AGS 163 (P239002)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239002 |
| 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 [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Disregard that [an unclean person has performed extispicy] in this place. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity [for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | 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 [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Disregard that [the oracle query has become jumbled] in the mouth of the haruspex, [your servant]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether ...] |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [e]-zib ša₂ i-na KI ⸢an⸣-[ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢e⸣-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3 | e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI [UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 4 | mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂-lu [NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 5 | e-zib ša₂ i-na KA DUMU—{⸢lu₂⸣}[HAL DUMU—{⸢lu₂⸣}[HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit ip-tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ ⸢lu-u₂⸣ [BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i x x] | |
Sources & licences
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