AGS 098 (P238965)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238965 |
| 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 | [Whatever Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], w[rot]e on [this] tablet and placed [before] your [great divini]ty — |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | should he act accor[ding to] this document? |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | Is it pleasing to your great divinity? Is it acceptable to your great divinity? Is it 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 [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Disreg[ard the (formulation) of] today's [case], be it good, be it faulty. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Disreg[ard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched [the sacri]ficial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Disregard [that an unclean man or wo]man has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | [Dis]regard that [an unc]lean person has performed extispicy [in this place]. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity [for] the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 15b.e. 15– | [Performed in] the Review Palace. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Disregard that he who touches the fore[head of the sheep] is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with any[thing unc]lean, (or) has altered or changed the proceedings. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am [dressed in my] ordi[nary soiled] garments, have seen fear and terror at night, or jumbled the oracle query in my [mouth]. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | I ask [you, Šam]aš, great lord, [whether what]ever Esarhaddon, king of Assy[ria], wrote [on this pa]pyrus and pla[ced] before [your great di]vinity, [he should do according to] this document, |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [(whether) it is pleas]ing to your great divinity, (whether) [it is accepta]ble to yo[ur gre]at [divin]ity. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Marduk-šumu-uṣur, N[aṣiru], |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Bel-ušallim, Aqaraya, [NN], |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | Be[l-iq]iša, [NN], |
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 | [mim-ma ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} i-na ŠA₃-bi IM.GID₂.⸢DA⸣ | |
| 3 | [an-na-a] ⸢iš⸣-[ṭu-ru]-⸢ma⸣ [i-na IGI] ⸢DINGIR⸣-ti-ka [GAL]-ti iš-ku-un | |
| 4 | GIM [pi-i] ma-al-ṭa-ra an-na-a li-pu-u₂-šu₂ | |
| 5 | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti DUG₃.GA-i | |
| 6 | pa-an DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti ma-hi-i-ri | |
| 7 | i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 8 | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-i | |
| 9 | a-mi-ri em-ma-a-ra še-mu-u₂ i-šem-me-e | |
| 10 | e-⸢zib⸣ [ša₂ di-in] ⸢UD⸣ an-ni-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 11 | e-⸢zib⸣ [ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢SISKUR⸣.SISKUR TAG-tu₂ lu-u₂ a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ | |
| 12 | e-zib [ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂]-ti KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 13 | [e]-zib ša₂ [i-na KI an-ni-i lu]-ʾi-i MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 14 | e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ [a]-⸢na⸣ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 15 | [ina] ⸢E₂.GAL—ma-šar⸣-[ti ⸢E₂.GAL—ma-šar⸣-[ti e-tap-šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.[KI UDU.NITA₂] ⸢TUG₂⸣ gi-ne₂-e-ša₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu₂ mim-[ma lu]-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 2 | KU₂ NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-[un] ŠU BAL-u₂ [uš]-pe-lum | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | ⸢LUH⸣-tu₂ pi₂-rit-ti IGI-ru u₂—lu ta-mit i-⸢na⸣ [KA]-⸢ia⸣ up-tar-ri-du | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂] ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-[ka {d]}⸢UTU⸣ EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 6 | [ki-i] ⸢mim⸣-ma ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-⸢šur⸣{[ki} i-na ŠA₃-bi ni]-⸢ʾa⸣-a-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 7 | [an-na-a] iš-ṭu-ru-ma i-na IGI DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-[ka GAL-ti iš]-⸢ku⸣-un | |
| 8 | [GIM pi]-i ma-al-ṭa-ra an-na-[a ip-pu-šu₂]-ma | |
| 9 | [UGU DINGIR]-ti-ka GAL-ti [DUG₃]-⸢ab⸣ | |
| 10 | [pa-an DINGIR]-ti-⸢ka GAL-ti⸣ [ma-hi]-⸢ri⸣-i | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—ŠEŠ {1}⸢na⸣-[ṣi-ru] | |
| 2 | {1}{d}EN—SILIM-im {1}a-qar-a {1}[x x x x] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}⸢EN—BA⸣-ša₂ {1}[x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x] ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
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