SAA 04 308. Should NN be Appointed as Priest of Sin? [appointment][via saao/saa04]
Obverse | ||
oo | beginning broken away | |
o 1'1' | [x x x] BAL [x x x x] | |
o 2'2' | (2) [The 'well-being'] is inundated. The 'path' on the right of the gall bladder is raised, lies in the cystic duct, and is inundated. | |
o 3'3' | ||
o 4'4' | ||
o 5'5' | (5) The top of the 'finger' is atrophied. | |
o 6'6' | (6) In the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' there is a cross-shaped marking. | |
o 7'7' | (7) The left side of the 'increment' is split. [The up]per part is elevated. | |
o 8'8' | (8) The 'outside' rides upon the 'cap,' and its 'doorjamb' is split. | |
o 9'9' | ||
o 10'10' | (10) If there is a cross-shaped marking in the right side of the lung, there will be confusion in the land. | |
o 11'11' | (11) The 'cavity' of the lung is split on the left. | |
o 12'12' | (12) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' | |
o 13'13' | (13) [The br]east-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 10 in number. | |
traces of one line; rest broken away | ||
Reverse | ||
rr | beginning broken away | |
r 1'1' | [x x x x]+⸢x 150⸣ [x x x] | |
r 2'2' | [x x] ⸢TAG*-MEŠ*⸣ ina ⸢ŠÀ⸣ | (r 2) There are [x] unfavorable omens. |
(blank) | ||
r 3'3' | (r 3) Of Marduk-šumu-uṣur, concerning the priest of Sin. | |
r 4'4' | ||
(blank) | ||
r 5'5' | (r 5) As Dannaya checked his exta with him, they added two unfavorable omens. | |
r 6'6' | ||
r 7'7' |
Adapted from Ivan Starr, Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (State Archives of Assyria, 4), 1990. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2018, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P238757/.