AGS 130 (P238977)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 130 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238977 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | [Should] Esar[haddon, king of Assyria, appoint him to the position] which [is written] in [this] pap[yrus]? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | If he appo[ints him, as long as he holds this position], |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | will he love [him? ......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | Will he [abstain] from sedition [and rebellion ......]? |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | Will he guard lady Niq'a [like his own self ......]? |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'–o 9'9' | Does your great divinity [know it? 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]? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | Disregard that a clean or an unclean person [has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Disregard that an unclean man [or woman has come near] the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Disregard that the ram (offered) to [your] divinity [for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Disregard that he who touches the forehead [of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with] anything unclean. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Disregard that [the oracle query has become jumbled] in the mouth of [the haruspex, your servant]. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord], whether, (should) Esar[haddon, king of Assyria, appoint] the man whose na[me is written in this] pap[yrus and placed before yo]ur [great divinity, to the position which is written in] this [papyrus], |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [...] he will love hi[m ......], |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [......] from [an evil and ugly pl]ot, |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | (whether) he will [guar]d lady N[i]q'a like [his] ow[n self ......] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [NN and Nad]inu. Month Tishri (VII), 3rd day. |
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' | {1}{d}aš-šur⸣—[ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} a-na pi-qit-tu-u₂-ti] | |
| 2' | ša₂ i-na ni-ʾa-[a-ra an-na-a ša₂-aṭ-ra-at-tu li-ip-qi-su] | |
| 3' | ki-ma ip-te-⸢eq⸣-[du-uš x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | i-ra-ʾa-a-ma-[šu₂ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | la—pa-an si-hi [HI.GAR x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | ma-aṣ-ṣar-ta-šu₂ ša₂ {mi₂}⸢niq⸣-[a ki-i ra-ma-ni-šu x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | i-na-aṣ-ṣa-a-ra pi-⸢ṣa⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti [ZU-e i-na SILIM-tim ina KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 9' | {d}UTU EN GAL-[u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-e] | |
| 10' | e-zib ša₂ di-in UD [NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 11' | e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-[u₂ UDU SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu ana IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-zib ša₂ KI MAŠ₂ lu-ʾu-[u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 2 | e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-[ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3 | e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.⸢KI⸣ [UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 4 | mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ [KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 5 | e-zib ša₂ i-na KA [DUMU—{lu₂}HAL [DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ [BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 7 | ⸢ki⸣-i LU₂ ša₂ ⸢MU⸣-[šu₂ i]-⸢na⸣ ni-ʾa-[a-ra an-na-a šaṭ-ru-u₂-ma i-na IGI] | |
| 8 | [DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti GAR-un] {1}{d}aš-šur—[ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur a-na pi-qit-tu-u₂-ti] | |
| 9 | [ša₂ i-na ni-ʾa-a]-⸢ra⸣ an-na-[a šaṭ-ra-at-tu i-pa-qi-du-šu₂-ma] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x i]-ra-ʾa-a-mu-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x] ša₂ la—pa-an a-⸢ma⸣-[tu la ṭa-ab-tu la SIG₅-tu] | |
| 12 | [ma-aṣ]-⸢ṣar⸣-[ta-šu₂ ša₂] {mi₂}⸢niq-a⸣ a-ki ⸢ra⸣-[ma-ni-šu₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 13 | [x x x x i-na-aṣ-ṣa]-⸢ru⸣ pi-[ṣa-x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x {1}na]-⸢di⸣-nu {iti}DU₆.KUG UD 03-KAM₂\t | |
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