SAA 04 092. Fragment Referring to Cyprus (AGS 064) [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

[x x x x x x x x a-di LÚ.ERIM-MEŠ] šá ŠÀ-bi GIŠ.MÁ mál it-ti-šú

(2) [Will NN ...... along with the crew] of the boat with him, [who] grasped [the feet of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, whom Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, concluded a t]reaty with (and) entrusted [with ......],

o 33

[šá GÌR.2? mdaš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI] ⸢iṣ⸣-ṣi-ba-tu-ú-ni

o 44

[x x x x x x x x x a]-de-e is-si-šú

o 55

[iš-ku-nu-ni x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣-in-ni i-qi-pu-ú-ni

o 66

[x x x x x x x x x m]⸢ri⸣-si-ti—ba-al DUMU—DUMU-šú šá mkar-e-ḫi

(6) [....... R]isiti-Baal, the grandson of Karehi

o 77

[x x x x x x x x] mNUMUN—⸢MU TAv ŠÀ-bi KUR.ia-da-na-ni⸣

(7) [.......] Zeru-iddina from Cyprus

rest broken away

(Break)

Reverse
rr beginning broken away

r 1'1'

[x x x x x i-na ŠÀ UDU.NÍTA an-ni-e] ⸢GUB⸣-za-am-⸢ma⸣

(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 2'2'

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

r 3'3'

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

r 4'4'

[UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti dUTU EN GAL-ú lil-lik]-⸢ma⸣ UR₅.ÚŠ li-tap-pal

(r 4) [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer.

r 5'5'

[x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ZÉ⸣ DU₈ SUḪUŠ U IGI ina SUḪUŠ EDIN U MURUB₄ GIŠ.TUKUL GAR-ma KI.TA IGI

(r 5) [...... of the gall] bladder is split and faces the base of the 'finger.' In the base of the middle surface of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark and it faces downward.

r 6'6'

[x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢bi⸣ nu MI MURUB₄-tú SUḪUŠ-sà BAR

(r 6) [......]... (and) is dark. The base of the middle part is 'loose.'

r 7'7'

[x x x x x x x x x x] ŠÀ UDU.NÍTA SILIM

(r 7) [......] The heart of the ram is normal.

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/P336059/.