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Names

  • SAA 04 062

Numbers

  • CDLI P336329
  • BM —
  • K 11442 + Rm 0135 + Rm 0472 + Sm 0266 + 1891-05-09 Bu, 0169
  • PRT 014+
  • SAA 04, 062

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Details

  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. Esarhaddon.000.00.00
  • Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
  • Extispicy Query
  • military and political

Bibliography

SAA 04, 062

SAA 04 062. Should Esarhaddon Send an Army to Plunder Karkašši? (PRT 014+) [military and political][via saao/saa04]

Obverse
o 1o 1

[dUTU] EN GAL-ú šá [a-šal-lu-ka an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni]

(1) [Šamaš], great lord, [give me a firm positive answer to] what [I am asking you]!

o 22

[md]-šurŠEŠSUM-na LUGAL KUR[-šur.KI li-iṣ-rim lik-pid-ma .GAL-MEŠ .NAM-MEŠ]

(2) [Should] Esarhaddon, king of A[ssyria, strive and plan]? Should he send [magnates and governors], together with men, horses, [and an army, as great as they wish], against Kaštaritu [of Karkašš]î and the t[roops (allied) with him], to wage war at the c[ity K]asasu? I[f he, having planned, sends them],

o 33

a-di .ERIM-MEŠ ANŠE.KUR.RA-MEŠ [Á.KAL-MEŠ mál ŠÀ-ba-šu-un ub-lu]

o 44

i-na UGU mka-as-ta-ri-ti [KUR.karkaš-šá]-a.a a-di .[ERIM-MEŠ mál it-ti-šú]

o 55

a-na - GIŠ.TUKUL MURUB₄ a-na URU*.ka?-sa-su? liš-pur GIM [ik-tap-du-ma il-tap-ru]

o 66

.GAL-MEŠ .NAM-MEŠ Á.KAL-MEŠ šá md[]-šurŠEŠSUM-na LUGAL KUR-šur.[KI URU UR₅-]

(6) will the magnates and governors, (with) the army of [Esa]rhaddon, king of Assyria, conquer [that city] and will they, as long as they are in the district of K[arkaššî], march about [wherever] they wish?

o 77

i-kaš-šá-du-ú a-di mál UD*-me* ša* i-na na-ge-e šá KUR.kar[ka-ši-e a-šar]

(7) Will they escape from the troops of the Medes, or [from the troops of the ...], or from the troops of the Manneans, or from [any other] fierce enemy?

o 88

ŠÀ-ba-šú-un ub-lu* DU.DU-MEŠ-ku i-na ŠU.2 .ERIM-MEŠ mad-a.a i-na [ŠU.2 .ERIM-MEŠ KUR.x x-a.a]

o 99

i-na ŠU.2 .ERIM-MEŠ KUR.man-na-a.a i-na ŠU.2 .KÚR ek-du [mál ba-šu-ú]

o 1010

i-še-tu*-ú TI*-ú [i-šal-li-mu]-ú KAR-MEŠ-ru-ú ŠU.[2-šu-un -te-zi-bu-ú]

(10) Will they stay a[live and w]e[ll], will they be saved, will they [escape] and evade them? Will they [come out] safely fr[om the district] of Karkaššî?

o 1111

-te-ṣu-ú šal-meš i-[na na-ge-e] ša KUR.karka-ši-e i*-[x x x uṣ-ṣu--e]

(11) Will they attain their objective? [......] Will they re[turn ali]ve from that (expedition), [set foot] on Assyrian soil and com[e before Esarh]addon, king of Assyria? Does your great divinity [know it]?

o 1212

ṣa-bu-su-un i-kaš-ša-du-[ú x x x x]-te?-šú-[un x x x x]

o 1313

TA ú-le-e bal-ṭu*-[us-su-un GUR]-MEŠ--e KI* KUR-šur.KI i-[kab-ba-su-ú]

(13) [Will he who can se]e, see it? [Will he who can hear], hear it?

