AGS 101 + (P336081)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 101 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P336081 |
| Museum no. | BM 098987 + |
| 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 firm positive answer to what I am asking you! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | Niq'a, mother of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is now ill, and on whom the 'hand' of god Iqbi-damiq was placed in extispicy — |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | will it pass by unto sacrificial sheep and oxen? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | If she is ill with this disease, |
| 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, hear it? |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111– | Disregard that an unclean man or woman 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 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, (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 eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with anything unclean, changed or altered the proceedings, or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord: |
| Reverse [7:9] r 88–r 99 | 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 [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš, great lord, and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
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 | {mi₂}ni-iq-a AMA {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 3 | ša₂ i-na-an-na mar-ṣa-tu-ma ŠU.2 {d}DUG₄-bi—SIG₅ | |
| 4 | i-na MAŠ₂ iš-ša₂-ak-un-ši ina UGU UDU SISKUR.SISKUR-MEŠ GUD-MEŠ DIB-MEŠ | |
| 5 | ki-i mur-ṣu an-na-a mar-ṣa-a-tu | |
| 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.⸢GA⸣-u₂ ŠE.GA-e | |
| 9 | e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me an-ni-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 10 | e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ | |
| 11 | e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-e lu-ʾu-u₂ 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-šu₂ ar₂-šat lab-šu₂ | |
| 4 | 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 mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ | |
| 6 | ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du | |
| 7 | lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ-ra a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 8 | i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-e GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 9 | UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur | |
| 10 | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-⸢pal⸣ | |
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