SAA 09 010. Fragment of a Prophecy (CT 53 946)

~670 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P314355

Translation — scholar edition

SAA 9

High confidence

(Beginning destroyed) (3) we [......] (4) because [......] (5) before [......] (6) face [......] (Break) (r 1) shall be [......] (r 2) shall bring me out [......] (r 3) shall give the kingship [......] (r 4) of all lands [......] (r 5) the day when you [......] (r 6) and those who are lo[yal ......] (r 7) I will lengthen [......] (Break) (l.e. 1) [...] the woman Dunnaša-amur (said): "[......] (l.e. 2) [...] the prophetess who [......]

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

Transliteration

⸢si⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] / is-[x x x x x x x x x] / nu-[x x x x x x x x x] / né-me-[el x x x x x x x x] / ina IGI [x x x x x x x x] / pa-ni [x x x x x x x x] / gu-[x x x x x x x x] / [x] ⸢ib⸣-ba-áš-[ši x x x x] / ú-še-ṣa-an-ni [x x x x x x] / LUGAL-u-tú id-dan-[x x x x x x] / ša KUR.KUR gab-⸢bu⸣ [x x x x x] / UD-mu šá tap-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / u šá ke-⸢nu⸣-[ni x x x x x] / lu-ur-⸢ri⸣-[ik x x x x x]…

Scholarly note

Neo-Assyrian prophetic oracle, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 9, 1997). ORACC text P314355.

Attribution

Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P314355). source
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P314355/.

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