AGS 088 (P238961)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238961 |
| 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 ......] joyful [...]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's case], be it good, [be it faulty]. |
| 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]. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 5'b.e. 5'– | [... Mardu]k-šumu-uṣur, Naṣi[ru ...]. |
| 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 extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance] of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his] ordinary [soiled garments]. |
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' | [x x x x x IGI-ru IGI]-ra ŠE-[u₂ ŠE-e] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x]-MEŠ HUL₂-u₂-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me an-ni]-i GIM DUG₃-ab [GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR].⸢SISKUR⸣ TAG-tu₂ lu-u₂ [a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 5' | [x x x x {1}{d}AMAR].⸢UTU⸣—MU—ŠEŠ {1}na-ṣi-[ru x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂]-⸢ti⸣ KI MAŠ₂ DIB.[DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ ina KI an-ni-i lu]-ʾi-i [MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na] MAŠ₂ ⸢MAŠ₂⸣-[u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂]-e-ša₂ ⸢ar⸣-[ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] | |
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