(8) [If] the left side of the [mid]dle ['finger' of the lung] 'takes' the left side: victory of the enemy.

o 9'9'

[BE GAG.ZAG.GA 150] ka-pí-iṣ 15 na-pár-qud

(9) [The breast-bone] is curled on [the left], lies on its back on the right.

o 10'10'

BE [ina IGI kur-sin-ni šá] 15 U ŠUB ŠUB-ti DU—IGI ERIM-ni

(10) If there is a hole [in the front of] the right [ankle]: downfall of the leader of the army.

o 11'11'

BE ŠÀ.[NIGIN x x ŠÀ] UDU.NÍTA šá-lim

(11) The coils [of the colon are ... in number. The heart] of the ram is normal.

o 12'12'

BE SUḪUŠ NA šá-miṭ GÍR 02-ma AN.TA-u BABBAR ma-tir

(12) The base of the 'station' protrudes pointedly. The 'paths' are two, the upper one is white and speckled.

o 13'13'

[BE x x] ⸢150⸣ GAR SAG EDIN 150 U DU₈

(13) [...] is on the left. The top of the left surface of the 'finger' is split.

o 14'14'

[BE x x x] sal-ḫat AN.TA-nu SAG NA BÙR ŠUB

(14) [...] is damp. Above the top of the 'station' there is a hole.

o 15'15'

[BE ina] ⸢UGU⸣ DAGAL 150 U ana Á EDIN U MURUB₄

(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.'

o 16'16'

[BÙR] ŠUB-di

Reverse
r 1r 1

⸢BE⸣ U—MUR MURUB₄ 15 it-bal-ši-ma

(r 1) The right side absorbs the middle 'finger' of the lung, but leaves its stump.

r 22

  ki-sít-ta-šú TAG₄-ib

r 33

BE GAG.ZAG.GA 150 ka-pí-iṣ 15 na-pár-qud

(r 3) The breast-bone is curled on the left, lies on its back on the right.

r 44

BE ina IGI kur-sin-ni šá 15 BÙR ŠUB-di

(r 4) There is a hole in the front of the right ankle.

r 55

10 TAG-MEŠ [ina] ŠÀ

(r 5) There are 10 unfavorable omens [in the extispicy].

(blank)

r 66

[TA UD] 22-KÁM šá ITI an-ni-i ⸢ITI⸣.[x]

(r 6) [From] the 22nd [day] of this month, [..., to] the 22nd day of Ab (V) of this year,

r 77

[EN] UD 22-KÁM šá ITI.NE šá MU an-[ni]-tú

r 88

[md]⸢30⸣—tab-ni—ú-ṣur DUMU-šú šá

(r 8) [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?

r 99

[md]⸢NIN⸣.GAL—SUM-na it-ti

r 1010

[maš-šur—DÙ]—A MAN KUR—aš-šur DÙ-ut ŠU.2-ka

r 1111

[i-na]-⸢ki⸣-i-ru it-ti mdGIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA

r 1212

[x x x]-⸢ma?⸣ lu-ú it-ti-šú

r 1313

[KA-šú ù] ⸢ŠÀ⸣-ba-šú

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)

Adapted from Ivan Starr, Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (State Archives of Assyria, 4), 1990. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2018, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P393717/.

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