Position in chronology
SAA 04 303. Will NN Make a Rebellion(?) against his Lord? (PRT 112) [appointment]
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 4(1) The 'sta[tion'] is pre[sent ......]. (2) [...... The 'path' is cur]led. (3) [......] there is a hole. (4) [... it fa]ces [...]. (Break) (r 1) to [......] (r 2) the ki[ng ......] (r 3) will he make [...] against his lord? (r 4) Dannaya, reporter. (r 5) Month Shebat (XI), 4th day, eponym year of Sagab (651) .
State Archives of Assyria, volume 4 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Transliteration
BE ⸢NA GAR⸣ [x x x x] ⸢x x⸣ / BE [x x x GÍR ka-pí]-ìṣ / BE [x x x x x x] BÙR ŠUB / BE [x x x x x x] ⸢IGI⸣ / ana [x x x x x x x] / ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x x] / ana UGU EN-šú ip-pu-⸢ú⸣-šú / mdan-a.a EN—ṭè-me / ITI.ZÍZ UD 04-KÁM lim-mu mUD-gab
Scholarly note
Extispicy query addressed to Šamaš, the sungod and patron of divination, edited by Ivan Starr (SAA 4, 1990). The king asks the deity to render a yes/no verdict on a political or military question. ORACC text P237173.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P237173). source
Translation excerpted from Starr, I. 1990. Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria. SAA 4. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa04/P237173/.
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