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SAA 04 166. Query Similar to No. 156 (PRT 056) [appointment]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking [you]! (2) [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], appoint the man whose name [is written] in [this] papyrus and [placed] before your great divinity, to the office whi[ch is written in this papyrus]? (5) If he appo[ints him, will he] instigate [an insurrection and rebellion against Esarhaddon, ki]ng of Assyria, or against [Assurbanipal, the crown prince of the Succession Palace], or will he cause others to instigate it? (7) [Will he plot it, or cause others to plot it? Will he incite it]? Or will someone else [cause him…
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SAA 04 167. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 052) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that an unclean] person [has performed] extispicy [in this place]. (r 2) [Disregard that] the oracle query has become ju[mbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant].[Let them be taken out] and put aside! (r 3) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, (should) Esar]haddon, king [of Assyria], a[ppoint the man whose name is written] in [this] papyrus [and placed before your great divinity to the position which is] written [in] this [papyrus, ......]. (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 168. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (AGS 125+) [appointment]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], g[ive me] a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) Should [Esarhaddon, king of Assy]ria, app[oint the man whose name is w]ritten [in] this papyrus [and placed before] your great [divinity], to a posit[ion of his choos]ing? (6) [Will he make an uprising and rebellion aga]inst Esarhaddon, k[ing of Assyria]? (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command] of your great [divinity], and [may I see (them)]. (r 2) May (this query) go [to your great divin]ity, O…
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SAA 04 169. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 047) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... Esarhad]don, ki[ng of Assyria, ......]? (2) [...] Will he speak [evil things and] malicious [wor]ds [against] Esarhaddon, k[ing of Assyria, and make an insurrection and rebellion against him]? (4) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep. (5) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extis]picy is deficient [or faulty]. (6) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep] is dressed in his [ordinary] soiled…
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SAA 04 170. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (AGS 112) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will he who can see], se[e it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (2) [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for] today's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. (3) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to] your great [divinity] for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. (4) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead] of the sheep [is dressed] in his ordinary soiled garments. (5) [Disregard that I, the haruspex] your [servant, am dressed in] my ordinary [soiled] garments, [have changed] or altered [the proceedings], (or that) the oracle query has…
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SAA 04 171. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 054) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) I ask [you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, (should) Esarhaddon], king of Ass[yria, appoint the man whose name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity], to the [position of his choosing], (r 4) he will instigate [or cause others to instigate] an insurrection and rebellion [against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, ......]. (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 172. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 046) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Should [Esarh]addo[n, king of Assyria, ......] appoint hi[m] to a position of his choosing? (3) [If he appoints him, will he, as long as he holds] his position, [..., and] be loyal to [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria? Does your great] divin[ity know it]? (7) Disregard the (formulation) of [to]day's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. (8) Disregard that a clean or an unclean person [has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 1) Disregard that an un[clean man or woman has come near] the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. (r…
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SAA 04 173. Fragment Similar to No. 156 [appointment]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], gi[ve me] a firm positive answer [to what I am asking you]! (2) [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written in this papyrus and placed] before your [great] divinity, [to the po]sition [which is written] in [this papyrus]? (Break) (r 1) May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord], and [may an oracle be given as an answer].
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SAA 04 174. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (AGS 157) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Let them be taken out and put a]side! (r 2) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, (should) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint the] man [whose name is written in this papyrus and placed] be[fore your great divinity], to the of[fice that is written in] this [same papyrus], (r 7) [he will he plan something b]ad, ev[il ......] (Rest destroyed)
Religion & MythSAA 04 175. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 051) [appointment]
(1) [Šamaš], great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what [I am asking you]! (2) [Should Esa]rhaddon, ki[ng of Assyria, ... the man whose] name [is written] in [this papyru]s [and placed be]fore [your great d]ivinity [...] (Break) (r 1) [...] The right is in the place [......]. (r 2) [...] which is against [......]. (r 3) [...] is present. The 'strength' [......]. (r 4) [The upper/lower part] is elevated. The ba[se of] the middle part is [......]. (r 5) [The breast-bo]ne is thick. There are 10 coils of the co[lon ......]. (r 6) [The upper pa]rt and the lower part are equ[al ......].
Religion & MythSAA 04 176. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 048) [appointment]
(1) Šam[aš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) Will the man [whose name is written in this papyrus and placed] before [your great divinity ...] (4) [......] to Esarh[addon, king of Assyria, ...] (5) concer[ning ......] (Break) (r 1) [Be present] in this ram, place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, [propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity], and may I see (them). (r 3) [May (this query) go to your great divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer].
