AGS 062 (K.08622), 063 (Sm.0295 cited as Sm 2491) (P238744)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 062 (K.08622), 063 (Sm.0295 cited as Sm 2491) |
|---|---|
| ID | P238744 |
| 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 | [Fr]om this day, the 26th day o[f this month, ... of this year, to the ...th day] of Tishri (VII) o[f thi]s [year], my [stipulated te]rm — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [within th]is [stipulated te]rm, [should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan, and send ... where the ...]eans are located? |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66–o 99 | [Is it pleasing to your great divinity? If he, having planned], sends, [will either NN ... and his army, or ...]šattû and his army, [or NN ... and his army, or ...]ni, son of Kandâ and his army, [or the ...ians, ... or the Tabale]ans or the Cilicians [...]? |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Does your great divinity know it? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Be present in this ram], place (in it) a [firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your gre]at [divinity], and may I see (them). |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... the vertebr]ae are recessed. First extispicy. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] Check-up. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] Third extispicy. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [May (this query) go] to your great divinity, [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 | ⸢TA⸣ UD-mu an-ni-i UD 26-KAM₂ ša₂ ⸢ITI⸣ [an-ni-i {iti}x ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | [EN UD x-KAM] ša₂ {iti}DU₆ ⸢ša₂⸣ [MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti ši-kin a-dan]-ni-ia | |
| 4 | [ina ši-kin a-dan]-ni šu-[a-tu {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur li-iṣ-rim lik-pid]-ma | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x]-a.a aš₂-bu | |
| 6 | [liš-pur UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti DUG₃-ab GIM ik-tap-du-ma] il-tap-ru | |
| 7 | [lu-u {1}x x x x x x x x u A₂.KAL-šu₂ lu-u {1}x]+⸢x⸣-ša₂-at-tu-uʾ u A₂.KAL-šu₂ | |
| 8 | [lu-u {1}x x x x x u A₂.KAL-šu₂ lu-u {1}x x]-ni DUMU {1}kan-da-a u A₂.KAL-šu₂ | |
| 9 | [lu-u {kur}x x x x x x x-a].a lu-u {kur}hi-lik-ka-a.a | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-u | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-⸢ti šuk⸣-nam-ma lu-mur | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x KIŠIB]-MEŠ LAL-MEŠ IGI-ti | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] pi-qit-ti | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x ša₂]-lul-ti | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]-u-a | |
| 6' | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap]-pal | |
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