AGS 100 (P336080)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 100 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336080 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [Assurbanipal, king of] Assyria, who is [now ill, and on whom the 'hand' of god ...] is b[eing 'placed'] in extispicy, [(whom) you]r great [divinity knows] — |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [if he is ill with the 'hand' of god] placed [on him in di]vination, [is it ......] of the land of Akkad? |
| Obverse [5:9] o 6'6'–o 9'9' | Does your great divinity know it? Is [this] 'ha[nd' of god ...], which is being pla[ced on him] in extispicy, decreed and confirmed [in a favorable case] by the command of yo[ur great] divinity, [Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's [cas]e, [be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean] person has touched the [sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'– | [Disregard that an un]clean man or wo[man has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| 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 great [divini]ty [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, (or) has eaten], drunk, anointed himself with, [touched, or stepped upon] anything unclean. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | [Disregard that I, the] haruspex your servant, [am dressed in my ordinary soiled] garments, [have eaten, drunk, an]ointed myself with, touched, or step[ped upon anything unclean], changed or altered the [proceed]ings, or [jumbled] the oracle query in my mouth. |
| Reverse [7:11] r 88–r 1111 | I ask you, [Šamaš, great lord, whether the 'hand' of god ... of Akka]d, which [is being placed] on [Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, in] extispicy, [is ... of] Akk[ad ......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A LUGAL] ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur ša₂ ⸢i⸣-[na-an-na mar-ṣu-ma] | |
| 2' | [ŠU.2 {d}x x i]-na bi-ri ⸢iš⸣-[šak-kan-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 3' | [DINGIR-ut]-⸢ka⸣ GAL-ti [ZU-u ki-i ŠU.2 DINGIR] | |
| 4' | [ša₂ i]-⸢na⸣ bi-ri iš-šak-⸢kan⸣-[aš₂-šu₂ GIG] | |
| 5' | ⸢ša₂⸣ KUR—ak-ka-de-e [x x x x x] | |
| 6' | DINGIR-ut-<ka> GAL-ti ZU-e ⸢ŠU⸣.2 DINGIR an-nu-u₂] | |
| 7' | ša₂ i-na bi-ri iš-⸢šak⸣-[kan-aš₂-šu₂ i-na SILIM-tim] | |
| 8' | i-na KA DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 9' | ⸢qa⸣-bi-i ku-un-i [IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ ŠE-e] | |
| 10' | [e-zib ša₂ di]-⸢ni⸣ UD-me an-ni-[i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 11' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu]-u₂ UDU ⸢SISKUR⸣.[SISKUR] TAG-MEŠ [lu-u₂ a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 12' | [e-zib ša₂ lu]-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂ lu-ʾu-[u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-qu u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI] ⸢an⸣-ni-[i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR]-⸢ti⸣-ka ⸢GAL⸣-[ti ša₂ ana MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut] UDU.NITA₂ [TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-ša₂-ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 4 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂] NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂]}HAL DUMU—{lu₂]}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ [gi-ne₂-e-a ar-ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 6 | [KU₂ NAG-u₂] ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣-šu₂ TAG-MEŠ ⸢NUMUN₂⸣-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 7 | [ku-un] ⸢ŠU⸣.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu u₂—[lu ta-mit i-na KA-ia ip-tar-ri-du] | |
| 8 | [lu-u₂] ⸢ZI⸣-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i ŠU.2 x x] | |
| 9 | [KUR—ak-ka]-di-i ša₂ a-na {1}aš-šur—DU₃—A LUGAL KUR—aš-šur] | |
| 10 | [i-na] bi-⸢ri⸣ [iš-šak-kan-aš₂-šu₂] | |
| 11 | [x x x] ⸢KUR⸣—ak-⸢ka⸣-[di-i x x x x x x] | |
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