SAA 04 299. Should Nabu-šarru-uṣur be Appointed as Chief Eunuch? [appointment]


Obverse
o 1o 1	BE MURUB₄ ⸢NA⸣ [pa-áš-ṭa x x x x]	(1) The middle of the 'sta[tion' is effaced].
o 22	BE GÍR ⸢ka⸣-[pí-iṣ x x x x x]	(2) The 'path' is c[urled].
o 33	BE KALAG NU [GAR x x x x x x]	(3) The 'strength' is absent.
o 44	BE 150 ⸢ZÉ⸣ [ṣa-mid x x x x x]	(4) The left of the gall [bladder is attached].
o 55	BE ZÉ [x x x x x x x x]	(5) The gall bladder [...].
o 66	⸢BE U⸣ UGU ŠID-[MEŠ-šú TUR]	(6) The 'finger' is abnormally [small].
o 77	BE MÁŠ ni-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x]	(7) The 'increment' [...] the 'yoke.'
o 88	BE AN.TA-ti DU	(8) The upper part is elevated.
o 99	BE U.SAG UGU SA-ti	(9) The 'cap' (rides) upon the 'outside.'
o 1010	BE U—MUR MURUB₄ SUḪUŠ-sà BAR	(10) The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.'
o 1111	BE GAG.ZAG.GA KUG	(11) The breast-bone is thick.
Reverse		(11) The breast-bone is thick.
r 1r 1	BE ŠÀ.NIGIN 150 ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ]	(r 1) The coils of the colon are r[aised] and turned on the left (and) are 24 in number.
r 22	u GUR-MEŠ ⸢24⸣ ŠID-šú-nu
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r 33	TAG-át	(r 3) Unfavorable.
r 44	^mdan-a ^mzi-zi-i EN-ME^*—UMUŠ	(r 4) Dannaya (and) Zizî, reporters.
r 55	ITI.AB UD 24-⸢KÁM⸣ [o^*]	(r 5) Month Tebet (X), 24th day, eponym year of [NN].
r 66	⸢lim-mu⸣ [^mx x x x]	(r 5) Month Tebet (X), 24th day, eponym year of [NN].
r 77	^m^dAG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ [LÚ.x x x]	(r 7) Should Assurbanipal, ki[ng of Assyria, appoint] Nabû-šarru-uṣur, [...] of Assurbanipal, [king of Assyria], to the office of Chief Eunuch?
r 88	šá ^mAN.ŠÁR—DÙ—DUMU.UŠ [MAN KUR—AN.ŠÁR]
r 99	^mAN.ŠÁR—DÙ—DUMU.UŠ ⸢MAN⸣ [KUR—AN.ŠÁR]
r 1010	ana UGU GAL—SAG-ú-[ti lip-qid-su]
r 1111	GIM ana UGU KI.⸢GUB⸣-[šú ip-taq-du]
r 1212	KA-šú u ŠÀ-šú [KI ^mAN.ŠÁR—DÙ—DUMU.UŠ (EN-šú)]	(r 12) If he [appoints him] to (this) posit[ion], will he in his speech and thoughts side with [Assurbanipal, his lord]?
r 1313	GAR-a-an [x x x x x]	(r 13) [...] which were appointed in the rebellion [......].
Edge
e. 1e. 1	šá ina^* bar^-te paq^-da^-⸢a^-ni^*⸣ [x x x]

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/P238809/.