AGS 049 (P336055)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336055 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Disregard that an unclean man or w[oman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Disregard that an [unclean person has performed extispicy] in this place. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disreg]ard that the ram (offered) to your divinity [for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard] that he who touches the forehead of the sheep [is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex, [your] ser[vant, have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth], (or) changed or alte[red the proc]eedings. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [I ask you], Šamaš, great lord, [whether from this day, the ...th day of this month], Adar (XII), to [the ...th] day [of ......] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [Ursâ, ki]ng of Ur[arṭu ...] |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [will strive] and pl[an ...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [... be]fo[re ...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ ⸢lu⸣-[ʾu-u₂-tu₂ KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢e⸣-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-⸢ni⸣-[e lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ x x x x] | |
| 3 | [e]-⸢zib⸣ ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib] ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ [TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-ti lab-šu] | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂] a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ⸢ARAD⸣-[ka ta-mit ina KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | [ku-un] ⸢ŠU⸣.2 BAL-u₂ uš-[pe-lu lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ be₂-e-ra] | |
| 7 | [a-šal-ka] {d}UTU EN GAL-[u₂ ki-i TA UD-me an-ni-e UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ ITI] | |
| 8 | [an-ni-e {iti]}ŠE EN UD [x-KAM₂ ša₂ x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | {1}ur-sa-a] ⸢LUGAL⸣ ša₂ {kur}ur-[ar₂-ṭu x x x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [i-ṣar-ri-mu] i-kap-⸢pi⸣-[du x x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x a]-⸢na IGI⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
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