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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 342. Fragment of a Report(?) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the scepter, thr]one and rei[gn of the king will be] long. (3) [If] in the 'pala[ce' of the 'finger'] a long design is drawn straight and the left of the 'finger' is split: Illil will remove from the Ekur the scepter, throne and reign of the king. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 343. Fragment Similar to No. 340 [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The upper [part ......] (2) Between [the 'cap' of the lung and the 'lift of the head' of the lung] a piece of flesh is ...[...]: the sun in its rising. [......] (5) From the mouth [......]. (Break) (r 1) judgment [......] (r 2) true [......] (r 3) is not unfavorable [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 344. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] The base of the [middle par]t is 'bound.' (Break) (r 1) [......]. The gall bladder is flattened. (r 2) [......]. The right side of the 'finger' is split. (r 3) [...] in the middle [...] there is a 'request'-mark. (r 4) [There are] 5 unfavorable omens [in the extispicy]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 346. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) The base of the middle ['finger' of the lung] is 'loose.' The left [...]. (3) [The breast-bo]ne is thick. (If) the coils of the colon are raised [and turned] on the left, and are 16 in number, my army's g[ods] will lead it [in its onslau]ghts. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 347. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] faces the [...]. (3) [...]; secondly, pitrustu. (4) [If ... (and)] there is a hole in its [...], (5) [...] his [...] will abandon him. (6) [......] (7) [... the upper/lower] part is elevated. (8) The base of the middle ['finger' of the lu]ng is 'loose.' (9) [... The coils of the colon ...] are doubled, (and) are 16 in number. (10) [...] the heart of the sheep is normal. First extispicy. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 348. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The 'path' [reaches its] 'seats.' (2) The 'strength' is swollen like a seed. (4) The lower part [...]. (r 1) [If in] the left side of the gall bladder a 'foot'-mark is tr[immed], your [army] will [... its] goal. (r 3) The 'path' on the left of the gall [bladder ...]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~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 4

SAA 04 350. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(1) The 'path' [......]. (2) The 'well-being' is inundated [......]. (3) The 'weapon'-mark of the 'increment' [rises to the left]. (4) In the cystic duct [......]. (5) The left side of the gall bladder [is attached]. (6) The top of the 'finger' [......]. (7) The upper and lower parts [......]. (8) There is a 'foot'-mark in the right side of the lung [......]. (9) The base of the left surface of the 'finger' [......]. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 351. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [...... If the up]per and the lower part are in equ[ilibrium: strife. Lovers will be estranged.] (r 3) [......] the upper and the lower part are in equ[ilibrium ......] (r 4) [......] The top of the 'finger' is small. [......] (r 5) [......] the lung [......] (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 353. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(1) The 'station,' 'well-being,' and 'base of the throne' are present. (2) The left of the gall bladder is split. (3) There is a design in the middle surface of the 'finger.' (4) [... of the 'yo]ke' enters to the left. (5) [... The mid]dle of the 'path' is effaced. (6) [...] the 'outside.' (7) [...] is split. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 354. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] heart [...] (2) [......] is ... [in] its [...]. The 'cavi[ty' of the ... lung is split.] (3) [... The coils of the colon are ... in number. The verte]bra is recessed on the right. [First extispicy.] (4) [......]. The left [of the gall bladder] is attached. (Rest destroyed)

Religion & Myth

~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 04 342. Fragment of a Report(?) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 343. Fragment Similar to No. 340 [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 344. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 346. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 347. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 348. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 349. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 350. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 351. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 353. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 354. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

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

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