AGS 085 (P336071)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 085 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336071 |
| 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 ans[wer to what I am asking you]! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Will [......] city lord of the land of Nart[u] line up (a battle array) [against troops of Esarhaddon, king of Assyr]ia? |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [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 [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] A design is drawn crosswise in the top of the area of the 'finger.' |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... The upper/lower pa]rt is elevated. The base of the middle part is 'bound.' The breast-bone is thick. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [......]. First extispicy. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [... The mid]dle of the middle surface of the 'finger' is split. The 'increment' is normal. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [...]... The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. Che[ck-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 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] {lu₂}EN—URU {lu₂}EN—URU ša₂ {kur}na-ar-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x KUR—aš]-⸢šur⸣{ki} i-sa-da-⸢ra⸣-[a] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR]-⸢MEŠ SILIM⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam]-⸢ma⸣ lu-mur | |
| 3' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] ⸢lil⸣-lik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] BE ina SAG KUR ŠU.SI GIŠ.HUR par₂-kiš GIŠ.HUR | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x x x x x BE x].⸢TA⸣ DU-ik MURUB₄-tum SUHUŠ-sa₃ KEŠ₂-is BE GAG.⸢ZAG⸣.GA e-bi | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] IGI-tum | |
| 7' | [x x x x x x x x x x x BE] ⸢MURUB₄⸣ EDIN ŠU.SI MURUB₄ DU₈ BE MAŠ₂ šal-mat | |
| 8' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ši BE GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi BE ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ SILIM pi₂-[qit-ti] | |
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