AGS 028 (P238982)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238982 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [o]r in the days [......] |
| Obverse [1:4] o 2'2'–o 4'4' | [o]r [will] a strong enemy [attack NN, and the men, horses] and army at [his] disposal, and kill (and) plunde[r (them)? Will Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, be trou]bled and angry? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? Does your great divinity know it]? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard that] the enemy's army (may) arriv[e ...]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Disregard what] they speak with (their) mouths [or what they think]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 8'8'– | [Disregard the (formulation) of the pr]ayer for today's case, be it [good, be it faulty]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sh]eep [is dressed in his] ordin[ary soiled] garments |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [lu]-u₂ ina UD-MEŠ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [lu]-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-ni ana UGU {1}x x x x x x x x ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | ⸢u₃⸣ A₂.KAL mal₂ it-ti-[šu₂ i-ma-aq-qu-tu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [i]-duk-ku-u₂ i-hab-ba-⸢tu⸣-[u₂ ŠA₃-bi ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 5' | [i]-⸢mar⸣-ra-ṣu i-lam-mi₃-ni [IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-e DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂] A₂.KAL ša₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ i-KUR-⸢da⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢ina⸣ pa-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu u₂—[lu i-dab-bu-bu x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [e-zib ša₂ ik]-⸢rib⸣ di-nim UD-mu NE-u₂ GIM [DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ TUG₂ gi-[ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] | |
Sources & licences
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