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SAA 04 177. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (AGS 132) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, [......] be troub[led and worried]? (3) [Will ...... in a tru]e and fitting manner [......]? (Break) (r 1) [Disregard that I, the haru]spex your ser[vant, have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth, or] changed (or) altered [the proceedings].[Let them be taken out and put aside]! (r 3) [I ask you, Šamaš], great [lord], whether, (should) [Esarha]ddon, king of As[syria, ......] the man [whose name is wri]tten [in this papyrus] and [placed] before [your great divinity], he will be [troub]led [and worried ......]. (r 7) Be present [in]…
Religion & MythSAA 04 178. Should Prince Assurbanipal Appoint NN to an Office? (PRT 053) [appointment]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, gi]ve m[e a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [Should Assurbanipal, son of Esarhaddon], king of Assyria, [appoint the man whose name is written in this papyrus] and [pla]ced [before your great divinity ......]? (Rest destroyed)
Religion & MythSAA 04 179. Fragment Similar to No. 178 [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard that an unclean man or woman] has come near [the place of the] extispicy [and made it unclean]. (2) [Disregard that] an unclean person [has performed extispicy in this place]. (3) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity] for the performance [of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. (4) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the] sheep [is dressed in his ordinary soiled] garments, [has eaten, drunk, or anointed] himself with [anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed] the (ritual) proceedings. (r 1) [Disregard that the oracle query…
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SAA 04 180. Fragment of an Appointment Query [appointment]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm] positive answer [to what I am asking you]! (2) [The man whose name is written in this] papyrus [and placed before yo]ur great [divinity ......] (Break) (r 1) [May (this query) go to your great divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 2) [... The 'stren]gth' is present. The left of the gall bladder is attached. The 'fing[er' ......]. (r 3) [......]. The base of the middle part is 'loose.' The breast-[bone ......]. (r 4) [......] descends to the right and [......].
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SAA 04 182. Fragment of an Appointment Query (AGS 166) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] offic[e ......] (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 183. Is Esarhaddon Ill with ...? (AGS 099) [medical]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a firm positive answer [to what I am] asking you! (2) [Esarhaddon, king] of Assyria, who is now [ill] and on whom [the 'hand' of god ...] is being 'placed' in extispicy — (4) [if the 'hand' of god] ... is placed on him in extispicy, [is it decreed] and confirmed [in a favorable case, by] the command of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? (7) [Disregard the (formulation) of] to[day's case], be it good, be it faulty. (8) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched [the sacri]ficial sheep, or bloc[ked] the way of the sacrificial sheep. (9)…
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SAA 04 184. Fragment Mentioning the King’s Illness (CT 54 406) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who] can hear, he[ar it? Does your great divinity know it]? (2) [Disregard that ...] the king is ill ...[......]. (3) [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's] case, be it good, [be it faulty]. (4) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to] your [divinity] for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. (5) [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments ......]. (6) [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in] my o[rdinary soiled garments ......] (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 185. Should Esarhaddon Take a Medication? (AGS 145) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, as] he wishes, [drink this drug which is placed before your great divinity, and] in drinking this dr[ug will Esarhaddon], king of Assyria, [be rescued and spared? Will he live and get well]? (4) [Is ......] to leave [...] (5) dea[th ......] (6) [i]n [......] (Break) (r 1) Disregard that [......]. (r 2) Disregard that he who tou[ches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments], has eaten, dru[nk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed the proceedings]. (r 4) Disregard that…
Religion & MythSAA 04 186. Medical(?) Query Concerning Prince Assurbanipal [medical]
(1) [Šamaš], great [lord, give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking you! (2) [Assurbani]pal, the crown prince [of the Succession Palace], (3) [...] ...[......] (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity], and [may I see (them)]. (r 2) [May (this query) go to] your great [divini]ty, O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 3) [...] is present. The 'well-being' is present. The gall bladder is like a wedge. [The 'ba]se of the throne' [...]. (r 4) [... The breast-bone] is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the sheep is normal [...].
