AGS 036 (P238891)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238891 |
| 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 | [From this day, the 25th day of this month], Sivan (III), to the 24th day [of the coming month, Tammuz (IV), of this year, 30 days] and nights, the stipulated t[erm] — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [within this stipulated term, will the troops of] the Scythians, (and) the tro[ops of the Cimmerians emerge from the pass of ... to Bit]-Hamba[n ......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... The 'finger' is th]ick. The upper part is eleva[ted ......]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...... The 'station' is pre]sent. The 'path' is present. The 'strength' and 'well-being' are present. In the left side of the gall bladder a 'foot'-mark is over[turned ......]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... The heart of] the ra[m] is normal. Check-up. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [eponymy of NN. Marduk-šumu]-uṣur (and) Sukinu. |
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 | [TA UD an-ni-i UD 25-KAM ša₂ ITI an-ni-i] {iti}SIG₄ a-di UD 24-[KAM] | |
| 3 | [ša₂ ITI TU-ba {iti}ŠU ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-ti 30 UD-MEŠ] 30 MI-MEŠ ši-kin a-[dan-ni] | |
| 4 | [i-na ši-kin a-dan-ni šu-a-tu {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ] {lu₂}iš-ku-za-a.a {lu₂}[ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | {[lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a TA ne₂-ri-bi ša₂ {uru}x x x a-na E₂]—{⸢uru⸣}ha-am-⸢ban⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x BE U] ⸢eb⸣-bet AN.TA DU-⸢ik⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x BE NA] ⸢GAR⸣ GIR₂ GAR KALAG SILIM GAR ina 150 ZE₂ GIR₃ ⸢BAL⸣ [x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x ŠA₃] UDU.[NITA₂] ša₂-lim pi-qit-tu₂ {iti}SIG₄ UD 25-[KAM₂] | |
| 5' | [lim-mu {1}x x x x x x {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU]—PAB {1}⸢su⸣-ki-nu | |
Sources & licences
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