AGS 089 (P336072)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336072 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'– | [Dis]regard that the days [......]. |
| 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 the ram (offered) [to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | Disregard that [he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, has eaten, drunk, (or) anointed himself with] anything [unclean], or [has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... the coils of the co]lon are 14 in number. The vertebrae are recessed. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [...... Say]a, Marduk-šumu-uṣur. Mon[th ..., ...th day]. |
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' | [e]-zib ša₂ UD-MEŠ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib] ⸢ša₂⸣ di-⸢in⸣ [UD NE-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | e-zib ša₂ KUG [lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu ana IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | e-zib ša₂ ⸢lu⸣-[ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 4 | e-zib ša₂ ⸢UDU⸣.[NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 5 | e-zib ša₂ [TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 6 | mim-⸢ma⸣ [lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 7 | u₂—[lu ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x ŠA₃].⸢NIGIN⸣ 14 KIŠIB-MEŠ LAL-MEŠ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x x {1}sa]-⸢ia⸣ {1}{d}KU—MU—PAB {⸢iti⸣}[x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x] ti [x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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