AGS 111 (P237190)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237190 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [Should] Esarhaddon, [king of Assyria, strive and plan], leave the city of Calah, [and go to ...]? |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If he goes as long as [he is away, will (any of) the magnates and governors], or (any) of the se[nior] members of the royal family, [or (any) of the junior members of the royal line], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | or the king's eunuchs, or [the bearded (officials), the king's entourage], |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [o]r the Aramea[ns ......], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [or] the adjut[ant ......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | The to[p of the] left [su]rface of the 'finger' is sp[lit ......]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'– | The base of the middle part is 'lo[ose' ......]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Marduk-šumu-[uṣur ......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ [ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} li-iṣ-rim lik-pid-ma] | |
| 3 | {uru}ka-lah₃ E₃-[ma a-na x x x x x lil-lik] | |
| 4 | GIM it-tal-ku-ma a-di [x x x x lu-u₂ {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ {lu₂}NAM-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | u₂—lu i-na NUMUN—LUGAL NUMUN—LUGAL ⸢IGI⸣-[MEŠ lu-u₂ i-na NUMUN—LUGAL NUMUN—LUGAL EGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | lu-u₂ {lu₂}SAG LUGAL lu-[u₂ {lu₂}ša₂—ziq-ni {lu₂}man-za-az—pa-ni {lu₂}man-za-az—pa-ni LUGAL] | |
| 7 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ {lu₂}ah-lam-[a.a x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [lu-u₂] {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ—qa-[ti {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ—qa-[ti x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | BE ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | BE ⸢SAG EDIN⸣ 150 U ⸢DU₈⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | BE MURUB₄-tum SUHUŠ-sa₃ ⸢BAR⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU⸣—[ŠEŠ x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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