AGS 102 (P238974)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 102 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238974 |
| 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 as]king you! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [Niq'a, mother of Esa]rhaddon, king of Assyria, [who is now ill], and on whom the 'hand' of Nanaya of Uruk is being placed [in extispicy] — |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | will it be placed [for death]? |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [(I ask you) whether the 'hand' of Nan]aya of [Uruk, which is being placed on he]r [in extispicy, will be pla]ced for death, (and whether) the 'hand' of Nana[ya of Uruk] will be placed on her [in ext]ispicy. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 5'5'–r 7'7' | 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 [8:9] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [May (this query) go to your great divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, [and] may an oracle be given as an answer. |
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 | {[mi₂}x x x {1}AN].⸢ŠAR₂⸣—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 3 | [ša₂ i-na-an-na mar-ṣa-tu]-ma qa-ti {d}na-na-a ša₂ UNUG{ki} | |
| 4 | [i-na bi-ri iš]-ša₂-ka-na-aš₂-ši | |
| 5 | [a-na UGU UŠ₂-MEŠ x x] ⸢iš⸣-ša₂-⸢ka⸣-an | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x qa-ti {d}na]-⸢na⸣-a ša₂ [UNUG{ki]} | |
| 2' | [ša₂ i-na bi-ri iš-ša₂-kan-aš₂]-⸢ši⸣ a-na UGU UŠ₂-[MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x iš-ša₂]-⸢ka⸣-an ŠU.2 {d}na-na-[a] | |
| 4' | [ša₂ UNUG{ki} i-na] ⸢bi⸣-ri iš-ša₂-kan-aš₂-ši | |
| 5' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂] ⸢an⸣-ni-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA | |
| 5'a | iz-zi | |
| 6' | [GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 7' | [ša₂ KA DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur | |
| 8' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 9' | [lil-lik-ma] ⸢UR₅⸣.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
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