AGS 096 (P237373)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237373 |
| 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' | [...... Will he who can see, see it? Will he] who can hear, [hear it]? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard that ...]...[...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good or] fau[lty]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'– | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the] way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come] near [the place of the extispicy] and made it unclean. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed [exti]spicy [in this place]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is de]ficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dr]essed [in his ordinary soiled garments, he has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself] with anything unclean, [(or) altered or] changed [the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant], am dressed [in my ordinary soiled garments], or [have jumbled] the oracle query in my mouth. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whe]ther the city whose [name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x IGI-ru IGI-ra] ⸢še⸣-mu-⸢u₂⸣ [i-šem-me-e] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x x x x]-⸢su⸣ ip-[x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM] ha-[ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu ana] ⸢IGI⸣ SISKUR.⸢SISKUR⸣ [GIL-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI MAŠ₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu DIB].DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] ⸢LAL⸣-u₂ ha-ṭu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-šat] ⸢lab⸣-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-[u₂] | |
| 5 | [KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂] uš-pe-[lu] | |
| 6 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-šat] ⸢lab⸣-ša₂-ku u₂—lu [o] | |
| 7 | [ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂] be₂-⸢e⸣-[ra] | |
| 8 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] ⸢GIM⸣ URU ša₂ [MU-šu₂] | |
| 9 | [i-na ni-ia-ra an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
Sources & licences
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