AGS 013 (P238991)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238991 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard what happens after my] stipulated term. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard th]at ......[...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that they] take [the road ...] behind [them]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard that they inf]lict a defeat and [plunder] the countryside. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | [Disregard that they may think about it, but turn] back [and go away]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's [case], be it good, be it [faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed extispicy in this place, or [blocked] the way of [the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that an] unclean man or woman has come near [the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that an] unclean person [has performed extispicy in] this [place]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to] your [divinity] for the performance of the extispicy is deficient [or faulty]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the] sheep [is dressed in] his ordinary [soiled] garments, [has eaten, drunk, or] anointed himself with [anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
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' | [x x x x x x] ⸢x x x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ ana EGIR] a-dan-[ni-ia] | |
| 3' | [e-zib] ⸢ša₂ x x x⸣-ri ša₂ iʾ-i-ri [x x] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x i]-ṣab-ba-tu a-na EGIR-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu x x] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na de]-⸢ek⸣-tu₂ a-na hu-bu-ut EDIN ⸢GAZ⸣-[ku-ma i-hab-ba-tu] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x] a-na EGIR-šu₂-un [GUR-MEŠ-ma BAR-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD]-mi an-ni-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂] UDU SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-ut u₂—lu a-na IGI [SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ KI MAŠ₂ lu]-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾi-i-ti DIB.DIB-ma [u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ ina KI] an-ni-i lu-ʾu-[u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti]-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-[u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 6 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ [ar₂-šat lab-šu₂] | |
| 7 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG] ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣-šu₂ u₂—lu ku-⸢un⸣ [ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
Sources & licences
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