AGS 086 (P238999)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238999 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [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 [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [Disregard that I, the] haruspex your servant, [am dressed in] my ordinary [soiled] garments, have s[een f]ear and terror [at night, or have] jumbled [the oracle query in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord], whether the th[ings written on this papyrus and placed] before your great divinity [will be carried out success]fully. |
| Reverse [8:11] r 99–r 1111 | [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)]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂] TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-[šat lab-šu₂] | |
| 2 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢KU₂⸣ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ u₂—[lu] | |
| 3 | [ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂] uš-⸢pe⸣-[lu] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂]}HAL DUMU—{lu₂]}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-[a ar₂-šat] | |
| 5 | [lab-ša₂-ku i-na MI gi]-lit-ti pi-rit-ti ⸢IGI⸣-[ru] | |
| 6 | [u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-ia ip]-tar-ri-du lu-u₂ ZI-[MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL]-u₂ ki-i di-ib-[bi ša₂ i-na] | |
| 8 | [ni-a-ra an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma i]-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka [GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
| 9 | [in-ne₂-ep-pu-šu₂ i-šal]-⸢li⸣-mu i-na ŠA₃-⸢bi⸣ [UDU.NITA₂] | |
| 10 | [NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI].NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ [SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅]-⸢MEŠ⸣ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ [SILIM-tim] | |
Sources & licences
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