Position in chronology
SAA 04 326. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 116) [unclassifiable]
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) The 'station' is present. The 'path' is present. (2) The 'path' is raised on the right, and lies in the cystic duct. (3) The left of the gall bladder is split. There is a hole in the left of the 'finger.' (4) Above the 'increment' there is a 'weapon'-mark which rises from right to left. (5) The 'cap' rides upon the 'outside.' (6) The upper part is elevated. The 'crucible' [...]. (7) There is a 'foot'-mark in the back of lung. (8) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' (9) The breast-bone is thick. (10) The coils of the colon are 14 in number. (11) The heart of the sheep…
Source: 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/P336359/
Why it matters
Transliteration
BE NA GAR BE GÍR GAR / BE GÍR 15 ul-lu-ma ina SUR ZÉ GAR / BE 150 ZÉ DU₈ BE ina 150 ŠU.SI BÙR ŠUB / BE ina UGU MÁŠ GIŠ.TUKUL GAR TA 15 ana 150 ZI / BE U.SAG UGU SA-ti U₅-ma / BE AN.TA DU-ik NÍG.TAB? ⸢KI⸣.TA di-pat / BE ina ku-tal MUR GÌR.2 GAR-at / BE U—MUR MURUB₄-ti SUḪUŠ-sà BAR / BE GAG.ZAG.GA KUG / BE ŠÀ.NIGIN 14 / ŠÀ-bi UDU SILIM / ⸢la?⸣ BÚR-MEŠ / ITI.⸢NE UD 11-KÁM⸣ / lim-mu msa-gab / mNINA-a.a LÚ.GAL—ḪAL / EN—UMUŠ / ina É—UŠ e-tap-šú
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 P336359.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P336359). 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/P336359/.
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