AGS 020 (P240128)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240128 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......]... Will they mount [a dangerous attack on ......], (and) ki[ll and plunder (them)]? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Will Esarhaddo]n, king of Assyria, be troub[led and angry]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hea]r it? Does yo[ur] great divinity [know it]? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard that the subject of this query, Esarhaddo]n, king of Assyria, [is going] to Dur-Illil. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard that] enemies lie in ambush [at his right and left] and he will be passing through [enemy ambushes]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's cas]e, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) a clean or an unclean person [has touched the sacrificial] sheep. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that an unclean man or wo]man has come near [the place of the extispicy] and [made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy] is deficient or faulty, or [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has eaten, drunk (or) anointed himself with] anything unclean. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant], am dressed [in my ordinary soiled garments, have eaten, drunk, or anointed myself] with anything [unclean, (or) changed or altered the proceedings, or (that) the oracle query has become jumbled and faulty in my mouth]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ GAR-MEŠ i-⸢duk⸣-[ku-u₂ i-hab-ba-tu-u₂] | |
| 3' | [ŠA₃-bi ša₂ {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ i-mar-⸢ra⸣-[ṣu i-lam-mi₃-ni] | |
| 4' | [IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u₂ ŠE.GA]-e DINGIR-ut-⸢ka⸣ GAL-[ti ZU-e] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ EN—MU.MU NE-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ a-na BAD₃—{d}EN.LIL₂ [il-la-ku] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ KUR₂ 15-šu₂ u 150-šu₂ i-na DAG]-MEŠ tah₂-sa-a-ti aš₂-bu-ma šu₂-u₂ ina ⸢bi⸣-[rit DAG-MEŠ ša₂ KUR₂ E₃-MEŠ] | |
| 7' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu an-ni]-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM LAL-u₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU.[NITA₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ KI MAŠ₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu]-u₂-tu DIB-MEŠ-ma [u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] ⸢LAL⸣-u₂ LAL-u₂ u₂—lu [x x x] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] ⸢mim⸣-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ [KUG NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar₂-ša₂-a-ti] lab-ša₂-ku mim-ma [lu-ʾu-u₂ a-ku-lu] | |
| 5 | [NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu lu ta-mit ina KA-ia up-tar-ri-du LAL]-⸢MEŠ⸣-u₂ lu-u₂ [ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ E₂ [x x x x] | |
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