AGS 031 (P237213)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 031 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237213 |
| 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' | [Disregard that ...] behind the enemy [......]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'– | [Disregard that an u]nclean man or woman [has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [Disregar]d that he who touches the forehead of the sheep [is dressed in his] ordi[nary soiled] garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) [has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Disregard that the ora[cle query has become jumbled] in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | I ask [you, Šamaš, great lord], whether the governors and magnates with the men, hor[ses, and army at their disposal], who [are going to the district of Media] to collect a tribute of horses, |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [in] this expedition of theirs will escape or sa[ve themselves] from the troops of the Me[des, or from the troops of the Scythians or from a]ny [other enemy ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x x] EGIR-a {lu₂}KUR₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾi-i-⸢ti⸣ [KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ TAG-it SAG.[KI] UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-⸢ne₂⸣-[e-šu₂ ar-šat lab-šu₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢mim⸣-ma ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ ⸢NAG⸣-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ u₂—⸢lu⸣ [ku-un qa-ti BAL-u uš-pe-lu] | |
| 3 | e-zib ša₂ i-⸢na⸣ <KA> DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ⸢ta⸣-[mit up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 4 | lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ [BAR-MEŠ] a-šal-[ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 5 | ki-i {lu₂}EN.NAM-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL-[MEŠ] a-di ERIM-MEŠ {anše}⸢KUR⸣.[RA-MEŠ e-mu-qu mal₂ it-ti-šu₂-un] | |
| 6 | ⸢ša₂⸣ a-na e-ser man-da-at-⸢ti⸣ ša₂ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ a-⸢na⸣ [na-ge-e ša₂ {kur}ma-da-a.a DU-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 7 | [i-na] a-la-ki-šu₂-un an-ni-i i-na ŠU.2 ERIM-MEŠ {kur}ma-⸢da⸣-[a.a lu-u₂ ina ŠU.2 ERIM-MEŠ {kur}iš-ku-za-a.a] | |
| 8 | [lu-u i-na ŠU.2 {lu₂}KUR₂ mal₂ ba]-⸢šu⸣-u₂ i-šit-tu in-ne₂-⸢eṭ⸣-[ṭi-ru] | |
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