SAA 04 308. Should NN be Appointed as Priest of Sin? [appointment][via saao/saa04]


Obverse
oo	beginning broken away	(Beginning destroyed)
o 1'1'	[x x x] BAL [x x x x]	(1) [...] is overturned [...].
o 2'2'	[BE SILIM] RA-iṣ GÍR 15 ZÉ	(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'	ul-lu-ma ina SUR ZÉ GAR
o 4'4'	ù RA-iṣ
o 5'5'	BE SAG U KAR-im	(5) The top of the 'finger' is atrophied.
o 6'6'	BE ina DAGAL 150 U BAR-tum	(6) In the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' there is a cross-shaped marking.
o 7'7'	BE 150 MÁŠ DU₈ ⸢AN⸣-ti DU-ik	(7) The left side of the 'increment' is split. [The up]per part is elevated.
o 8'8'	BE SA-ti UGU U.SAG U₅-ma	(8) The 'outside' rides upon the 'cap,' and its 'doorjamb' is split.
o 9'9'	sip-pa-šá DU₈
o 10'10'	BE ina 15 MUR BAR-tum SÙḪ ina KUR GÁL-ši	(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'	BE SAL.LA MUR 150 DU₈	(11) The 'cavity' of the lung is split on the left.
o 12'12'	BE U—MUR MURUB₄ SUḪUŠ-sà BAR	(12) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.'
o 13'13'	[BE GAG].ZAG.GA KUG ŠÀ.NIGIN 10	(13) [The br]east-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 10 in number.
	traces of one line; rest broken away	(Break)
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'	⸢šá⸣ ^m^dAMAR.UTU—MU—PAB	(r 3) Of Marduk-šumu-uṣur, concerning the priest of Sin.
r 4'4'	ana UGU LÚ.SANGA šá ^d30	(r 3) Of Marduk-šumu-uṣur, concerning the priest of Sin.
	(blank)
r 5'5'	ki-i ^mdan-a.a is-se-e-⸢šú⸣	(r 5) As Dannaya checked his exta with him, they added two unfavorable omens.
r 6'6'	UR₅.ÚŠ-šu ib-ru-ú-⸢ni⸣
r 7'7'	02 TAG-MEŠ ur-ta-ad-di-ʾu-u

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/.