AGS 094 (P238981)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238981 |
| 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' | [within this stipulated term, should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], who is no[w intent on ......, (and whom) your great] divinity [knows, ......]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Will ...... th]at city [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | either through [......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | that city [......]? |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Will the army o[f Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, conquer it]? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | Will he who can see, see [it? Will he who can hear, hear it? Does your great divinity know it]? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Disregard what happens af[ter my stipulated term ......]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | Disregard what [they speak] with [(their) mouths, or what they think]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | Disregard the (formulation) of [today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | Disregard that [the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | Disregard that [he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments]. |
| Obverse [13:16] o 14'14'– | Disregard that [I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments], (or) have cha[nged or altered] the proceedings. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | I ask you, Šamaš, g[reat] lord, [whether from this day, the ... day of this month, ... of this year], to the 23rd day of Mar[chesvan (VIII) of this year, for ... days and nights, my stipulated term], |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [the troops] and army of Assyria [should go and besiege] the city that [is written] in this papyrus [and placed before your great divinity], |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | (and whether) [they], be it by force, [or by ......], or by whatever [means of conquering a city, will conquer] that city, and annex it? |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Be present] in [this] ra[m, place (in it) a firm positive 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' | [i-na ši-kin a-dan-ni šu-a-ti {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 2' | ša₂ ⸢TA⸣-[an-ni x x x x x x x x x x ti-iṣ-mu-ru-ma] | |
| 3' | DINGIR-ut-[ka GAL-ti ZU-u x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | URU šu-[a-ti x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | lu-u₂ ina ṣa-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | URU šu-a-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | e-mu-⸢qu ša₂⸣ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} i-kaš-ša₂-a-da] | |
| 8' | IGI-ru IGI-[ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e] | |
| 9' | e-zib ša₂ ⸢EGIR⸣ [a-dan-ni-ia x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | e-zib ša₂ ina [pa-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | e-zib ša₂ [di-in UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ] | |
| 12' | e-zib ša₂ [UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 13' | e-zib ša₂ [TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu] | |
| 14' | e-zib ša₂ [a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-šat lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 15' | ku-un ŠU ⸢BAL⸣-[u₂ uš-pe-lu lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢a⸣-šal-ka {d}UTU EN ⸢GAL⸣-[u₂ ki-i TA UD NE-i UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI NE-i {iti}x ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-ti] | |
| 2 | ⸢EN⸣ UD 23-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}⸢APIN⸣ [ša₂ MU.AN.NA NE-ti ina x UD-MEŠ x MI-MEŠ ši-kin a-dan-ni-ia] | |
| 3 | URU ša₂ ina na-a.a-ru an-[ni-i šaṭ-ru-ma ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | u A₂.KAL ša₂ KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ ina e-mu-⸢qu⸣ [lu-u₂ ina x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | lu-u₂ ina mim-⸢ma⸣ [ši-pir ni-kil-ti ša₂ DIB URU mal₂ GAL₂-u₂] | |
| 7 | URU šu-a-[ti x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ana ša₂ NI₂-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [u₂-ta-ru x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ina ŠA₃-bi ⸢UDU⸣.[NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma x x x x x x] | |
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