o 1414

i-na pa-an md-šurŠEŠ[SUM-na LUGAL KUR-šur.KI DU]-MEŠ-ku--e DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti [ZU-e]

o 1515

IGI-ru im-ma-ra [še-mu-ú] i-šem-me-[e]

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(Break)

Reverse
rbeginning broken away

r 1'1'

[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] úlu x+[x x]

(r 1) [...] or [......]

r 2'2'

[e-zib] šá i-na KI [an-ni-i lu-ʾu-ú MÁŠ MÁŠ]-ú

(r 2) [Disregard th]at [an unclean person has perfor]med [extispicy] in [this pla]ce.

r 3'3'

e-zib šá UDU.NÍTA DINGIR-ti-[ka šá a-na MÁŠ.MÁŠ-ú LAL-ú ḫa]-ṭu-ú

(r 3) Disregard that the ram (offered) to [your] divinity [for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or fa]ulty.

r 4'4'

e-zib šá TAG-it SAG.[KI UDU.NÍTA TÚG gi--e-šú ar-šá-ti lab-šú]

(r 4) Disregard that he who touches the fore[head of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments].

r 5'5'

e-zib šá a-na-ku DUMU.[ḪAL ARAD-ka TÚG gi--e-a ar-šá-ti lab-šá-ku mim-ma lu-ʾu-ú] NAG-[ú] ŠÉŠ-[šú]

(r 5) Disregard that I, the ha[ruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments], have eaten, drunk or anointed myself with [anything unclean, have touched] the (libation) beer, the maṣhatu-flour, [the water, the container and the fire, have changed or altered the proceedings], or [have jumbled] the oracle query in [my mouth].

r 6'6'

-iḫ-ḫu ZÍD.MAD. [A-MEŠ ḫaṣ-bu IZI TAG-MEŠ ku-un ŠU BAL-ú -pe-lu]

r 7'7'

úlu ta-mit i-[na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du lu-ú ZI-MEŠ lu-ú BAR-MEŠ]

(r 7) [Let them be taken out and put aside]!

r 8'8'

a-šal-ka dUTU EN [GAL-ú ki-i md-šurŠEŠSUM-na LUGAL KUR-šur.KI]

(r 8) I ask you, Šamaš, [great lo]rd, [whether, should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, send] magnates and governor[s, with the army at their disposal], t[o the dis]trict of Karkaš[šî],

r 9'9'

.GAL-MEŠ .NAM-MEŠ [a-di e-mu-qi mál it-ti-šú-un]

r 10'10'

i-na [na]-ge-e ša KUR.karkaš-[ši-e i-šap-pa-ru i-na ŠU.2 .ERIM-MEŠ]

r 11'11'

[mad-a].a i-na ŠU.[2 .ERIM-MEŠ KUR.x x-a.a i-na ŠU.2 .ERIM-MEŠ]

(r 11) [they will escape from the troops of the Medes], fr[om the troops of the ..., from the troops of the Manneans, ......, march about wh]erever they wish [in the district of Karkaššî, retu]rn [alive] from there and set [foot] on Assyrian soil.

r 12'12'

[KUR.x]+x x+[x] i-na [x x x x x x i-na na-ge-e šá KUR.karka-ši-e]

r 13'13'

[a]-šar ŠÀ-ba-[šú]-un ub-lu [DU.DU-MEŠ-ku TA ú-le-e bal-ṭu-us-su-un]

r 14'14'

[GUR]-MEŠ-nim-ma KI KUR-šur.KI i-kab*-[ba-su i-na ŠÀ UDU.NÍTA NE-i GUB-za-am-ma]

(r 14) [Be present in this ram, place] (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable] design[s, favorable, propitious omens] by the oracular command of [your great] divinity, [and may I see (them)].

r 15'15'

an-na GI.NA GIŠ.ḪUR-[MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ]

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r 16'16'

[šá SILIM]-tim šá KA DINGIR-ti-[ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti]

(r 16) [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš], great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer].

r 17'17'

[dUTU] EN GAL-[ú lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal]


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/P336329/.

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