AGS 067 (P336062)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 067 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336062 |
| 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 | [Šam]aš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! |
| Obverse [1:6] o 22–o 66 | [Should Assur]banipal, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, [send Nabû-šarru-uṣu]r, rab mūgi, to Egypt, as he wishes, and [should he g]o? If he goes, will he successfully carry out whatever oral orders [Assur]banipal is giving to him? |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | Does your great divinity know it? Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, [Šamaš], great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | [Disregard] the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the day is overcast, and it is raining. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Disregard that a clean] or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, [or] blocked [the w]ay of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard that] an unclean man or woman [has come near] the place of [the extispicy and made it] unclean. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313– | [Disregard that] an unclean [person] has performed extispicy [in] this [place]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that he who] touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has eaten or drunk anything unclean. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth, (or) changed or altered [the pro]ceedings. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | I [ask] you, Šamaš, great lord, whether Assurbanipal, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, should send Nabû-šarru-uṣur, rab-mūgi, to Egypt, and whether he will carry out whatever orders Assurbanipal is giving to him. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | 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 [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | May (this query) go [to] your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [Mon]th Nisan (I), 4th day, eponym year of [NN]. |
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 | {1}{d}aš-šur]—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ DUMU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | {1}{d}AG]—⸢LUGAL⸣—[u₂]-⸢ṣur⸣ {lu₂}GAL—mu-gi {lu₂}GAL—mu-gi a-na {kur}mu-uṣ-ri a-šar ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu | |
| 4 | [liš-pur-ma] ⸢lil⸣-lik GIM it-tal-ku me-am-ma di-ib-bi ṭe₃-e-mu | |
| 5 | [ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur]—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ i-ša₂-kan-nu₃-šu₂ | |
| 6 | [u₂]-šal-la₂-a-ma e-pu-u₂-šu₂ | |
| 7 | DINGIR-⸢ut⸣-ka GAL-ti ZU-⸢e⸣ | |
| 8 | [i]-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 9 | {[d}UTU] ⸢EN⸣ GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE.GA-e | |
| 10 | [e-zib] ša₂ [di]-⸢ni⸣ UD-me an-ni-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ UD-mu ŠU₂-pu [A].AN ŠUR-nun | |
| 11 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG] lu-ʾu-[u₂ UDU] SISKUR.[SISKUR] TAG-MEŠ-tu₂ [u₂—lu ana] ⸢IGI⸣ SISKUR.SISKUR ⸢GIL⸣-MEŠ-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂] lu-ʾu-u₂ [lu-ʾu-u₂]-tu₂ KI [MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂]-⸢le⸣-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 13 | [e-zib ša₂ ina KI an]-ni-e ⸢lu⸣-[ʾu-u₂] MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ ⸢MAŠ₂⸣-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢TAG⸣-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-te lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂] a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du | |
| 4 | [ku-un] ⸢ŠU⸣.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ-ra | |
| 5 | a-[šal]-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ DUMU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 6 | ⸢a-na⸣ {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—u₂-ṣur {lu₂}GAL—mu-gi {lu₂}GAL—mu-gi a-na {kur}mu-uṣ-ri i-šap-par-u₂-ma | |
| 7 | ⸢me-am⸣-ma ṭe₃-e-mu ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ i-ša₂-kan-nu₃-uš | |
| 8 | [ip]-pu-uš i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-e GUB-za-am-ma | |
| 9 | an-na ⸢GI⸣.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 10 | UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim | |
| 11 | [ša₂] ⸢KA⸣ DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur | |
| 12 | [UGU] DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
| 13 | {⸢iti⸣}BARAG UD 04-KAM₂ lim-me {1}⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
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