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SAA 04 187. Should Assurbanipal Take a Medication? (AGS 144) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Should Assurbanipal, the crown prince of the] Succession Palace, [drink this drug which] is placed [before] your great [div]inity, [and in drinking this drug will he] be rescued and spared? (4) [Will he live and get well? Will he ..., be s]aved and escape? [Will the illness of] his [body] be released? Will it leave (him)? Does your great divinity know it? (6) [Is the res]cue, survival [of Assurbanipal, crown prince of the Suc]ces[sion Palace], by drinking this drug, [decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity], Šamaš, great…
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SAA 04 188. Will Prince Assurbanipal Get Well? [medical]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a f[irm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [Will Assurbanipal, so]n of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, [who is now ill and] whose [...] and epigastrium hurt him, [...]...? Does your great divinity know it? (5) [Is it decreed and confirmed in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord], and your favorable decisions? (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer], favorable designs, [favorable, propitious omens] by the oracular [command of your great divinity], and may I see (them). (r 4) May (this…
Religion & MythSAA 04 189. Fragment Similar to No. 188 (PRT 091) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] hurt [him ......] (2) [......] ... [......] (3) [......] the 'hand' of god [......] (4) [......] Esarha[ddon, king of Assyria], (5) [......] the 'hand' of [......] (Rest destroyed)
Religion & MythSAA 04 190. Will the Queen Mother’s Illness Pass? (AGS 101+) [medical]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) Niq'a, mother of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is now ill, and on whom the 'hand' of god Iqbi-damiq was placed in extispicy — (4) will it pass by unto sacrificial sheep and oxen? (5) If she is ill with this disease, (6) is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? (9) Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty. (10) Disregard that a clean or an unclean person…
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SAA 04 191. Fragment Similar to No. 190 (AGS 102) [medical]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a firm positive answer [to what I am as]king you! (2) [Niq'a, mother of Esa]rhaddon, king of Assyria, [who is now ill], and on whom the 'hand' of Nanaya of Uruk is being placed [in extispicy] — (5) will it be placed [for death]? (Break) (r 1) [(I ask you) whether the 'hand' of Nan]aya of [Uruk, which is being placed on he]r [in extispicy, will be pla]ced for death, (and whether) the 'hand' of Nana[ya of Uruk] will be placed on her [in ext]ispicy. (r 5) Be present [in] this [ram], place (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable designs], favorable, propitious…
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SAA 04 192. Is Lady NN Ill with the ‘Hand’ of Nanaya? (AGS 103) [medical]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a firm positive answ[er to what I am asking you]! (2) [The lady NN, who] is placed [before] your great [divinit]y, [who is now ill and on who]m the 'hand' of Nanaya [of Uruk is being placed in extispicy] — (4) will the 'hand' of Nanaya [of Uruk be pl]aced on her [in extispicy]? Does your great divinity know it? (6) [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of yo]ur [great di]vinity, [Šamaš, great lord? ......] (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this] ram, place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious] omens…
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SAA 04 193. Fragment Similar to No. 192 (PRT 042) [medical]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me] a firm positive answer [to what I am asking yo]u! (2) [The lady NN, who is placed before] your gre[at divinity, who is now il]l, [and on whom] the 'hand' of [Nanaya is being placed in extispicy], (whom) your great divinity [knows] — (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your] great [divinity, and may I see (them)]. (r 3) [May (this query) go to your] great [divinity], O Šamaš, [great] lord, [and may an oracle be] given as an answer.
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SAA 04 194. Fragment Similar to No. 192 [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [who is now ill, and on whom the 'hand' of N]anaya [...] (2) [whom your great divinity] know[s] — (3) [in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord], and your favo[rable] decisions, (4) [...... the 'hand' of] Nanaya (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 195. Fragment Similar to No. 192 (PRT 050) [medical]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me] a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) [The lady NN], whose name [is written] in this papyrus, (3) [and ..., whose name] is writ[ten] in this papyrus and placed [before] your great [divinity] (5) [... the 'ha]nd' of god ...[...] (Break) (r 1) [...]... is split. [Be present] in [this ram], (r 2) [...] ... a god or [......] (r 3) place [in it a firm positive answer by the command of] your great [divinity, and may I see (it)]. (r 5) May (this query) go [to] your great [divinity, O Šamaš], great [lord], and may an oracle [be given as an answer]. (r 6) [......] Month Marchesvan (VIII), 22nd day. (r 7) [(Performed) i]n Arbela.
