AGS 084 (P237210)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 084 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237210 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Is it decreed and confirmed by the command of your great divinity? Will he who can see, see it]? Will he who can hear, hear it? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it] faulty, (and that) the day is overcast. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked [the way of the] sacrificial [sheep]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and] made it unclean. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'– | [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed [extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or] faulty. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, (or) anointed himself with] anything unclean, [(or) has altered or] changed [the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen] fear [and terror] at night, [or] jumbled [the oracle query in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [I ask you, Šamaš, gre]at [lord, whether ...... of Esarhaddo]n, king of Assyria, [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [ina KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti qa-bi-i ku-un-u₂ IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE].⸢GA⸣-u₂ ŠE-e | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM ha-ṭu]-⸢u₂⸣ UD ŠU₂-pu | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR].SISKUR GIL-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma] u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂] ⸢ha⸣-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu ar-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂ mim]-⸢ma⸣ lu-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš]-⸢pe⸣-lum | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar-ša₂-a-ti lab-ša₂-ku] i-na MI LUH-tu₂ | |
| 5 | [pi-rit-ti IGI-ru u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-ia up]-tar-ri-du | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ | |
| 7 | [ki-i x x x x x x x x {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
Sources & licences
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