AGS 145 (P239001)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239001 |
| 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' | [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, as] he wishes, [drink this drug which is placed before your great divinity, and] in drinking this dr[ug will Esarhaddon], king of Assyria, [be rescued and spared? Will he live and get well]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Is ......] to leave [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | dea[th ......] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [i]n [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Disregard that [......]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | Disregard that he who tou[ches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments], has eaten, dru[nk, or anointed himself with anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | Disregard that I, [the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen] fear and te[rror at night, or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 6'6'–r 8'8' | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord], whether the dr[ug which is now placed] before [your great divinity ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [Month] Tammuz (IV), 22nd day. (Performed) in the city Adian. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Mar]duk-šumu-uṣur, Naṣi[ru], |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [Tab]nî, Nabû-ahhe-balliṭ, [NN], |
| Edge [3:4] e. 44–e. 44 | Nabû-šabši. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ⸢ub-lu⸣ [i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un lil-ti-ma] | |
| 2' | i-na ša-qe₂-e šam-[me an-na-a {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na] | |
| 3' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} [i-šet-i KAR-i TIN-ṭu i-šal-li-mi] | |
| 4' | a-na e-zeb [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | mi-⸢tu⸣-[tu x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [i]-na [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | e-zib ša₂ [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | e-zib ša₂ ⸢TAG⸣-[it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-ti lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 3' | KU₂ ⸢NAG⸣-[u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ 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 ar-ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku i-na MI] | |
| 5' | LUH-tu₂ pi₂-[rit-ti IGI-ru u₂—lu ta-mit ina KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 6' | lu-u₂ ⸢ZI⸣-[MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 7' | ki-i šam-[mu an-na-a ša₂ i-na-an-na] | |
| 8' | i-na IGI [DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {[iti]}ŠU UD 22-KAM₂ ina {uru}a-di-⸢an⸣ | |
| 2 | {1}{d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU—MU—PAB {1}na-ṣi-[ru] | |
| 3 | {1}tab]-⸢ni⸣-i {1}{d}PA—PAB-MEŠ—TI [o] | |
| 4 | {1}x x x] {1}{d}PA—šab-ši [o] | |
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