The omens that you seek are explained in this tablet, every one. The omens that are sent forth for man's destiny, every one. Whatever you may ask, great or small, if you are worried, is given (an answer), every one. Seek an omen by offering a sacrifice to the birds, that the Gods may be well disposed. Ask anything you wish, on this tablet is explained everything. You may ask anything by sacrificing an offering to the birds, that the Gods may from Heaven send forth an omen; everything is (answered) above the earth, deceiving never, everything. And so men may ask for protection, everyone. Should they (the Gods) be angered by something, or by the sacrifice, ill omens are released, all of them, signifying death or disaster; which appear upon asking, all of them.(reverse side follows)
Let a substitute sacrifice be exposed, designated as an offering to take the place of the man. If birds are attracted then, it is a lucky sign. Should the birds remain hidden, it stands for death, and the man will die. Should they approach to peck at the sacrifice, it is a lucky sign. If they continue to feed and crowd in, it is lucky and moreover a sign of great favor (or, that the sacrifice is favored), and the man may go and pour a libation for his success. The kid satisfied and was pleasing to the high gods. To the priest, for averting death and danger, a recompense is to be paid, and a measure for bird-seed for good fortune. The measure scattered for the birds is to be wheat which has been coarsely milled, and is to be scattered abroad by the man's own hands, or he may die. Perform all these things as the tablet instructs."
Interesting, I posted 12 before I read 8. Oracle. I’m with Barry!
As I understand it Linear A is thought to be in the Minoan Language, thought to be from Anatolia, possibly Hittite in origin, and Linear B is thought to be in an ancestor of Mycenean Greek? Am I correct, and is the inscription certainly in a version of Linear A?
Interesting!