AGS 011a (P238990)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 011a |
|---|---|
| ID | P238990 |
| 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 [lo]rd, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking y[ou]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [From] this [da]y, the 8th day of t[his month, Iyyar (II), of this year, to] the 7th [day] of Sivan (III) of [this y]ear, [the stipulated term] — |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | within this stipulated term, will [Kaštaritu with his troops], or the Cimmer[ians, ......] or Dusa[nni, the Sapardean, or ......]? |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | Be present in this ram, [place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | May (this query) go [to] your great divinity, O Šamaš, [great] lo[rd, and may an oracle be given as an 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 | {[d}UTU] ⸢EN⸣ GAL-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-⸢ka⸣ [an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [TA UD]-⸢mu⸣ NE-i UD 08-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI ⸢an⸣-[ni-i {iti}GUD.SI.SA₂ ša MU.AN.NA NE-ti] | |
| 3 | [a-di UD] 07-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}SIG₄.GA ša₂ MU.AN.[NA NE-ti ši-kin a-dan-ni] | |
| 4 | ina ši-kin a-dan-ni šu-a-tu₂ lu-[u₂ {1}ka-aš₂-ta-ri-ti a-di ERIM-MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ {lu₂}gi-mir-[ra-a.a x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | ⸢lu-u₂⸣ {1}⸢du-sa⸣-[an-ni {lu₂}sa-bar-da-a.a x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ina ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-i GUB-za-⸢am⸣-[ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-[MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 3' | [UGU] DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU ⸢EN⸣ [GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
Sources & licences
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