AGS 016 (P238975)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238975 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | or through lack (of soldiers), or [through ......], |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | or by means of ramps, or [battering-rams, or] famine, hunger and wa[nt ......]? |
| Obverse [4:8] o 5'5'–o 8'8' | [Will they conquer] the city Šarru-iqbi by their fearfulness? [Will the Mannean] troops [through] any [ruse] of conquering a city [drive the forces] of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria [out of it], and will they capture that city, Šarru-iqbi? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Will [that city, Šarru-iqbi], be delivered to them? [Does your great] divi[nity know it]? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Will he who can see, see it? Will he [who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, [be it good, be it] faulty. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | Disregard that an unclean man or wom[an has come near] the place of [the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 13'13'– | Disregard that an un[clean person has performed extispicy in] this [place]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Dis[regard 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 th[at he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, (or) anointed himself with] anything un[clean, (or) has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Disregard that [the oracle query has become jumbled] i[n the mouth of the haruspex, your servant]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord], whether the [Mannean] troops [will strive] and plan [......], |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [(and whether) they will capture] that city, [Šarru-iqbi]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ i-na mi-ku-ti lu-[u₂ i-na x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ i-na {⸢giš}a⸣-ra-am-ma lu-[u₂ i-na {giš}šu-bi-i lu-u₂ i-na] | |
| 4' | su-un-qu ⸢hu⸣-šah-ha u₃ bu-[bu-ti x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | {uru}LUGAL—iq-bi ⸢i⸣-na pu-luh-ti-šu₂-⸢un⸣ [i-kaš-ša₂-du-ma e-mu-qu] | |
| 6' | ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ⸢x⸣+[x i-na mim-ma ši-pir ni-kil-ti] | |
| 7' | ša₂ DIB-bat URU ma-al ba-šu₂-u₂ ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ {[kur}man-na-a.a TA ŠA₃-bi u₂-še-ṣu-u₂] | |
| 8' | URU ša₂-a-šu₂ {uru}LUGAL—iq-bi i-ṣab-ba-[tu-u₂ URU ša₂-a-šu₂ {uru}LUGAL—iq-bi] | |
| 9' | a-na qa-ti-šu₂-un ŠID-MEŠ-i DINGIR-[ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e] | |
| 10' | a-mi-ri ⸢im⸣-ma-a-ra ⸢še⸣-[mu-u i-šem-me-e] | |
| 11' | e-zib ša₂ di-[in] UD-mu an-ni-e [GIM DUG₃.GA GIM] ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 12' | e-zib ša₂ KI [MAŠ₂] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-[u₂-ti DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 13' | e-zib ša₂ [i-na KI] an-ni-i ⸢lu⸣-[ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-[zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana 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] | |
| 3 | mim-ma lu-[ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 4 | e-zib ša₂ i-[na KA DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ ZI-⸢MEŠ⸣ [lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 6 | ki-i ERIM-MEŠ {[kur}man-na-a.a x x x x i-ṣar-ri-mu] | |
| 7 | i-kap-pu-⸢du⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | URU ša₂-a-šu₂ {⸢uru⸣}[LUGAL—iq-bi i-ṣab-ba-tu x x x x x] | |
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