AGS 024 (P237372)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237372 |
| 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 | [......] and the Cimmerian troops |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [......] set up camp |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [......] against Ahseri |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......] his camp |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [......? Does your great divinity] know it? |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your gr]eat [divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can se]e, see i[t? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | Be present [in this ram, pl]ace (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious [ome]ns [by the oracular command of your great divinity], and may I see (them). |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [May] (this query) [g]o [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
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 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] u₃ {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ gi-mir-ra-a.a | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ma-dak-tu šak-nu₃ | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x i]-⸢na⸣ UGU {1}ah-se-ri | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ma-dak-ti-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] ZU-⸢e⸣ | |
| 7 | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka] ⸢GAL⸣-ti | |
| 8 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un IGI]-⸢ru⸣ IGI-⸢ra⸣ [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i] ⸢GUB⸣-za-am-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 3' | [an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta]-⸢mit⸣ SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk]-⸢nam⸣-ma lu-mur | |
| 5' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] ⸢lil⸣-lik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
Sources & licences
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