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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 323. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 652 (PRT 104) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...... In] the right side of the 'finger' [there is] a 'wea[pon'-mark]. (4) [......] facing [......]. (5) [In the top] of the left surface of the 'finger' there is a 'fo[ot'-mark]. (6) [......] The 'increment' is normal. (7) [The 'ca]p' rides upon the 'outside.' (8) [The left side of the 'cap'] grows a 'weapon'-mark. (9) [The coils of the co]lon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. (10) The left ['se]at' of the 'path' is present. (11) [...] it faces [......]. (Break) (r 2) [Month ..., ...th day, eponym year of Aššur-du]ru-uṣu[r] (652) . [......] (r 3) [.…

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 324. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 110) [unclassifiable]

(1) [If ......, ...] will get ill and keep falling down. (2) [If ...] will take [......]. (3) [If ... is fi]rm, I will defeat the enemy. (4) If the top of the 'station' is split and the gall bladder is flattened: the enemy's army will not achieve its enterprise. (6) If the 'paths' are two, and the right 'path' is located on the left 'path': the prince's weapons will pr[evail] over the enemy's weapons. (8) [...] strengthening of the prince. The prince's country will expand. (9) [...] the 'base of the throne' [......]. (10) [The heart of the she]ep is normal [......] (11) [...] the right of the…

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 326. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 116) [unclassifiable]

(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…

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 327. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 108) [unclassifiable]

(beginning too broken for translation) (10) The inside of [......] (11) The lower [part ......] (12) There are 5 [unfavorable omens. ......] (Break) (r 1) ...[......] (r 2) [......] (r 3) t[o ......] (r 4) Month Tishri (VII), 11th day, eponym year of Sa[gab] (651) . (r 5) Aššur-da''in-šarru, [NN]. (r 6) Perfor[med in] the Succession Palace.

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 329. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 140) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] are present. (2) [The 'strength'] is doubled. (3) The front of the [gall] bladder is located to the right. (4) [The ba]se of [the gall bladder] is loose on the right, [firm] on the left. (5) There is a cross-shaped marking [in the t]op of the gall bladder. (6) [...] its [bas]e is [...]. (Break) (r 3) [NN, rep]orter. Month Tebet (X), [...th da]y, [eponym year of Sa]gab (651) . (r 5) Performed [in ....] (r 6') (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 330. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 117) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ... (2) [...... is cur]led. (3) [...... is prese]nt. (4) [The base of the gall bladder] is firm on the right, loose on the left. (5) [The left of the gall bladder] is attached. (6) [The 'fing]er' is thick. (Break) (r 1) [Month ..., ...th day], eponym year of Sagab (651) . (r 2) [NN], reporter.

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 332. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 127) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The phys[ician shall not touch the patient ...]. (2) The 'path' [...] to the right [......]. (3) If the 'well-being' is destro[yed ......]: the enemy will [go] into exile [......]. (5) The 'bases of the throne' are two and [......]. (6) [If] the top of the 'finger' is atrophied: [the enemy will attack] the vanguard [of my army]. (7) The middle surface of the 'finger' [......]. (8) If the base of top of the 'finger' [is ......]: a [dangerous] attack [......]. (10) [...] the left [......]. (Break) (r 2) [...] A cancerous marking [......] (r 3) [concerning] Aššur-ra'im-š…

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 333. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 650 (PRT 120) [unclassifiable]

(1) The top of the 'station' is overturned [...]. (2) The 'paths' are 2, the lo[wer one ...]: the prince [will ...] good [...]. (Break) (r 1) Dan[naya, haruspex;] B[a... (and) NN], re[porter]s. (r 4) Month Ab (V), [...th day], eponym year of Bel-[Harran-šadû'a] (650) . (r 6) Written [......].

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 334. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 121) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] army [......] (2) [...] our army [......] (3) [At the l]eft side of the gall bladder there is a cross. [......] (4) [...] ... [......] (5) [...] succession [......] (6) [...] supremacy [......] (7) [...] a fissure to the 'weapon' [......] (8) [...] the son [will make] rebellion and [......] (9) [...] ... [......] (Break) (r 2) Month Tishri (VII), 8th day, [eponym year] of Bel-Harran-[šadû'a]. (r 3) Ilu-ṣabtanni son of [...]-bani (and) [PN] son of haruspex Marduk-šumu-uṣur (were) reporters.

