AGS 095 + (P336077)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 095 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P336077 |
| 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, gre]at [lo]rd, give me a firm positive [answer] to what I am asking you! |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | [Will whatev]er is written in th[is] papyrus and placed before your great divinity be accomplished successfully? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Does your great divinity know it? |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | 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 [8:10] o 99– | [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's case, be it good, [be it faulty]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that a] clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or [blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an] unclean person [has performed extispicy] in this [place]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to [your] divinity [for the performance] of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that he who] touches the forehead of the sheep [is dressed] in his ordinary [soiled] garments, [(or) has eaten, drunk, (or) anointed himself with anything unclean]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, [have jumbled] the oracle query in [my mouth], or changed (or) altered [the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | [I ask you], Šamaš, great lord, whether whatever [is written in this papyrus and placed] before your great divinity will [be ca]rried out [successfully]. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | Be present [in] this r[am, 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 [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [May (this query) go to] your great [divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| 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 | [mim]-⸢ma⸣ ša₂ i-na ŠA₃ ni-a-ri an-[ni-e] ša-aṭ-ṭa-ru-⸢u₂⸣-[ma] | |
| 3 | i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-[nu] | |
| 4 | in-ne₂-ep-pu-u₂-šu₂ i-šal-li-i-mi₃ | |
| 5 | DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e | |
| 6 | i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 7 | {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 8 | IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-⸢u₂⸣ i-⸢šem⸣-[me-e] | |
| 9 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢di⸣-in UD-me an-ni-e GIM DUG₃.GA [GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢KUG lu⸣-[ʾu]-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ [lu]-u₂ [a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ i]-na [KI] an-⸢ni-e⸣ [lu-ʾu]-u₂ [MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU].NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-[ka ša₂ a]-⸢na⸣ MAŠ₂ ⸢MAŠ₂⸣-[u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢TAG⸣-it SAG.KI ⸢UDU.NITA₂⸣ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ⸢ar⸣-[šat lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ a]-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit i-[na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | [ku]-⸢un⸣ ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu lu-⸢u₂⸣ [ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [a-šal-ka] {d}UTU EN ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ ki-i mim-ma [ša₂ i-na ni-a-ri an-ni-e šaṭ-ru-ma] | |
| 8 | [i-na] IGI DINGIR-ti-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti GAR-nu] | |
| 9 | [in-ne₂]-ep-pu-⸢šu₂⸣ [i-šal-li-mu] | |
| 10 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ an-ni-e GUB-za-⸢am⸣-[ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 11 | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit] ⸢SIG₅⸣-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-⸢tim⸣ [ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 12 | [UGU DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-[u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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