AGS 035 (P336050)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336050 |
| 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 | [From this day, the 22nd day of this month, Sivan (III), to the 21st day of the following month, Tammuz (IV), of this year, for 30 days and nights], the stip[ulated term for the performance of (this) extispicy — within this stipulated term], |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | will the troops of the S[cyth]ia[ns, which have been staying in the district of Mannea and which are (now) moving out from the territory] of Mannea, strive and plan? |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66–o 1010 | Will they move out and go through the passes [of Hubuškia] to the city Harrania (and) the city Anisus? Will they take much plunder and heavy booty from the territory of [Assyria]? Does your great divinity [know it]? |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | Is it decreed and confirmed in a [favorable] case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, [great lo]rd? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, [hear it]? |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it fa[ulty]. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Disregard that a clean or an unclean person [has touched] the sacrificial sheep, or block[ed the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [14:16] o 1515– | Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the [place] of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| 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 [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Disregard that he who touches the foreh[ead] of the sheep [is dressed in] his ordinary soi[led] garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with [anything unclean], (or) has altered or changed the proceedings. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | Disregard that the oracle query [has become jumb]led in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | I ask you [Šamaš, great lord], whether from [thi]s day, the 22nd day of this month, [Sivan (III) of this year], to the 21st day [of] the coming [month], Tammuz (IV) of [this] year, [for 30 days and nights], |
| Reverse [8:12] r 99–r 1212 | the Scythian troops which are in the district of M[annea will move out and go] through the pass[es of] Hubuškia to the city H[arrania] and the city A[nisu]s, [and take much plunder, heavy booty, from the territory] of Assyria. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | Month Sivan, 22nd day, [eponym year of NN.] |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | Per[formed] by Saya and Marduk-šumu-uṣur. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 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 | [TA UD an-ni-e UD 22-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI an-ni-e {iti}SIG₄ a-di UD 21-KAM₂] | |
| 3 | [ša₂ ITI TU-ba {iti}ŠU ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti 30 UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | ši-[kin a-dan-ni DU₃-ti ba-ru-ti i-na ši-kin a-dan-ni šu-a-tu₂] | |
| 5 | {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ⸢iš⸣-ku-[za-a.a ša₂ i-na na-gi-i ša₂ {kur}man-na-a.a aš₂-bu-ma TA UGU ta-hu-me] | |
| 6 | [ša₂] {kur}man-na-a.a DU-MEŠ-ku i-ṣar-⸢ri-mu-u i-ka⸣-pi-du-u₂ ⸢TA⸣ ne₂-⸢ri-bi⸣ [ša₂ {uru}hu-bu-uš-ki-a] | |
| 7 | [o] a-na {uru}har-ra-a-ni-a a-na {uru}a-ni-i-su-us [x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢uṣ⸣-ṣu-ne₂-e DU-MEŠ-ku-ne₂-e TA UGU ta-hu-me ša₂ [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 9 | hu-ub-tu ma-aʾ-du NAM.RA ka-bit-tu i-hab-ba-[tu-u₂] | |
| 10 | i-šal-la₂-lu-u₂ DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti [ZU-e] | |
| 11 | i-na [SILIM]-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU ⸢EN⸣ [GAL-u₂] | |
| 12 | qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE.GA-u [ŠE.GA-e] | |
| 13 | e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu NE-i GIM DUG₃-ab GIM ⸢ha⸣-[ṭu-u₂] | |
| 14 | e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU SISKUR.SISKUR [TAG-MEŠ] lu-u₂ a-na pa-an ⸢SISKUR⸣.[SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 15 | e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ [lu]-ʾu-ti [a-šar] MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-qu-[ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-zib ša₂ i-na a-šar ⸢an-ni⸣-e lu-ʾe-e 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 ṣu-bat gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-⸢šat⸣ [lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 4 | KU₂ NAG-u₂ ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-[u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 5 | e-zib ša₂ i-na KA [DUMU]—{lu₂}HAL [DUMU]—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit ⸢up⸣-[tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-[ha] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ BAR-MEŠ-ra a-šal-ka {d}[UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 7 | ki-i TA UD [an]-⸢ni⸣-e UD 22-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI an-ni-e {[iti}SIG₄ ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti] | |
| 8 | a-di UD 21-⸢KAM₂⸣ [ša₂ ITI] TU-ba {iti}ŠU ša₂ MU.AN.NA [an-ni-ti 30 UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ ⸢iš⸣-[ku]-za-a.a ša₂ i-na na-gi-i ša {kur}⸢man⸣-[na-a.a aš₂-bu] | |
| 10 | TA ne₂-ri-[bi ša₂] {⸢uru⸣}hu-bu-uš-ki-a a-na {uru}⸢har⸣-[ra-a-ni-a] | |
| 11 | a-na {uru}a-[ni-i]-⸢su⸣-us [uṣ-ṣu-ne₂-e DU-MEŠ-ku-ne₂-e TA UGU ta-hu-me] | |
| 12 | ša₂ KUR—aš-šur [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | {iti}SIG₄ UD 22-KAM₂ [lim-mu {1}x x x] | |
| 2 | {1}sa-ia {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—PAB e-[tap-šu] | |
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