AGS 052 (P238315)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238315 |
| 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 ask[ing you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Should Balti-nuriya, son of [NN, go] to the aid of Tu[nê, city lord of Ellipi]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Does your great divinity [know it? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Disregard that talk of removing, a word of averting [......]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a cl[ean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is defici[ent or faulty]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) [has touched] the (libation) beer, [the maṣhatu-flour, the water, the container, and the fire]. |
| Obverse [8:14] o 99– | Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, [am dressed] in my ordinary soiled garments, have eaten, drunk, touched, [or stepped upon] anything unclean, have changed or altered the proceedings, (or that) the oracle query has become jum[bled or impaired] in my mouth. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | I ask you Šamaš, great lord, [whether Balti-nuriya, son of NN, should go] to the aid of Tunê [......]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Be present in this ram, [place (in it) a firm] positive an[swer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | There is a cross-shaped marking in the middle surface of the 'finger.' The top of the [...] surface of the 'finger' [......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The 'strength' is absent. The gall bladder is flattened. Above the 'increment' there is a cross-[shaped marking ...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Month Elul (VI), 22nd day. Šumâ, [Bel-ušallim ......]. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [May (this query) go] 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 | {1}TEŠ₂—nu₃-ri-ia DUMU [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | a-na kit-ru ša₂ {1}tu-[ne₂-e EN—URU EN—URU {kur}il-li-pa-a.a lil-lik] | |
| 4 | DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti [ZU-e IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-e] | |
| 5 | e-zib ša₂ dib-ba E₃-ti a-mat šu-tuq-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | e-zib ša₂ ik-rib di-nim UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM LAL-u ⸢KUG⸣ [lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-[u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 8 | e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-tu₂ lab-šu₂ mi-ih-ha {[zid₂}MAD.GA₂ A-MEŠ haṣ-bu u IZI TAG-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | e-zib ša₂ ana-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-⸢tu₂⸣ [lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 10 | mim-ma lu-ʾu-u a-ku-lu NAG-u₂ u₂-lap-pi-[tu NUMUN₂-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | ku-un ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu ta-mit ina KA-MU ip-tar-[ri-du LAL-MEŠ-u₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 12 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ be₂-e-⸢ra⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-⸢šal⸣-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ [ki-i {1}TEŠ₂—nu₃-ri-ia DUMU x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na kit-ru ša₂ {1}tu-ne₂-e [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-i GUB-za-am-ma an-[na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 5 | BE ina EDIN ŠU.SI MURUB₄ BAR-tum BE SAG EDIN U [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | BE KALAG NU GAR BE ZE₂ šub-bat BE UGU MAŠ₂ BAR-[tum x x x x] | |
| 7 | {iti}KIN UD 22-KAM₂ {1}šu-ma-a {1}[EN—SILIM-im x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}[UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
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