SAA 09 006. An Oracle from Tašmetu-ereš of Arbela

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P336678

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 9

High confidence

(1) Ištar of Arbe[la has said: ......] (2) "I will put in order [......] (3) I will put in order [......] (4) ... [......] (5) "the city [......] (6) Th[ey ...]ed [......] (7) they entered [......] (8) of the king [......] (9) they killed [......] (10) I will c[ast ......] (r 1) "I do not [......] (r 2) help [......] (r 3) I heard and [......] (r 4) your enemies [......] (r 5) this [......] (r 6) prophes[ied ......] (r 7) [wit]hin [......] (r 8) who prophes[ied ......] (r 9) before [......] (r 10) until [your] enemi[es ......]. (r 11) [T]ašmetu-ereš, a [prophet of ......], (r 12) pro[phesied] (this) in the city of Arbela.

State Archives of Assyria, volume 9 — scholar edition (ORACC).

Transliteration

d15 ša URU.arba-[ìl ma-a x x x x x x x x] / ma-a ú-ta-qa-[an x x x x x x x x x x] / ú-ta-qa-an [x x x x x x x x x x x] / [x]-ru-bi ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / ma-a ⸢URU⸣.[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / in-ta-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / e-tar-⸢bu⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] / ša LUGAL [x x x x x x x x x x x x] / i-du-⸢ku⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] / a-ka-[x x x x x x x x x x x x] / ⸢ma⸣-a…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian prophetic oracle, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 9, 1997). ORACC text P336678.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P336678). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P336678/.

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