AGS 077 (P238963)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 077 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238963 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [If] ...... [have s]ent [......], have they honestly sent true, sincere words [of reconciliation] to E[sarhaddon, king of Assyria]? Does your great divinity know it? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by] the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard the formulation of] to[day's case], be it good, be it faulty. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [Disregard that the ram] (offered to) your [divini]ty for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or fa[ulty]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [Disregard that he who touches the] forehead of the sheep [is dressed] in his ordinary soiled garments, [has ea]ten, drunk, or anointed himself with [anything unclean], or alt[ered (or) changed the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that] the oracular query has become jumbled [in the mo]uth of the haruspex, your servant. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | I ask you Šamaš, [great lo]rd, [whether ... yo]ur divinity [......] |
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 x]+⸢x⸣-bu-⸢x⸣ lu {1}ki-⸢tu-u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x iš-pu]-ru-ni dib-bi-i ki-nu-tu ša-⸢al⸣-[mu-tu] | |
| 3' | [ša₂ su-lum-me₂-e i]-na kit-ti ŠA₃-bi-šu₂-un-u₂ a-na {1}{d}⸢aš⸣-[šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na] | |
| 4' | [LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} ⸢iš⸣-pu-ru-ni DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-[e] | |
| 5' | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na] KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ [qa-bi-i ku-un-i] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mi] an-ni-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-[u₂] | |
| 7' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-⸢ṭu⸣-[u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it] ⸢SAG⸣.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti [lab-šu₂] | |
| 2 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢KU₂⸣ NAG u ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ u₂—lu ku-un qa-ti ⸢BAL⸣-[u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na] ⸢KA⸣ DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit up-tar-⸢ri⸣-[du] | |
| 4 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU ⸢EN⸣ [GAL-u₂] | |
| 5 | [ki-i x x x x x x]-⸢u₂⸣ DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
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