AGS 047 (P240393)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240393 |
| 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 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer] to what I am asking you! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is n[ow intent on sending the person] whose name is written [in this papyrus and placed] before [your great] divinity, [against the cities of ...], and [(whom) your great divinity knows] — |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | in accordance with the command of your gre[at] divinity, [Šamaš, great lord, and your favorable decisions], should the subject of this query, [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan, and send ...] against the cities of [...? Is it pleasing to your great divinity]? |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | If he, having planned, [sends him, will ... attack], kill, [or plunder (him)]? Will Esarhad[don, king of Assyria, be ......]? |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Disregard that the subject of [this] q[uery, Esarhaddon, king of Assyria] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [May (this query) go] to your great divinity, O Š[amaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
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 | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka [an-na GI.NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ ša₂ ⸢TA⸣-[an-ni LU₂ ša₂ i-na ni-ʾa-a-ra an-na-a] | |
| 3 | MU-šu₂ šaṭ-ru-ma ina IGI DINGIR-ti-[ka GAL-ti GAR-un UGU URU-MEŠ ša₂ x x x x] | |
| 4 | ana KIN-šu₂-ma ti-iṣ-mu-ru-ma [DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-u] | |
| 5 | GIM KA DINGIR-ti-ka ⸢GAL-ti⸣ {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ EŠ.BAR-ka šal-mu] | |
| 6 | EN—MU.MU NE-i {1}[AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ li-iṣ-rim lik-pid-ma] | |
| 7 | UGU URU-MEŠ ša₂ [x x x x x x x liš-pur UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti DUG₃.GA] | |
| 8 | GIM ik-tap-du-[ma il-tap-ru x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | i-duk-ku-u₂ [i-hab-ba-tu-u₂ i-šal-la₂-lu-u₂ ŠA₃-bi ša₂] | |
| 10 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—⸢SUM⸣-[na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | e-zib ša₂ EN—⸢MU⸣.[MU NE-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | UGU DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [GAL]-ti {d}[UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
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