AGS 149 (P238966)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238966 |
| 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 m]e a firm [positive answ]er [to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:6] o 22–o 66 | [Should Šamaš-šumu-ukin, son of Esarhad]don, king of [Assyria, within this year] seize the [han]d of the great lord [Marduk i]n the Inner City, and should he lead [Bel] to Babylon? Is it pleasing to your [great] divinity and to the great lord, Marduk? |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | Is it acceptable to your great divinity and to the great lord Marduk? Does your great divinity know it? [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 [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the day is overcast and it is raining. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard that a clean or an un]clean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313– | [Disregard 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 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, or (that) the oracle query has become jumbled in my mouth. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether Šamaš-šumu-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, should within this year seize the hand of the great lord, [Marduk, i]n the Inner City, and lead Bel (to Babylon), |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | (whether) it is pleasing to the great lord, Marduk, (whether) it is acceptable to the great lord, Marduk. |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010–r 1313 | [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 [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | May (this query) go [to] your great [divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, and [may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [Month] Nisan (I), 23rd day, eponym year of Mari-larim (668). In the [Succession] Palace. |
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}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA DUMU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ]—⸢SUM⸣-na LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣—[aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 3 | [i-na ŠA₃ MU.AN.NA NE-ti qa]-⸢at⸣ EN GAL-i {d}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 4 | [i]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃-bi—{uru}KI li-iṣ-bat-ma a-na i-na pa-⸢an⸣ {[d}EN] | |
| 5 | a-na KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} lil-lik UGU DINGIR-ti-ka [GAL-ti] | |
| 6 | u₃ UGU {d}EN GAL-i {d}AMAR.UTU DUG₃.GA | |
| 7 | pa-an DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti u₃ pa-an {d}EN GAL-i | |
| 8 | {[d]}AMAR.UTU ma-hi-i-ri DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e | |
| 9 | [i-na] SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 10 | [qa-bi]-i ku-un IGI-ra IGI-mar še-mu-u₂ ŠE-e | |
| 11 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me] NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ UD ŠU₂-pu A.AN ŠUR | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu]-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-tu₂ lu-u₂ a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ | |
| 13 | [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 ša₂ a-na 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 [mim-ma] lu-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [KU₂] NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lum | |
| 4 | e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a lab-ša₂-ku u₂—lu ta-mit | |
| 5 | i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ | |
| 6 | a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i {1}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁—MU—GI.NA | |
| 7 | DUMU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} i-na ŠA₃ MU.AN.NA NE-ti | |
| 8 | qa-at EN GAL-i {d}[AMAR.UTU i]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃—URU i-ṣab-bat-u₂-ma | |
| 9 | i-⸢na⸣ pa-an {d}EN DU-ku-[ma] ⸢UGU⸣ {d}EN GAL-i {d}AMAR.UTU DUG₃.GA-i | |
| 10 | [pa]-an EN GAL-i {d}AMAR.UTU mah-ru i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i | |
| 11 | [GUB-za]-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta-mit | |
| 12 | [SIG₅]-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 13 | [šuk]-nam-ma lu-[mur] | |
| 14 | [UGU DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-⸢ma⸣ [KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 15 | {[iti]}BARAG UD 23-KAM₂ lim-me {1}ma-ri—la-rim ina E₂—[re-du-ti] E₂—[re-du-ti] | |
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