AGS 087 (P239000)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239000 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | honestly [...... speak friendly words of] reconciliation [with Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, keep the treaty, and do] what[ever is pleasing] to [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria]? |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [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)]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [May (this query) go to] your great [divini]ty, [O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [......] It has a 'station.' The 'pa[th' ......]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...... The right of the 'finger'] and the left of the 'finger' [......] |
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' | [ina kit-ti] ⸢ŠA₃⸣-bi-šu₂ ⸢id⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x ša₂] su-lum-⸢me₂⸣-[e it-ti x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [u₃ mim]-⸢ma⸣ ša₂ a-na UGU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ṭa-a-bu ip-pu-šu] | |
| 4' | [i-na ŠA₃] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ an-ni-i [GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 5' | [UZU-MEŠ] ⸢ta⸣-mit SIG₅-MEŠ [SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 6' | [UGU DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 7' | [x x x] ⸢BE⸣ NA TUKU-ši BE ⸢GIR₂⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8' | [BE x x x 15 u 150 U ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
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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