AGS 007 (P238986)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238986 |
| 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' | [Disregard that he who touches the fore]head of the sheep [is dressed] in his ordinary [soiled] garments. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that I], the haruspex your servant, [am dressed] in my ordinary [soiled] garments, [(that) I have eaten, drun]k, or touched [anything unclean], (that) I have changed [or altered] the proceedings. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'– | [Let them be taken out] and put aside! [Give me a firm positive ans]wer! |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [I ask you, Šamaš], great [lord], whether from t[his] day, [the ...th day of the month ... of] this [year], to the 21st day of the mo[nth ...], |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [... days] and nights, Kaštar[itu, city lord of Karkaššî ...] |
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' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu]-ut UDU.NITA₂ ⸢TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e⸣-[šu₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU]—{⸢lu₂⸣}HAL DUMU]—{⸢lu₂⸣}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a [ar₂-ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 3' | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG]-⸢u₂⸣ u₂-lap-pi-tu ku-un ŠU BAL-[u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 4' | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha] lu-u₂ be₂-e-ra an-[na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN] GAL-u₂ GIM TA UD-mu ⸢NE⸣-[i UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}x] | |
| 2 | [ša₂ MU.AN.NA] ⸢an⸣-ni-ti EN UD 21-KAM₂ ša₂ {⸢iti⸣}[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x UD-MEŠ x]+⸢x⸣ MI-MEŠ {1}kaš-ta-⸢ri⸣-[ti EN—URU EN—URU ša₂ {uru}kar—kaš-ši-i] | |
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)
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