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SAA 04 196. Should Prince Assurbanipal Frequent the Holy Places? (AGS 143) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Assurbanip]al, the crown prince o[f the Succession Palace, who for ma]ny [days], month after month, has day and night been moan[ing before your great divinity, O Šamaš, gr]eat [lord, and (whom) your great divinity knows] — (4) [in accordance with the com]mand of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord, and [your favorable deci]sions, should the subject of this query, Assurbanipal, the crown prince of the [Succession Pal]ace, (6) [b]e it for himself or for his father Esarhaddon, take [the hand of a god, or] the hand of a goddess, or the hand of their (personal) god,…
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SAA 04 197. Fragment Similar to No. 196 (PRT 059) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... should he take the hand of his god, or the h]and of his goddess, or [the hand of his city god, or the h]and of a god of heaven, or [the 'hand' of a god of earth], (4) should he pay [attention, (and) frequent] the holy places of [his] go[ds, (so that) the wrath of] god and goddess [may not befall him]? (6) Is it decr[eed] and confirmed [by the command of] your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? Will he who can see, see it? [Will he who can hear, hear it]? (8) Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, [be it faulty]. (9) The base of the 'path' is curled [...]. (10) [... in the] left of the gall bladder [...]. (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 198. Fragment of a Medical Query (AGS 138) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... ill] with the 'hand' [of god ......] (2) [......] said [......] (3) [......] ... [......] (4) [......] taboo [......] (Break) (r 1) [Disregard the (formulation)] of today's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. (r 2) [Disregard that a clean or] unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or [blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 3) [Disregard that an uncl]ean man or woman [has come near] the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. (r 4) [Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in] this place. (r 5) [Disregard that the ram…
Religion & MythSAA 04 199. Fragment Similar to No. 187 (PRT 061) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (3) [Is the ... of Assurbanipal], the crown prince of the Succession Palace, [decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, b]y the command of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? (5) Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can he[ar, hear it]? (6) [Disregard what (pertains) to a prayer to a god], request of a god, anger of god [and goddess]. (7) [Disregard that the subject of this query, Esar]haddon, ki[ng of Assyria ...] (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 200. Fragment Referring to the Making(?) of the Statue of Marduk [cultic]
(1) Šamaš, [great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) ... [......] (3) Esarhadd[on, king of Assyria, who ......] (4) concerning the work [on ......] (5) did [......] (6) Marduk [......] (7) [sa]ying, "It is good" [......] (b.e. 8) Marduk [......] (b.e. 9) [wi]thin [......] (r 1) ... [......]
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SAA 04 201. Fragment Referring to the Shaving of the King [cultic]
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... who] come (3) [...... while engaged in ...] or shaving, (4) [...... or] in the dwelling [where he is living] (5) [...... or in] any royal [...] whatever (6) [......] my stipulated term (7) [..... Disregard what happens] after my stipulated term (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 202. Dream(?) Seen by Prince Assurbanipal (CT 54 492) [miscellaneous]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking you! (2) [The dream which] Assurbanipa[l, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], (3) [... in the month] Tishri (VII) of [this] ye[ar ...] (4) [...] saw [......] (5) [...] Šamaš [......] (6) [...... Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case], by the com[mand of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 203. Query Concerning Urda-... [miscellaneous]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me] a firm positive answer [to what I am asking you]! (2) [From this day, the ...th day of this month], Sivan (III) of [this] ye[ar, to the ...th day of ...], 20 days [and nights, my stipulated term] (Break) (r 1) [......] Urda-[...] (r 2) [......] which is i[n ......]? (r 3) May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, gr]eat [lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 4) [... the mid]dle of the 'base of the throne' is split. The middle of the [...] sur[face of the 'finger' ...]. (r 5) [... The breast-bo]ne lies on its back. Of the first [extispicy]. (r 6) [... The breast-bo]ne lies on its back. Of the second [extispicy]. (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 204. Query Concerning the God Daguna (PRT 074) [cultic]
(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) The god Daguna [......] (Break) (r 2) (whether) [it is pleasing] to [... great ...], (whether) it is accep[table to ... great ...].[Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm] positive answer, [favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens] by the oracular [command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. (r 6) [May (this query) go] to your [great] divinity, [O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 7) The 'station' is present. The beginning of the 'pa[th' ......]. (r 8) There is a niphu in the 'yoke.' [......]. (e. 1) [NN, ...y]a, Marduk-šu[mu-uṣur], (e. 2) [NN, ...-ze]ru-lišir.
