AGS 023 + (P336045)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 023 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P336045 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [Will Ša-Nabû-šû, chief eunuch, with his army escape] from [...ian troops, ...ian troops, Median troops], Cimmer[ian troops, or any other enemy, will they be saved, survive], be we[ll? Will they evade them and get out], |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | [will they achieve] victory [and power? Will the chief eunuch and his army return] safely [and set foot on Assyrian soil]? |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [Does] your great di[vinity know it? Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity], Šamaš, great lord? [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [Disreg]ard that the heart of the troop[s ......]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [Disregard] the (formulation) of today's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 11'11'– | [Disregard that] a clean or an unclean [person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard] that [an unclean person has performed extispicy] in this place. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard] that the ram (offered) to your divinity for [the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| 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 [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard] that I, the haruspex your servant, have changed or altered [the proceedings, (or) jumbled the oracle query in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [I as]k you, [Šamaš, great lord, whether Assurbanipal, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [should send Ša]-Nabû-šû, chie[f eunuch, with men, horses and an army as great as he wishes, to] that city [... which is in the district of ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | {1}ša₂—{d}PA—šu₂-u₂ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ a-di A₂.KAL-MEŠ mal₂ it-ti-šu₂ i-na ŠU.2 {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {kur}x x x x] | |
| 2' | [i]-⸢na ŠU⸣.2 ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}x x-a.a i-na ŠU.2 ERIM-MEŠ {lu₂}ma-ta-a.a i-na ŠU.2 {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | {⸢lu₂⸣}gi-⸢mir⸣-[ra-a.a i-na ŠU.2 {lu₂}KUR₂ mal₂ GAL₂-u₂ i-šet-tu-u₂ KAR-u₂ TI-u₂] | |
| 4' | i-šal-li-⸢mu⸣-[u₂ lu-u₂ TA ŠU.2-šu-un uš-te-zi-bu-u₂ uš-te-ṣu-u₂] | |
| 5' | lu-u₂ li-i-[tu da-na-nu i-šak-ka-nu {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ a-di A₂.KAL-MEŠ mal₂ it-ti-šu₂] | |
| 6' | [i]-na SILIM-tim ⸢GUR⸣-[MEŠ-u₂-ma mi-ṣir KUR—aš-šur{ki} i-ka-ba-su-u₂] | |
| 7' | [DINGIR]-⸢ut⸣-ka GAL-⸢ti⸣ [ZU-e i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 8' | {[d]}UTU EN GAL-u₂ [qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e] | |
| 9' | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ ŠA₃-bi {lu₂}ERIM-⸢MEŠ⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10' | [e-zib] ša₂ di-in UD-me [an-ni-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 11' | [e-zib ša₂] KUG lu-[ʾu-u₂ UDU.NITA₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-tu₂ lu-u₂ a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib] ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-e [lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib] ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-[na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib] ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-[ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib] ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ⸢ARAD⸣-[ka ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 5 | [lu]-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-⸢šal⸣-[ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i {1}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ DUMU {1}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 6 | {1}ša₂]—{d}PA—šu₂-u₂ {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣—[SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}⸢GAL⸣—[SAG-MEŠ a-di {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ A₂.KAL-MEŠ mal₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu] | |
| 7 | [a-na] ⸢URU⸣ UR₅-tu₂ {[uru}x x x ša₂ i-na na-ge-e ša₂ {kur}x x x i-šap-pa-ru-ma] | |
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