AGS 005 (P237362)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237362 |
| 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 ask]ing you! |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | [Kaštaritu], city [lord] of Kark[aššî, who has] se[nt a messen]ger [to NN saying: "Let us st]and [together], mobilize an army [and ... set out to wage] war against the army [of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria"] — |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | i[n waging] war [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] will he abandon [......]? |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [whether] Esarhaddon, king of [Assyria, will be ......]? |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | [Be prese]nt in this ram, [place] (in it) [a firm positive answer], favorable designs, favorable, [propitious] om[ens] by the oracular command of your great divinity, [and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | May (this query) [go to] your great [divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] there is a perforation. The 'strength' is absent. The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is present. [......] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [......] The base of the [mid]dle ['finger' of the lung] is 'loose.' The coils of the colon are 1[4 in number. ......]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [...... The 'ba]se of the throne' is present. The 'finger' is thick [......]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...... The heart of the r]am is normal. Che[ck-up]. |
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}ka-aš₂-ta-ri-ti EN]—⸢URU⸣ EN]—⸢URU⸣ ša₂ {kur}kar—⸢kaš⸣-[ši-i ša₂ a-na x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x {lu₂}DUMU—šip]-ri {lu₂}DUMU—šip]-ri iš-⸢pu⸣-[ru um-ma x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x ni]-⸢iz-zi-iz x e-mu⸣-qi₂ ni-id-⸢ki⸣-[ma x x x x a-na e-pe-eš] | |
| 5 | {[giš]}TUKUL u₃ ME₃ a-na UGU e-mu-qu [ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ni-il-lik] | |
| 6 | [i]-⸢na⸣ [e-pe-eš] {⸢giš⸣}TUKUL MURUB₄ u₃ ⸢ME₃⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x i]-⸢na⸣-am-di-⸢ma⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [ša₂] {1}{d}aš-šur—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—SUM-na LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣—[aš-šur{ki} x x x] | |
| 3' | i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-⸢i⸣ [GUB-za]-am-[ma an-na GI.NA] | |
| 4' | GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-[MEŠ ta-mit] ⸢SIG₅⸣-MEŠ ⸢SILIM⸣-[MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim] | |
| 5' | ša₂ KA ⸢DINGIR⸣-ti-ka GAL-ti [šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 6' | [UGU DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka GAL⸣-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ⸢lil⸣-[lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 7' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ GAM ŠUB BE KALAG NU GAR BE GIR₂ 150 ZE₂ GAR-in [x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [x x x x U—MUR] ⸢MURUB₄⸣-tum SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR BE ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 [x x x x x x] | |
| 9' | [x x x x x] ⸢ŠUB⸣—AŠ.TE GAR-in BE U eb-bet BE ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [x x x ŠA₃] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ ša₂-lim ⸢SI⸣.[LAL x x x x x] | |
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