AGS 079 (P238996)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238996 |
| 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' | [... Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear], hear it? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it] faulty. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it] unclean. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard that an unclean person has performed] extispicy [in this place]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or] faulty. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [...... The gall] bladder is present. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [......]. The 'weapon'-mark of the 'increment' r[ises] to the left. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 10'10'– | [...... The breast]-bone is thick. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [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]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that the oracular query has become] jumbled [in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [I ask you, Šam]aš, great lord, [whether Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, should strive and p]lan, |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [and send NN, with men, horses, and troops, as he wis]hes |
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]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA]-u₂ ŠE.GA-e | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu an-ni-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu]-u₂ | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu a-šar MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu]-u₂ | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂]-u₂ | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu]-u₂ | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ZE₂⸣ GAR-in | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 9' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] {giš}TUKUL MAŠ₂ ana 150 ⸢te⸣-[bi] | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x GAG].⸢ZAG⸣.GA e-bi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂]-⸢ti⸣ lab-šu | |
| 2 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL]-u₂ uš-pe-lu | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KA DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit up-tar]-ri-du | |
| 4 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d]}⸢UTU⸣ EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 5 | [ki-i {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} i-ṣar-ri-mu i-kap]-pu-du-ma | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x mal₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub]-lu | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢lu⸣ | |
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