AGS 041 (P336052)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336052 |
| 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 [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [Should NN, chief eunuch of Esar]haddon, king of Assyria |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [......] Mannea, in the district of |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [......] wage war? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [If he goes and ..., will the weapons and army] of Esarhaddon, king Assyria, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [prevail], overwhelm and be victorious over [the weapons of ...]? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and may an orac]le be given as an answer. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] the small 'finger.' |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] first extispicy. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......] is split and resembles a 'weapon'-mark. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [......] The left 'side' is present. The breast-bone is thick. |
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 | [x x x x x {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG-MEŠ {1}{d}aš-šur]—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] {kur}man-na-a.a i-na na-ge-e | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x mi]-tah-ṣu-tu li-pu-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ ERIM]-MEŠ ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{[ki]} | |
| 6 | [ana UGU {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ x x x x x i-mar-ri-ir]-u₂ i-dan-nin-u₂ i-bil-⸢lu⸣-[u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma UR₅].⸢UŠ₂⸣ li-tap-⸢pal⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x x x x x] U TUR-ti | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] IGI-tum | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x] DU₈ ana {giš}TUKUL mu-šu-ul | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lit 150 GAR-at GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi | |
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