AGS 112 (P240244)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 112 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240244 |
| 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 he who can see], se[e it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for] today's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to] your great [divinity] for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead] of the sheep [is dressed] in his ordinary soiled garments. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 5'5'– | [Disregard that I, the haruspex] your [servant, am dressed in] my ordinary [soiled] garments, [have changed] or altered [the proceedings], (or that) the oracle query has be[come jumbled] in my mouth. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [I] ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, (should) the subject of [this query, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint] the man whose name he w[rote] in this papyrus [and placed before your great divinity], to a position of his choosing, |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | he will speak malicious words of evil [against Esarhaddon, and make an insurrection or revolt] against him. |
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' | [a-mi-ru] im-[ma-a-ra še-mu-u₂ i-šem-me₂-e] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ ik-rib di]-⸢nim⸣ UD-mu ⸢NE-i⸣ [GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ [LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut] UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-[ša₂-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD]-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ⸢ar₂⸣-[ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 6' | [ku-un qa-ti BAL]-u₂ uš-pe-lu ta-mit ina KA-ia₂ ⸢ip⸣-[tar-ri-du lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [a]-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ GIM EN—[MU.MU NE-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki]} | |
| 2 | LU₂ ša₂ ina na-a.a-ru NE-i MU-šu₂ ⸢iš⸣-[ṭu-ru-ma i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti iš-ku-un] | |
| 3 | ina UGU pi-qit-ti KI ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-⸢lam⸣ [i-pa-qi₂-du-šu₂-ma a-na UGU {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na] | |
| 4 | ⸢dib-bi bi-iʾ⸣-šu-ti ša₂ {mi₂}⸢HUL⸣ [i-dab-bu-bu] | |
| 5 | [si-hu bar-tu a]-na UGU-hi-šu₂ ⸢ip⸣-[pu-šu₂] | |
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