AGS 164 (P239004)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 164 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239004 |
| 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' | [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 pro[ceedings]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Disregard] that I, the haruspex [your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments ...] |
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' | [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 ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-[un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 3' | [e-zib] ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}⸢HAL⸣ DUMU—{lu₂}⸢HAL⸣ [ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar-ša₂-a-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
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