AGS 051 (P237369)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237369 |
| 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 [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [M]idas, c[ity] lord of [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [who has sent] his messengers t[o NN, the troops] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | of his nephew and the t[roops of ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | to Ilu-takl[ak ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] king [......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] sei[zed ......] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [... in th]is [y]ear [......] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [... Mi]das [......]? |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [Does your] great [divinity know it]? Is it de[creed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš], gr[eat lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard the (formulation) of t]oday's ca[se, be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [Disregard that an uncl]ean man [or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether Mi]das, [city] lord of [......, who has sent his messenge]rs to [NN, the troops] |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [of] his nep[hew] and the troops of [......] |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | to Ilu-taklak [......] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | will go, and [...] the arm[y ......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | to the king [......] |
| Reverse [7:10] r 8'8'–r 10'10' | Midas [......]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [May (this query) go] to your great divinity, [O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | The gall bladder is flattened. First extispicy. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'– | In the isru [......]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Naṣiru] and Marduk-šumu-uṣur. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...] Month Kislev (IX), 16th day, eponym year of [NN], |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | in the city Kalhu. |
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}⸢mi⸣-it-ta-a EN—⸢URU⸣ EN—⸢URU⸣ [ša₂ x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-MEŠ-šu₂ {lu₂}DUMU—šip-ri-MEŠ-šu₂ a-[na x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ša₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ DUMU—ŠEŠ-šu₂ u₃ ⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | a-na {1}DINGIR—tak-⸢lak⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | {1}x x⸣ LUGAL [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x] iṣ-⸢ba⸣-[tu x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x ina] ⸢MU⸣.AN.⸢NA NE⸣-[ti x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x {1}mi]-⸢it⸣-ta-a [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [DINGIR-ut-ka] GAL-⸢ti⸣ [ZU-e i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 11 | {[d}UTU EN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ ⸢qa⸣-[bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e] | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂ di]-⸢in⸣ UD an-[ni-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 13 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu]-u₂ [lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ] lu-u₂ [BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 2' | [ki-i {1}mi-it]-ta-a EN—[URU EN—[URU ša₂ x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [DUMU—šip]-⸢ri⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ [DUMU—šip]-⸢ri⸣-MEŠ-šu₂ a-na [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | [ša₂ DUMU]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-šu₂ DUMU]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣-šu₂ u₃ ERIM-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-na {1}DINGIR—tak-lak [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | DU-ma {lu₂}e-⸢mu⸣-[qu x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | a-na LUGAL [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | {1}mi-it-ta-[a x x x x x i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i] | |
| 9' | GUB-za-am-ma [an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta-mit] | |
| 10' | SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 11' | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 12' | BE ZE₂ šub-bat IGI-tum [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 13' | BE ina is-ri ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {1}na-ṣi-ru u {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—u₂-ṣur [o] | |
| 2 | [x x x x] {iti}GAN UD 16-KAM₂ lim-mu {1}x x x] | |
| 3 | ina {uru}kal-ha [x x x] | |
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