Position in chronology
SAA 09 010. Fragment of a Prophecy (CT 53 946)
Translation — scholar edition
SAA 9(Beginning destroyed) (3) we [......] (4) because [......] (5) before [......] (6) face [......] (Break) (r 1) shall be [......] (r 2) shall bring me out [......] (r 3) shall give the kingship [......] (r 4) of all lands [......] (r 5) the day when you [......] (r 6) and those who are lo[yal ......] (r 7) I will lengthen [......] (Break) (l.e. 1) [...] the woman Dunnaša-amur (said): "[......] (l.e. 2) [...] the prophetess who [......]
State Archives of Assyria, volume 9 — scholar edition (ORACC).
Transliteration
⸢si⸣-[x x x x x x x x x] / is-[x x x x x x x x x] / nu-[x x x x x x x x x] / né-me-[el x x x x x x x x] / ina IGI [x x x x x x x x] / pa-ni [x x x x x x x x] / gu-[x x x x x x x x] / [x] ⸢ib⸣-ba-áš-[ši x x x x] / ú-še-ṣa-an-ni [x x x x x x] / LUGAL-u-tú id-dan-[x x x x x x] / ša KUR.KUR gab-⸢bu⸣ [x x x x x] / UD-mu šá tap-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] / u šá ke-⸢nu⸣-[ni x x x x x] / lu-ur-⸢ri⸣-[ik x x x x x]…
Scholarly note
Neo-Assyrian prophetic oracle, edited by Simo Parpola (SAA 9, 1997). ORACC text P314355.
Attribution
Image: Adapted from Simo Parpola, Assyrian Prophecies (State Archives of Assyria, 9), 1997. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2012, as part of the AHRC-funded research project “Mechanisms of Communication in an Ancient Empire: The Correspondence between the King of Assyria and his Magnates in the 8th Century BC” (AH/F016581/1; University College London) directed by Karen Radner. The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P314355/..
Translation excerpted from Parpola, S. 1997. Assyrian Prophecies. SAA 9. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa09/P314355/.
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