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 336. Fragment of a Report (PRT 133) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) The 'fi[nger' ......]. (3) The [middle] 'finger' of the lung [......]. (4) The lower part [......] and the left of the gall bladder [......], (6) nothing [......]. (Break) (r 1) Favorable. (r 2) Month Tammuz (IV), 8th day, [eponym year of NN]. (r 3) D[annay]a (and) Marduk-šu[mu-uṣur, reporters]. (r 4) The great gods [of heaven and earth] have sent health to the ki[ng, my lord ...]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 337. Fragment of a Report (PRT 137) [unclassifiable]

(1) The 'station' is present. The 'path' reaches its 'seats.' (2) The 'well-being' and the 'path' on the left of the gall bladder are present. (3) If the top of the 'finger' is split and drags towards the area of the 'finger': my army will reach its goal. My army's enterprise will be attained. (5) [...] The enemy's army will [... his] enterprise. (Break) (r 1) [Ašš]ur-da''in-šarru, eunuch, (was) re[porter]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 338. Fragment of a Report (PRT 123) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [If the 'paths' are two], and the rig[ht 'path' lies] on the left 'path': [The prince's wea]pons will prevail over his enemy's weapons. (3) [If the 'well-being'] appears [like] a crescent at the side of the gall bladder: you will penetrate [your enemy's country in] campaigns. (Break) (r 1) [...] Bel-[...] (r 2) [...]... [...] (r 3) [...]-reṣuwa, reporter. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 339. Fragment of a Report (PRT 132) [unclassifiable]

(1) If a filament lies crosswise in the base of the station [......], (2) the pacing [......] (3) with your god [......] (Break) (r 1) eponym year [of NN], g[overnor of ...]. (Break) (e. 1) [......] Unfavorable.

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 349. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(1) In the left side of the 'station' ...[...]. (2) The 'path' and 'well-being' are present [......]. (3) The left side of the gall bladder is attached [......]. (4) The 'increment' is present [......]. (5) The lower [part is elevated ......]. (6) The 'cap' [......]. (7) The mid[dle ......]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 123. People for the Rab Mugi (ABL 1343)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [PN], a [...] maker — (3) [...] a parasol (4) he will make [the]re — (5) [PN], chief singer (6) [PN], from Arbela (7) [PN], from Arbela (8) [PN], an Aramean [scrib]e (9) [total x people] at the disposal of the rab-mūgi (10) [......] his sister (11) [PN, ...] of Commagene (Break) (r 2) [...] has released (r 3) [...] ... (r 4) [...] bundles (r 5) [...], servants of the king [who] have been sold [for mon]ey. (r 7) [If the kin]g, my lord, commands, [I will sen]d them over. (r 9) [... whom] your [...] know(s) (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 003

(i 1') [...] ... [...] they reared [...] they ordered him to his [...]ship [...] ... they went and (i 5') (No translation possible) (i 16') [... Nabû-zēr-kitti-lī]šir, [...] ... [...] ... heard [of the approach of] my campaign and fled like [a fox t]o the land Ela[m]. (i 20′) [Be]cause of the oath of the great gods [which] he had transgressed, the gods [Aš]šur, Sîn, Šamaš, B[ēl], and Nabû imposed a grievous [punishme]nt on him and they [ki]lled him with the sword [in the mi]dst of the land Elam. Naʾid-Marduk, his brother, (i 25′) saw [the] deeds that they had done [to] his brother in Elam,…

SAA 04 323. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 652 (PRT 104) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 324. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 110) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 326. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 116) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 327. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 108) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 329. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 140) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 330. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 117) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 332. Fragment Similar to No. 323 (PRT 127) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 333. Fragment Concerning an Extispicy in Year 650 (PRT 120) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 334. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 121) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 336. Fragment of a Report (PRT 133) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 337. Fragment of a Report (PRT 137) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 338. Fragment of a Report (PRT 123) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 339. Fragment of a Report (PRT 132) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 349. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 16 123. People for the Rab Mugi (ABL 1343)

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