AGS 059 (P336057)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336057 |
| 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 [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [I ask y]ou, Šamaš, gr[eat] lord, [whether Mugallu, the Melidean, or] Iškallû the Ta[balean, or ... will strive] and plan, |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | (and whether) [they ......] will leave and [... to wage] war? |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | Be present [in thi]s [ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propi[tious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [a-šal]-⸢ka {d}UTU⸣ EN ⸢GAL⸣-[u₂ ki-i lu-u₂ {1}mu-gal-lu {kur}mi-li-da-a.a] | |
| 2 | [lu-u₂ {1}iš-ka-lu-u {kur}ta-[ba-la-a.a lu-u₂ x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [i-ṣar-ri]-⸢mu⸣ i-kap-pi-⸢du⸣ [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-si uṣ-ṣu-⸢nim⸣-[ma x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [DU₃-eš {giš]}⸢TUKUL⸣ MURUB₄ u ⸢ME₃⸣ [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni]-i GUB-za-⸢am⸣-[ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit] SIG₅-MEŠ ⸢SILIM⸣-[MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim] | |
Sources & licences
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