AGS 069 (P336064)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336064 |
| 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 fi[rm positive answer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan]? Should he, with his troops and camp, [an army as great as he wi]shes, take the road, and go [to the district where he] wishes? Will he [......] reach that district? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Will [......] his [provisions] be put in place for him and will a guide direct him? |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | [Will Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, and his troops and camp, [escape], be saved, save themselves, extricate themselves [from ..., from] a native enemy garrison, or from [any] fierce enemy? |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | [Will Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], with his troops and camp, [return and set fo]ot [on Assyrian soil? Will he safely enter] his palace in Nineveh? |
| Obverse [11:13] o 1212–o 1313 | [Does your great divinity kno]w 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, he[ar it]? |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | [Disregard that ...]... joyful [......]. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | [Disregard that] they (may) experience [trouble and hardships on the journey]. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | [Disregard that ...] the rear of the enemy [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be] given as an answer. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...... of the gall bladder] is split and faces the base of the 'finger' [......]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] it faces downward [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...... In the area of the 'finger'] a long design is drawn straight. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...... The heart of the r]am is normal. Check-up. |
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 | {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} li-iṣ-rim lik-pid]-ma a-di ERIM.HI-šu₂ u KI.|KAL×BAD|šu₂ | |
| 3 | [e-mu-qu ma-al a-šar ŠA₃-ba-šu₂] ub-lu ur-ha KASKAL li-iṣ-bat-[ma] | |
| 4 | [a-na na-ge-e a-šar ŠA₃-ba-šu₂] ⸢ub⸣-lu lil-lik | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x x]-⸢u₂⸣ a-na na-ge-e UR₅-tu₂ KUR-da | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ GAR-MEŠ-šu₂ u₃ {lu₂}UŠ-u₂ UŠ-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x i-na ŠU.2 {lu₂]}⸢EN⸣.NUN {lu₂}KUR₂ DUMU—KUR i-na ŠU.2 {lu₂}KUR₂ ek-du | |
| 8 | [mal₂ ba-šu-u₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL] ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur{ki} a-di ERIM.HI.A-šu₂ u₃ KI.|KAL×BAD|šu₂ | |
| 9 | [i-šet-tu-u₂] ⸢KAR⸣-MEŠ-u₂ uš-te-zi-bu-u₂ uš-te-ṣu-u₂ | |
| 10 | {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur]{ki} a-di ERIM.HI-šu₂ u₃ KI.|KAL×BAD|šu₂ | |
| 11 | [GUR-MEŠ-ni-i mi-ṣir KUR—aš-šur i-kab]-ba-su-u₂ i-na E₂.GAL-šu₂ ša₂ {uru}ni-na-a | |
| 12 | [šal-meš ir-ru-ba-a DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti] ⸢ZU⸣-e i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka | |
| 13 | [GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-i] IGI-ru IGI-mar ŠE-u₂ i-⸢šem⸣-[me-e] | |
| 14 | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x x x x x]-MEŠ-ti ha-du-u-MEŠ-ti [x x x] | |
| 15 | [e-zib ša₂ NIG₂.GIG ma-na-ah-ti ša₂ KASKAL] e-mar-[u₂-ni] | |
| 16 | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x x x x] ⸢EGIR⸣-a {lu₂}KUR₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li]-tap-[pal] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢DU₈ SUHUŠ⸣ ŠU.SI IGI [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢KI⸣.TA IGI-tu₂ [x x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x GIŠ].⸢HUR⸣ a-rik-tu₂ i-ša₂-riš eṣ-ret | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x ŠA₃] ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ SILIM SI.LAL | |
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