AGS 006 (P238983)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | AGS 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238983 |
| 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 asking you! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [From this day], the 6th [day] of this month, Iyyar (II), to the 12th day [of this month, Iyyar, for] these [7 da]ys and nights, [my] stipulated [term — within this stipulated term], |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [will either Kaštar]iti with [his tr]oops, [or the troops of the Cimmerians or the troops of the Med]es, [or the troops of the Manneans ......] |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | (whether) [either Kaštaritu with his troops, ... or the troops of the Man]neans, or the troops of the Me[des, or any other enemy] will capture [that city, Uši]ši, [enter that city, Ušiši], and con[quer that ci]ty, Ušiši, [(whether) it will be delivered to them]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...]... There is a niphu in the 'yoke.' [......]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | The lower part is elevated. The ... of the middle 'finger' of the lung [......]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Be present [in] this ram, [place] (in it) a f[irm] positive answer, [favorable designs, favorable, prop]itious [omens] by the oracular command of your [great] divinity, [and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'– | May (this query) g[o to] your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 9r.e. 9–r.e. 9r.e. 9 | [... Na]ṣiru and Marduk-šumu-uṣur. [... (Date destroyed)] |
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 | {[d}UTU EN GAL]-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka an-nam [GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [TA UD an-ni-i UD] 06-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI an-ni-i {iti}GUD EN UD 12-⸢KAM₂⸣ | |
| 3 | [ša₂ ITI an-ni-i {iti}GUD a-na 07 ⸢UD⸣-MEŠ 07 MI-MEŠ NE-MEŠ ši-⸢kin RI⸣-[ia i-na ši-kin RI UR₅-tu₂] | |
| 4 | [lu-u₂ {1}ka-aš₂-ta]-⸢ri⸣-ti a-di ⸢ERIM⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂ lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}gi-mir-ra-a.a] | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}ma]-⸢da⸣-a.[a lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}man-na-a.a] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}man]-⸢na⸣-a.a lu-u₂ ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}ma-[da-a.a lu-u₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ mal₂] | |
| 2' | [GAL₂-MEŠ-u₂ URU UR₅-tu₂ {uru}u₂-ši]-ši DIB-MEŠ a-na ŠA₃-bi [URU UR₅-tu₂ {uru}u₂-ši-ši] | |
| 3' | [TU-MEŠ URU UR₅-tu₂] {⸢uru⸣}u₂-ši-ši ŠU-su-⸢un⸣ [i-kaš-ša₂-du ana qa-ti-šu₂-un im-man-nu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x] GIG ŠUB-MEŠ BE i-na ni-ri IZI.GAR GAR-in [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x] BE KI.TA-tum DU BE NIG₂.PI U—MUR MURUB₄ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [i-na ŠA₃] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na ⸢GI⸣.[NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 7' | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ] ⸢SILIM⸣-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka [GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 8' | [UGU DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ⸢lil⸣-[lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 9 | [x x x x {1}na]-ṣi-ru u {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—u₂-ṣur [x x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.