AGS 072 (P237386)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237386 |
| 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 [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [The ci]ty Ṣiṣṣirtu, a fortress of Harhar, which is located on the border of Ellipi, and (which) your great divinity knows — |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [in ac]cordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord, and your favorable decisions, has the enemy captured that city, Ṣiṣṣirtu? Has he conquered it? Has he entered it? Has he plundered and looted it? |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Has he who can see, seen it? Has he who can hear, heard it? Does your great divinity know it? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Disregard that] an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place, or (that) unclean people have come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to] your great [divinity] for the per[formance of the exti]spicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard that he who] touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has touched anything unclean. |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313– | Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have changed or altered the proceedings, [or] (that) the oracle query has become jumbled in my mouth. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether the city Ṣiṣṣirtu, a fortress of Harhar located in the territory of Ellipi, has been seized, conquered and entered by the enemy. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | There is a hole in the place of the 'well-being.' The lower part is elev[ated]. First extispicy. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | There is a 'request'-mark in the top of the 'yoke.' [...] there is a 'request'-mark. The 'cap' rides upon the 'outer' part, and its threshold is split. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | The cavity of the lung is split on the right. [... Se]cond extispicy. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | The [flesh] is torn in the middle surface of the 'finger.' [... on the l]eft [...]. Third extispicy. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [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 [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Š]umâ, Nabû-uša[llim. Month A]b (V), 26th day. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [May (this query) go to] your great [divi]nity, [O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle 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 | {⸢uru⸣}ṣi-iṣ-ṣi-ir-ti bir-ti ša₂ {lu₂}har-har-a.a ša₂ ina UGU tu-hu-mu | |
| 3 | ša₂ {kur}il-li-pi na-du-ma DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-u₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢GIM⸣ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ EŠ.BAR-ka šal-mu | |
| 5 | {uru}bir-ti šu-a-tu₂ {uru}ṣi-iṣ-ṣi-ir-ti {lu₂}KUR₂ iṣ-ṣa-bat-su-u₂ | |
| 6 | ik-ta-šad-su-u₂ a-na ŠA₃-[bi-šu₂] i-te-ru-bu hu-bu-us-su šil-lat-su | |
| 7 | ih-ta-ba-tu IGI-ru i-ta-ma-ru ŠE-u₂ il-te-me-e | |
| 8 | DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e | |
| 9 | e-zib ša₂ ik-rib di-nim UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃-bu GIM LAL-u₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU SISKUR TAG-tu₂ u₂—lu ana IGI UDU SISKUR GIL-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [e-zib ša₂] ina ⸢KI⸣ [NE]-i lu-ʾi-i MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ u₂—lu lu-ʾu-u₂-ti DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-la-u₂ | |
| 11 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti]-ka GAL-ti ša₂ ana ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [MAŠ₂]-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG]-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-tu lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u u₂-lap-pi-ti | |
| 13 | [e]-zib ša₂ ana-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-ša₂-ku ku-un ŠU BAL-u uš-pe-lu | |
| 14 | [u₂—lu] ⸢ta⸣-mit ina KA-ia ip-tar-ri-du LAL-MEŠ-u lu-u ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u BAR-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ GIM {uru}ṣi-iṣ-ṣi-ir-ti | |
| 2 | bir-ti ša₂ {lu₂}har-har-a.a ša₂ ina UGU tu-hu-mu | |
| 3 | ša₂ {kur}il-⸢li-pi⸣ na-⸢da⸣-tu {[lu₂]}KUR₂ iṣ-ba-tu-uš | |
| 4 | ik-šu-du-uš ana ŠA₃-šu₂ i-ru-bu | |
| 5 | BE ina KI SILIM U ŠUB BE KI.TA-tum ⸢DU⸣-[ik] IGI-ti | |
| 6 | BE ina SAG ni-ri KAM₂-tum ŠUB-⸢at₂⸣ [x x x x x] KAM₂-tum ŠUB-⸢at₂ BE⸣ U.SAG UGU SA-ti U₅-ma sip-pa-šu₂ ⸢DU₈⸣ | |
| 7 | BE SAL.LA MUR 15 DU₈ BE [x x x x x ša₂]-ni-ti | |
| 8 | BE ina EDIN U MURUB₄ ⸢UZU⸣ ZI-ih BE ⸢x⸣+[x x x] 150 BE [x x x x] ša₂-lul-ti | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ [x x x] an-ni-i [GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA] ⸢GIŠ⸣.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 10 | UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ [SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma] lu-mur | |
| 11 | {1}⸢šu⸣-ma-a {1}{d}AG—u₂-⸢šal⸣-[lim {iti]}⸢NE⸣ UD 26-KAM₂ | |
| 12 | [UGU] ⸢DINGIR⸣-ti-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap]-⸢pal⸣ | |
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