AGS 070 (P238968)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238968 |
| 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' | [(while) he sets] up [camp in the district of Ashkelon], will [the troops of ......], or the troops of Egy[pt, or the troops of ......] strive and pla[n], (and) will they go to the district of Ashkelon [to wage war against Esarhaddon], king of Assyria? |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | Will they [...] fight [against each other? Does your great] divinity [know it? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Disregard that an unclean man or woman [has come near] the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Disregard that [an unclean person has performed extispicy in] this [place]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | Let them be taken out [and p]ut aside! |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 8'8' | (whether), as long as [he stays] and sets up camp in the dis[trict of Ashkelon, the troops of ...], or Egyptian troops, [or ... troops will come t]o wage war [against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and (whether) they will fight] against each other. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 9'9'–r 11'11' | [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)]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [......] Nadinu. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [ma-dak-ta] ⸢GAR⸣-ak-an lu-u₂ [ERIM-MEŠ {kur}x x x x x] | |
| 2' | lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {kur}mi-ṣir-a.[a lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {kur}x x x] | |
| 3' | i-ṣar-ri-mu-u₂ i-kap-pu-⸢du⸣-[u₂ a-na DU₃-eš {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄ u ME₃] | |
| 4' | a-na na-gi-i ša₂ {uru}iš-qa-lu-[u₂-ni a-na UGU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na] | |
| 5' | LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} il-la-ku-ni-i a-[x x x x it-ti a-ha-meš] | |
| 6' | im-mah-ha-ṣu-u₂ DINGIR-ut-[ka GAL-ti ZU-e IGI-ru IGI-mar ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e] | |
| 7' | e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mi an-⸢ni⸣-[i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 8' | e-zib ša₂ KI MAŠ₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-[ʾu-u₂-tu₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 9' | e-zib ša₂ [i-na KI] ⸢an⸣-ni-i [lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha [lu-u₂] ⸢BAR⸣-MEŠ [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 2' | ki-i {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—[SUM-na LUGAL] ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur{[ki} x x x x x a-di] | |
| 3' | ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ u₃ [e-mu-qu ma-al ŠA₃-šu₂ ub-lu] | |
| 4' | a-na {uru}iš-qa-lu-u₂-ni il-[la-ku x x x x] | |
| 5' | a-di ma-al UD-me ša₂ i-na na-⸢gi⸣-[i ša₂ {uru}iš-qa-lu-u₂-ni aš₂-bu] | |
| 6' | ⸢u₃⸣ ma-dak-ta GAR-ak-an lu-[u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {kur}x x x] | |
| 7' | [lu]-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {kur}mi-ṣir-a.a [lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {kur}x x x] | |
| 8' | [a]-⸢na⸣ DU₃-eš {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄ u₃ ME₃ [a-na UGU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 9' | [il-la-ku-ni] ⸢it⸣-ti a-ha-meš [im-mah-ha-ṣu i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-i GUB-za-am-ma] | |
| 10' | [an-na GI.NA 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] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x] {1}na-di-nu | |
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