AGS 027 (K.11523), 165 (K.11529) (P239003)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 027 (K.11523), 165 (K.11529) |
|---|---|
| ID | P239003 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [will ... attack the army of Esarhad]don, king of [Assyria]? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Will Esarhad]don, king of Assyria, be trou[bled and angry]? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? Does your grea[t divinity know it]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard what happens after my] stip[ulated term]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard what they speak with their mouths] or what they think. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for t]oday's [case], be it [good, be it faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to yo]ur [divinity] for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sh]eep [is dressed in] his ordinary soil[ed] garments. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [Disregard that I, the haruspex] your ser[vant, am dressed in my] ordinary [soiled] garments, (that) [I have eaten], drunk, or touc[hed anything unclean, or (that) I have changed or altered the proceedings]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [e-mu-qu ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ]—⸢SUM⸣-na LUGAL ⸢KUR⸣—[AN.ŠAR₂ i-ma-qa-tu-u₂] | |
| 2' | [ŠA₃-bu ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ i-mar-[ra-ṣu i-lam-mi₃-ni] | |
| 3' | [IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA-e DINGIR-ut]-ka GAL-[ti ZU-e] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na EGIR] a-⸢dan⸣-[ni-ia x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ i-na pa-a-ti i-dab-bu-bu u₂]—⸢lu⸣ i-dab-bu-[bu] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ ik-rib di-nim UD]-⸢mu⸣ NE-i ⸢GIM⸣ [DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-[u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-ša₂-[ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 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] | |
| 5' | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂] ⸢NAG⸣-u₂ u₂-lap-[pi-tu ku-un ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
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