AGS 064 (P336059)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336059 |
| 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 [1:5] o 22–o 55 | [Will NN ...... along with the crew] of the boat with him, [who] grasped [the feet of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, whom Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, concluded a t]reaty with (and) entrusted [with ......], |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [....... R]isiti-Baal, the grandson of Karehi |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [.......] Zeru-iddina from Cyprus |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'1'–r 3'3' | Be present [in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious omens [by the oracular command of your great divinity], and may I see (them). |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... of the gall] bladder is split and faces the base of the 'finger.' In the base of the middle surface of the 'finger' there is a 'weapon'-mark and it faces downward. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......]... (and) is dark. The base of the middle part is 'loose.' |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [......] The heart of the ram is normal. |
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 x x x a-di {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ] ša₂ ŠA₃-bi {giš}MA₂ mal₂ it-ti-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [ša₂ GIR₃.2 {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki]} ⸢iṣ⸣-ṣi-ba-tu-u₂-ni | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x a]-de-e is-si-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [iš-ku-nu-ni x x x x x]-⸢ni⸣-in-ni i-qi-pu-u₂-ni | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x {1}⸢ri⸣-si-ti—ba-al DUMU—DUMU-šu₂ DUMU—DUMU-šu₂ ša₂ {1}kar-e-hi | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x] {1}NUMUN—⸢MU TA@v ŠA₃-bi {kur}ia-da-na-ni⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-e] ⸢GUB⸣-za-am-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 2' | [an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ ta]-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 3' | [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam]-ma lu-mur | |
| 4' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik]-⸢ma⸣ UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ZE₂⸣ DU₈ SUHUŠ U IGI ina SUHUŠ EDIN U MURUB₄ {giš}TUKUL GAR-ma KI.TA IGI | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢bi⸣ nu MI MURUB₄-tu₂ SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x] ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ SILIM | |
Sources & licences
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