AGS 043 (P237363)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237363 |
| 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 | From this day, the 10th day of this month, Sivan (III) of this year, to the 29th day, the day of the moon's disappearance of this month Sivan of this year, for 20 days and nights, the passing and the coming days included, the term stipulated for the performance of (this) extispicy — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | within this stipulated term, (should) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is now intent on sending men, horses and troops, as he wishes, to Siriš, (and) whom your great divinity knows — |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord, (and) your favorable decisions, should the subject of this query, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Should he send men, horses and troops, as he wishes, to Siriš? Is it pleasing to your great divinity? |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99–o 1212 | If the subject of this query, Esar[haddon], king of Assyria, having planned, sends (them), will the people of Siriš, or the Manneans, or the Ridaeans, or any (other) enemy, from this day to the day of my [stipu]lated term, band themselves together into an army (against) the army he is sending to [Siriš]? |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | Will they [...] by their own [delibe]ration, strive and plan, and [attack the army of Esarh]addon, in order to kill, plun[der, loot? Will they kill] what there is to k[ill, plunder what there is to plunder], loot [what there is to lo]ot in their midst [...]? Will it be delivered to them as booty? |
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 | TA UD-mu NE-i UD 10-KAM ša₂ ITI NE-i {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-ti EN UD 29-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 3 | UD.NA₂.A UD.NA₂.A ša₂ ITI NE-i {iti}SIG₄ ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-ti 20 UD-MEŠ 20 MI-MEŠ E₃-MEŠ-tu | |
| 4 | u TU-MEŠ-ti ši-kin RI DU₃-eš-ti ba-ru-ti ina ši-kin RI šu-a-ti {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ | |
| 5 | ša₂ TA-an-ni ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ A₂.KAL mal₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lam a-na {kur}si-ri-iš a-na KIN-šu₂-ma | |
| 6 | ti-iṣ-mu-ru-ma DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-u₂ GIM KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 7 | EŠ.BAR-ka šal-mu EN—MU.MU NE-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ li-iṣ-rim lik-pid-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 8 | ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ A₂.KAL mal₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lam a-na {kur}si-ri-iš liš-⸢pur⸣ | |
| 9 | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti DUG₃-ab GIM ik-⸢pu-du⸣-ma il-tap-ru EN—MU.MU NE-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—[ŠEŠ—SUM-na] | |
| 10 | LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ TA UD-mu NE-i EN mal₂ UD-⸢mu⸣ [ši]-⸢kin⸣ RI-ia A₂.KAL mal₂ a-na {uru}[si-ri-iš] | |
| 11 | i-šap-pa-ru lu-u₂ {kur}si-ri-iš-a.[a lu]-u₂ {lu₂}man-na-a.a lu-u₂ {lu₂}RI-⸢da⸣-[a.a] | |
| 12 | lu-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ a.a-um-ma [a]-⸢na⸣ mim-ma A₂.⸢KAL⸣ [i-kat₃]-ti-ru-ni-i lu-u₂ ⸢ŠU⸣ [x x x] | |
| 13 | [i-na] ⸢GALGA⸣ ra-am-ni-šu₂-ni i-ṣar-ri-[mu-u₂ i]-⸢kap⸣-pi-du-u₂ a-na UGU-⸢hi⸣ [A₂.KAL ša₂] | |
| 14 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—SUM-na a-na GAZ ⸢SAR⸣ [IR il-la-ku]-⸢ni⸣-i ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-ni ša₂ ⸢GAZ⸣ [GAZ-u₂] | |
| 15 | [ša₂ SAR SAR-u₂ ša₂] ⸢IR⸣ IR-MEŠ-u₂ [x x x x x a]-⸢na⸣ šil-lat ŠID-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ina [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ina ⸢ŠA₃⸣ [UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ⸢ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti GAL-ti⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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