AGS 078 (P336067)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336067 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... any human being, whether male or female, who] is called [by a name] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......, whether in ... where] he spends the night, |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......] or in wine, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [......, or on his roy]al [throne], while he is sitting on it, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [......, or (while he is engaged) in] washing, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [......, or by] force, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [make rebellion or insurrection against Esarh]addon, king of As[syria], |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [or act with evil intent against him? Does your great divini]ty know it? |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | 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? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it] faulty. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked [the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it] unclean. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that an unclean person has performed] extispicy [in this place]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or] faulty. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is] dressed [in his ordinary soiled garments]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [Disregard that the oracle query has become] jumbled [in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant, (or that) he has changed (or) altered the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether from this day, the ...th day of this month, ... of] this [ye]ar, |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [to the ...th day of this month, ... of] th[is year], |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, will be seized and ki]lled |
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' | [x x x x x x x mal₂ GAL₂-u₂ lu NITA u MI₂ mal₂ MU] na-bu-u₂ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x lu-u₂ i-na x x a-šar] ⸢nu₃⸣-bat-tu₂ i-bi-du | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-MEŠ lu-u₂ i-na ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x lu-u₂ i-na {giš}GU.ZA šar]-⸢ru⸣-ti a-šar aš₂-[bu] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x lu-u₂ i-na] ra-ma-ak A-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x i-na] da-a-ni | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x si-hu HI.GAR ina UGU {1}{d}aš-šur]—⸢ŠEŠ⸣—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{[ki} ip-pu-šu₂]-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 8' | [ŠU.2-su-nu a-na HUL-tim i-na ŠA₃-šu ub-ba-lu-u₂ DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-ti ⸢ZU⸣-e | |
| 9' | [ina SILIM-tim ina KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE]-e | |
| 10' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me an-ni-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM] ⸢ha⸣-ṭu-[u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ku | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu]-u₂ | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-e lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂] ⸢MAŠ₂⸣-u₂ | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha]-⸢ṭu⸣-u₂ | |
| 6 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-šat] ⸢lab⸣-šu₂ | |
| 7 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KA DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit up-tar-ri]-du | |
| 8 | [ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ BAR]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ra | |
| 9 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i TA UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}x x x x ša₂ MU.AN].NA an-ni-te | |
| 10 | [EN UD x-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}x ša₂ MU.AN.NA an-ni]-te | |
| 11 | {1}AN.ŠAR₂—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂{ki} i-ṣab-ba-tu i-du]-uk-ku | |
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