AGS 053 (P237367)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237367 |
| 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 the (formulation) of the pray]er for today's case, be it good, be it [faulty]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 3'3'– | [Disregard that he who] touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, [or has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with] any[thing unclean]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, [am dressed in my ordinary soiled] garments, have eaten, drunk, [or anointed myself with anything] unclean, [have altered or changed the proceedings, (or) jumbled the oracle query in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Let [them] be taken out [and put aside]! |
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' | [e-zib ša₂ ik]-⸢rib⸣ di-nim UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ [LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢TAG⸣-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 3' | TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-šu₂ mim-[ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na]-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ [gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 2 | [mim-ma lu]-ʾu-u a-ku-lu NAG-[u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 3 | [ta-mit ina KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] ⸢lu⸣-u ZI-[MEŠ lu-u BAR-MEŠ] | |
Sources & licences
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