SAA 04 306. Should Bani be Appointed as Priest of Anu? (PRT 122) [appointment][via saao/saa04]


Obverse
o 1o 1	BE NA ka-pí-iṣ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x]	(1) The 'station' is curled [...],
o 22	KI-šú e-[x x x]	(2) its place [...].
o 33	BE GÍR ka-pí-ìṣ KALAG NU [GAR]	(3) The 'path' is curled. The 'strength' is absent.
o 44	BE 15 MÁŠ DU₈ EN—UDU.SISKUR mim-[mu-šú]	(4) If the right side of the 'increment' is split: the owner of the sacrificial sheep will lose [his] posses[sions].
o 55	ina ŠU.2-su ⸢È⸣
o 66	BE SAG EDIN 15 U DU₈ GU DIB-⸢bít⸣	(6) The top of the right surface of the 'finger' is split (and) is held by a filament.
o 77	BE ku-tal MUR DU₈ suḫ-ḫur-tu ⸢ERIM⸣-[MU]	(7) If the back of the lung is split: retreat of [my] ar[my]. The enemy will see the back of my army.
o 88	ku-tal ERIM-MU KÚR IGI-mar
o 99	BE U—MUR MURUB₄ SUḪUŠ-sà KÉŠ-is	(9) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'bound.'
o 1010	BE GAG.ZAG.GA 15 u 150 na-pár-qud	(10) The breast-bone is lying on its back right and left.
o 1111	BE ŠÀ.NIGIN sal-ḫu mas-la-aʾ-ti ŠUB-ti ERIM-[ni]	(11) If the coils of the colon are damp: disease. Downfall of the army.
o 1212	BE GAG.TI šá 15 kàṣ-ṣa-at	(12) If the right rib is trimmed: the prince's land will diminish.
o 1313	KUR NUN iš-šá-aṣ

o 1414	BE 15 MÁŠ DU₈ ku-tal MUR 15 DU₈	(14) The right side of the 'increment' is split. The back of the lung is split on the right.
o 1515	BE ŠÀ.NIGIN sal-ḫu GAG.TI šá 15 kàṣ-ṣa-at	(15) The coils of the colon are damp. The right rib is trimmed.
o 1616	04 TAG-MEŠ GAR	(16) There are 4 unfavorable omens.
o 1717	LÚ šá MU-šú ina ŠÀ IM.GÍD.DA	(17) Should Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written in this oblong tablet and placed before your great divinity, to the priesthood of Anu in the Inner City?
o 1818	an-na-a SAR-ma
Reverse
r 1r 1	ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR
r 22	^maš-šur—DÙ—A LUGAL KUR—aš-šur.KI
r 33	a-na LÚ.SANGA-tú šá ^da-num
r 44	šá URU.ŠÀ—URU lip-qí-su
r 55	GIM ip-taq-du-šú UGU DINGIR-ti-ka	(r 5) If he appoints him, is it pleasing to your great divinity? Is it acceptable to your great divinity? Is it pleasing to the great lord, Anu? Is it acceptable to the great lord, Anu?
r 66	GAL-tum DÙG.GA-i IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti
r 77	IGI-ri UGU ^da-num EN GAL-e
r 88	DÙG.GA-i IGI ^da-num EN GAL-e IGI-ri
r 99	TAG-at	(r 9) Unfavorable.

r 1010	^m^dŠÚ—MU—PAB ana UGU ^mba-ni-i	(r 10) Performed by Marduk-šumu-uṣur, concerning (the appointment of) Banî to the priesthood of Anu.
r 1111	DÙ-áš ana SANGA-u-te šá ^da-nim

r 1212	šu-u gab-bi-šá-a-ma TAG-at	(r 12) It is entirely unfavorable.
r 1313	TA^v a.a-ak aḫ—ḫur	(r 13) From where else are there indecisive omens?
r 1414	UZU-MEŠ NU TAR-⸢su⸣

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/P336363/.