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SAA 04 205. Query Concerning a Rebellion in(?) Urartu (AGS 136) [military and political]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a] firm positive answer [to what I am asking you]! (2) [......] their [......] (3) [...... of Ur]arṭu was taken by the sword [...] (4) [......] will he see [...]? The day [...] (5) [......, will he survive], be rescued and live on? [Will] the rebellion which [......]? (6) [Is the su]rvival and re[scue of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? (Break) (r 1) [Be pre]sent [in this ram, place (in it) a firm] positive answer, [favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by…
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SAA 04 206. Fragment of a Medical(?) Query (AGS 146) [medical]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... Does your great divinity kno]w (it)? (2) [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case by the command of yo]ur great [divinity Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear], hear it? (4) [Disregard that ......] death (may) occur. (5) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the d]ay is advanced. (6) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. (r 1) [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed [extispicy in…
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SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]
[...] ... [...] [...] ... his [...] (blank) [...] [Aside from the fact that ...] the forces of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, [...] [Aside from the fact that ...] the hardships of the previous journey have [made him ill /] overcome him — [Aside from the fact that ... an evil god(?),] the evil [wrath of] Ishtar [...] [Aside from the fact that the ritually impure have touched] the sacrificial animals [of the rites,] [or have obstructed] the performance of [the rites,] [Aside from the fact that, being impure, they have seized the omens by] divination [and have been unable to perform them,] [Aside from the fact that in a (ritually) impure place] they [have performed the divination]
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SAA 04 208. Fragment of an Appointment(?) Query (AGS 137) [appointment]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] will he [ma]ke [common cause with his enemy? Does your great divinity know (it)]? (2) Is it [decr]eed and confirmed [in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he] who can see, see [it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (3) [Disregard that ......] death (may) occur [...]. (4) [Disregard that ......] they (may) experience [... trou]ble and hardships on the journey. (r 1) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good], be it faulty. (r 2) [Disregard that a clean or unclean person has touched the sacrificial…
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SAA 04 209. Fragment Referring to Rams (AGS 139) [unclassifiable]
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] ...s (and) the rams [...] (3) [......]? Does your great divinity kno[w it]? (4) Is it decree[d and confi]rme[d in a favorable case, by the command of your] great [divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? (7) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, be it [faulty]. (r 1) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked] the way of the sacri[ficial sheep]. (r 2) [Disregard that an un]clean person [has performed] exti[spicy in this place]. (r 3) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for] the…
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SAA 04 210. Fragment of a Query on Behalf of Esarhaddon (PRT 071) [unclassifiable]
(1) [Šamaš], great [lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am] asking you! (2) [Esarh]addon, king of Assyria, who is now intent on [......]... and (whom) your [great divinity knows ......] (Break) (r 1) [...] the vertebrae [......]. (r 2) [...] The breast-bone is located in the middle of the liver [...]. (r 3) [May (this query) go to] your great divinity, O Šamaš, [great] lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 4) [... Mo]nth Adar (XII), 22nd day, [...].
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SAA 04 211. Fragment of a Query (PRT 088) [unclassifiable]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give [me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [......] now [...] (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 212. Fragment of a Query (PRT 064) [unclassifiable]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking [you]! (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, [propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity], and [may I see (them)]. (r 4) [May (this query) go to] your great [divinity], O Šamaš, [great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 5) Month Elul (VI), 16th day, eponym year of [NN].
Religion & MythSAA 04 213. Fragment of a Query (PRT 094) [unclassifiable]
(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give m[e a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity], and [may I see (them)]. (r 2) [May] (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and m]ay an oracle [be given as an answer]. (r 3) [... is over]turned. The top of the middle surface of the 'finger' [...]. (r 4) [... The coils of the colon] are 12 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. (r 5) [...] is present and faces downward. The 'increment' is wide [...]. (r 6) [The bre]ast-bone is thick. The c[oils of the colon] are 12 in number. The heart of the ra[m is normal].
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SAA 04 214. Fragment of a Query [unclassifiable]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] facing [......] (2) [......] (3) [......] The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder [is present. ......] (r 1) [......] The coils of the colon are 14 in number. [......] (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 215. Fragment of a Query on Behalf of Esarhaddon (PRT 075) [unclassifiable]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Is the ... of] Esarhaddo[n, king of Assyria, decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity], Šamaš, great lord? [Will he who can see, see i]t? Will he who can hear, [hear it]? (4) [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's case, be it] good, be it f[aulty]. (5) [Disregard that an unclean] person [has performed extispicy in this place]. (Rest destroyed)
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SAA 04 216. Fragment of a Query on Behalf of Esarhaddon (PRT 090) [unclassifiable]
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard that ... is cl]ipped [......]. (2) [Let] them be taken out and put [aside]! (r 1) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord], whether, (should) Esarhaddon, [king of Assyria, ...] (Rest destroyed)
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