AGS 099 (P336079)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 099 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336079 |
| 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] 11–11 | [Šamaš, great lord], give me a firm positive answer [to what I am] asking you! |
| Obverse [1:3] 22–33 | [Esarhaddon, king] of Assyria, who is now [ill] and on whom [the 'hand' of god ...] is being 'placed' in extispicy — |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | [if the 'hand' of god] ... is placed on him in extispicy, [is it decreed] and confirmed [in a favorable case, by] the command of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | [Disregard the (formulation) of] to[day's case], be it good, be it faulty. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched [the sacri]ficial sheep, or bloc[ked] the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | [Disregard that an un]clean person [has performed extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether ... the 'hand' of god ... will be placed on him] in exti[spicy] |
| Reverse [1:5] r 2'2'–r 5'5' | Be present [in] this [ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer], favorable [desig]ns, [favorable, prop]itious omens [by the oracular command of your] great [divinity, and] may I see (them). |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš], great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [Month ..., ...th day, eponym year of Na]bû-belu-uṣur (672), in the Review Palace of Calah. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 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} ša₂ i-ne-an-na | |
| 3 | [mar-ṣu-ma ŠU.2 {d}x] i-na MAŠ₂ iš-šak-kan-aš₂-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [ki-i ŠU.2 {d]}⸢x x⸣ i-na MAŠ₂ GAR-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na] KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 6 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi]-⸢i⸣ ku-un-i | |
| 7 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mi an]-⸢ni⸣-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 8 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR].⸢SISKUR⸣ TAG-MEŠ-tu₂ u₂-⸢lu pa-an SISKUR.SISKUR GIL⸣-[MEŠ-ku] | |
| 9 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-⸢u₂⸣ [MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x ŠU.2 {d}x]+⸢x⸣ i-na ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [iš-šak-kan-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 2' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni]-i GUB-za-[am-ma] | |
| 3' | [an-na GI.NA GIŠ].⸢HUR⸣-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅]-⸢MEŠ⸣ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim | |
| 5' | [ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-ti šuk-⸢nam⸣-[ma] lu-mur | |
| 6' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU] EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
| 7' | [x x x x lim-mu {1}{d]}⸢PA⸣—EN—PAB ina E₂.GAL—ma-šar-te E₂.GAL—ma-šar-te {uru}kal-ha | |
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