AGS 056a (P238971)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 056a |
|---|---|
| ID | P238971 |
| 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, gr[eat lo]rd, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am as[king you]! |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | Will Iškallû the Tab[alean ......], who engaged in mutual hostilities with Mugallu the Me[lidean concerning ......] and the city Ištiar[u ......], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | will the argument and quarrel which [they had......] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | talk [......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [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 [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | The middle of the 'station' is effaced ...[......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | The 'finger' is thick [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The breast-bone is thick. The co[ils of the colon ......]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | Month Elu[l (IV), ...th day, ...]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [May (this query) go] to your great divinity, [O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
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 | {d}UTU ⸢EN GAL⸣-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-⸢lu⸣-[ka an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | {1}iš-kal-lu-u₂ {lu₂}ta-⸢ba⸣-[la-a.a x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ša₂ KI {1}mu-gal-lu {lu₂}mi-[li-da-a.a x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₃ {uru}iš-ti-a-⸢ru⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ṣal-ti a-ha-meš ig-[ru-u₂ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | dib-bi u ṣal-ti ša₂ KI ⸢a⸣-[ha-meš x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7 | dib-bi i-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [ina ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | UZU-MEŠ ta-[mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 3' | BE MURUB₄ NA pa-aš₂-ṭa NIG₂.KU ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | BE ŠU.SI e-bi SILIM [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi ⸢ŠA₃⸣.[NIGIN x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | {iti}⸢KIN⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 7' | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
Sources & licences
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