AGS 104 (P237364)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237364 |
| 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, giv]e [me a] firm [positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [On the ... of month Iyyar (II) of] the [c]om[ing year...], [should they load the statue of the great lord Marduk] on the boat [in the Inner Ci]ty, and should he g[o to B]abylon [...]? |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | Is it pleasing [to your great divinity and to the great lord], Marduk? [Is it acceptable to your great divinity and to the great lord, M]arduk? |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | [Does your great divinity know] it? [Is the going of the statue of the great lord Marduk] to Babylon [decreed and confirm]ed [in a favorable case, by the command] of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good], be it faulty, (and that) the day is overcast and it is raining. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, o]r blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of th]e extispicy and made it unclean. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed extispicy [in this place]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515– | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the ext]ispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [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 alt]ered or changed [the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | [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 [4:8] r 55–r 88 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, [whether on the ...th day of Iyyar (II) of the] coming [ye]ar [the statue of the great lord Marduk should be loaded on a boat] in the Inner City and go [to B]abylon, |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [(whether) it is acceptable to the great lord, Marduk], (whether) it is pl[eas]ing to the great lord, Marduk. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | [Be present in this ram, place] (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of] your [great] divinity, [and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and] may [an orac]le [be given as an answer]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 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 | [UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}GUD ša₂ MU.AN.NA e]-ri-ib-[ti x x x] | |
| 3 | [ṣa-lam {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-i i-na {uru}ŠA₃]—⸢URU⸣ a-na ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂.⸢U₅⸣ | |
| 4 | [lu-še-lu-u₂-ma x x x x a-na] ⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{ki} lil-⸢lik⸣ | |
| 5 | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti u UGU EN GAL-i {d]}AMAR.UTU DUG₃.GA | |
| 6 | [pa-an DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti u pa-an EN GAL-i {d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU ma-hi-i-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 7 | [DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU]-e | |
| 8 | [a-lak ṣa-lam {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-i] a-na KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} | |
| 9 | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA] DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 10 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un]-⸢i⸣ IGI-ra IGI ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e | |
| 11 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me an-ni-i GIM DUG₃.GA] GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ UD ŠU₂-pu A.AN ŠUR-nun | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂]—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ KI] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 14 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂] MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 15 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi]-ne₂-e-ša₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [KU₂ NAG-u ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU] ⸢BAL⸣-u₂ uš-pe-lum | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e-a ar₂-šat <lab-ša₂-ku> i-na MI LUH-tu₂ | |
| 4 | [pi-rit-tu₂ IGI-ru u₂—lu ta]-⸢mit⸣ i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ-ra] ⸢a⸣-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 6 | [ki-i UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}GUD ša₂ MU].AN.NA TU-ti | |
| 7 | [ṣa-lam {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-i i-na] {uru}ŠA₃—URU | |
| 8 | [a-na ŠA₃ {giš}MA₂.U₅ u₂-še-lu-u₂-ma a-na] ⸢KA₂⸣.DINGIR.RA{ki} DU-⸢ku-ma⸣ | |
| 9 | [pa-an {d}EN EN GAL-i {d}AMAR.UTU mah-ru UGU {d]}⸢EN⸣ {d}EN GAL-i {d}AMAR.UTU ⸢DUG₃.GA⸣-i | |
| 10 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma] ⸢an⸣-na GI.NA [GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA] DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti] | |
| 12 | [šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 13 | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma] ⸢KIN li⸣-[tap-pal] | |
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