AGS 147 (P238962)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 147 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238962 |
| 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 [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Assurbanipal, king of [Assyria, who is now] again afflicted with [..., and (whom) your great] divinity [knows] — |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | [in accordance with the command of your great divinity], Šamaš, great lord, and [your favorable] decisions, will Assurbanipal, king of [Assyria], recover, get well, be saved, [rescued, extricated from his illness]? |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77–o 1111 | Does your great [divinity] know it? Are the re[covery and] rescue of Assurbanip[a]l, king of [As]syria, from this illness which afflicts him, decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Disregard that an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515– | [Dis]regard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to] your great divinity for [the performance] of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the] sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, [has eaten], drunk, or anointed himself with [anything unclean], (or) has altered, added to, or changed the (ritual) proceedings. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex] your [servant], am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen [fear and terror] at night, or [have jumbled] the oracle query in my mouth. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether [Assurbanipal], king of Assyria, [will recov]er, get well, be saved, rescued, [extricated], from this illness [which again afflicts him]? |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | 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 [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | 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 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ LUGAL [KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ ša₂ i-na-an-na GIG x x x] | |
| 3 | is-sah-raš-šum-ma DINGIR-ut-[ka GAL-ti ZU-u₂ GIM KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 4 | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ u EŠ.BAR-[ka šal-mu EN—MU.MU NE-i] | |
| 5 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ LUGAL KUR—[AN.ŠAR₂ i-na GIG-šu₂ an-na-a ša₂ i-sah-ra-šu₂] | |
| 6 | TIN-ṭu SILIM-mu KAR-ir [uš-te-zi-bi uš-te-ṣi-i] | |
| 7 | [DINGIR]-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e ⸢TIN⸣ [ZI-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | [u] ga-ma-lu ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—⸢DUMU.UŠ⸣ LUGAL KUR—[aš]-šur | |
| 9 | [i]-na GIG-šu₂ an-ni-i ša₂ is-sah-raš-šu₂ i-na SILIM-tim | |
| 10 | [i]-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 11 | ⸢qa⸣-bi-i ku-ni-i IGI-ru IGI-mar ⸢še⸣-mu-u₂ i-šem-me-e | |
| 12 | e-zib ša₂ di-nim UD-mu an-ni-i ki-i DUG₃.GA ki-i ha-ṭu-u | |
| 13 | ⸢e⸣-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 14 | [e]-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾi-i MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 15 | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂] ⸢DINGIR-ti-ka⸣ GAL-ti ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ [MAŠ₂-u₂] LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-[ne₂-e]-⸢šu₂⸣ ar₂-šat lab-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂] ⸢NAG⸣ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ⸢ku-un⸣ ŠU.2 BAL DIRI uš-pel-lu | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD]-⸢ka⸣ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-šat lab-ša₂-ku i-na MI | |
| 5 | [gi-lit-tu pi-rit-ti] IGI-ru u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-MU | |
| 6 | [up-tar-ri-du lu-u₂] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 7 | [ki-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ] LUGAL KUR—aš-šur i-na GIG-šu₂ an-na-a | |
| 8 | [ša₂ i-sah-raš-šu₂ TIN]-ṭu SILIM-mu KAR-ru uš-te-ez-e-⸢bu⸣ | |
| 9 | [uš-te-ṣu i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂] ⸢an⸣-ni-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.[NA] | |
| 10 | [GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] ⸢UZU⸣-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ ⸢SILIM⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR]-ti-⸢ka GAL-ti⸣ šuk-⸢nam⸣-[ma lu-mur] | |
| 12 | [UGU DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ GAL-ti {d}UTU EN ⸢GAL⸣-[u₂] | |
| 13 | lil-lik-ma KIN ⸢li⸣-[tap-pal] | |
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