AGS 091 (P336074)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 091 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336074 |
| 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 ask]ing you! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Should [Esarhaddon, ki]ng of Assyria, strive and plan? |
| Obverse [2:7] o 33–o 77 | [Should he send men, horse]s and troops, as he wishes, [to the dis]trict and the cities written [in] this [pap]yrus, and placed [before] your great [divinity]? Should they go? |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Is it pleasing [to your gre]at [divinity]? |
| Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010 | [Is it dec]reed and confirmed [in a favorable case, by the command] of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the day is overcast. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has] touched [the sacrificial sheep], or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [12:14] o 1313– | [Disregard that an unclean man or woman] has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean. |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 14b.e. 14–b.e. 14b.e. 14 | Performed by [NN and] Marduk-šumu-uṣur. |
| Bottom [1:3] b.e. 1515– | Month [...], 17th day. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that] an unclean person has performed extispicy [in this place]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance] of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [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. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [Disregard that] the oracle query has become jumbled [in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant]. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, [whether Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, should send] men, horses, and troops, [as he wishes, to the dis]trict and the cities [written in this papyrus] and placed [be]fore your great divinity, [and whether they should go]. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010–r 1212 | 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 [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš], great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | [...] is curled in its [entirety]. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | [...... the 'fin]ger' is thick. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | [......] the middle ['finger'] of the lung is overturned. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | [...... the breast]-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are 14 in number. |
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⸣ | |
| 3 | [ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA]-⸢MEŠ⸣ A₂.KAL-MEŠ mal₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu | |
| 4 | [a-na x x] ⸢na⸣-ge-e a-na URU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 5 | [ša₂ i-na ni]-⸢ʾa⸣-a-ra an-na-a šaṭ-⸢ru⸣-u₂-ma | |
| 6 | [i-na ma-har DINGIR-ti]-ka GAL-ti GAR-an | |
| 7 | [liš-pur-ma] lil-li-ku-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 8 | [a-na UGU DINGIR-ti-ka] ⸢GAL⸣-ti DUG₃.GA-i | |
| 9 | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA] DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 10 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa]-⸢bi⸣-i ku-un-[u₂] | |
| 11 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu an-ni-i] GIM DUG₃-ab GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ UD ŠU₂-pu | |
| 12 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR] ⸢TAG⸣-tu₂ ⸢lu⸣-u [a]-na ⸢pa⸣-an SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-ku | |
| 13 | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂] KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-qu-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| b.e. | ||
| 14 | [x x x x x {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—PAB e-tap-šu₂ | |
| 15 | {[iti}x] UD 17-KAM₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i] ⸢lu⸣-ʾe-e MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-⸢u₂⸣ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-šat lab-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ i-ku-lu NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂]-šu₂ ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lum | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KA DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD]-ka ta-mit up-tar-ri-du | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 7 | [ki-i {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur]{ki} {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ A₂.KAL-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [mal₂ ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-lu a-na x x] ⸢na⸣-ge-e a-na URU-MEŠ-ni | |
| 9 | [ša₂ i-na ni-ʾa-a-ra an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma i-na] ⸢ma⸣-har DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un | |
| 10 | [i-šap-pa-ru-ma il-la-ku i-na ŠA₃] ⸢UDU.NITA₂⸣ an-ni-e GUB-⸢za⸣-[am]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 11 | [an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM]-⸢tim⸣ UZU-MEŠ ta-⸢mit⸣ [SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-⸢ti⸣ šuk-nam-⸢ma⸣ [lu-mur] | |
| 13 | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU] ⸢EN⸣ GAL-u₂ [lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 14 | [x x x x x x TEŠ₂].BI kap-ṣa-at [x x x x x x x] | |
| 15 | [x x x x x x] ⸢ŠU⸣.SI eb-bet ⸢ne⸣-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 16 | [x x x x x ŠU.SI]—MUR MURUB₄-tu₂ BAL-at | |
| 17 | [x x x x x GAG.ZAG].GA e-bi ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 | |
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