AGS 121 (P238970)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238970 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [... will he instigate an insurrection and rebellion] against [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, or make common] cau[se with his enemy? Does] yo[ur great di]vinity [know it]? |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | 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]? |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1'1'–r 5'5' | Let them be taken [out and put aside]! |
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' | [a]-⸢na⸣ UGU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ip-pu-u₂-šu lu-u₂] | |
| 2' | ⸢pi⸣-i-[šu₂ u₃ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ it-ti {lu₂}KUR₂-šu₂ i-šak-ka-a-na] | |
| 3' | ⸢DINGIR⸣-ut-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti ZU-e i-na SILIM-tim] | |
| 4' | [i]-na KA [DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 5' | ⸢qa⸣-bi-[i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-e] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [lu]-u₂ ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 2' | [ki-i] ⸢LU₂⸣ ša₂ MU-šu₂ i-⸢na⸣ [ni-a-ra an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
| 3' | {1}{d}aš-šur]—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL [KUR—aš-šur{ki} a-na pi-qit-tu-u₂-ti ša₂ i-na ni-a-ra] | |
| 4' | [an-na-a] ⸢šaṭ⸣-ru i-pa-qi₂-du-[šu₂-ma x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] ti u [x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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