AGS 105 + (P336084)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 105 + |
|---|---|
| ID | P336084 |
| Museum no. | BM 089068 + BM 099200 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | Is it acceptable [to your great divinity and] to the great lord, Ma[rduk]? |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Does your great divinity know it? Is it de]creed and confirmed [in a favo]rable case, by [the command] of your great divinity, [Šamaš, great lord]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Will he who can see, see] it? Will he who can hear, hear it? |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard the (formulation) of] to[day's case], be it good or faulty. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Disregard that an unc]lean man or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [Disregard that] an unclean person has performed extispicy in this place. |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [Disregard that the r]am (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that he who to]uches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordi[nary] soiled garments, (or) has eaten, [dru]nk, or anointed himself with [anything un]clean. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [Disregard that] I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, [have eaten, drunk, or an]ointed myself with [anything unclean], touched the (libation) beer, the maṣhatu flour, the water, the container and the fire, [changed or altered the proceedings], or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, [whether on the ...th of Iyyar (II) of the] coming year [the statue of the great lord Marduk] should be loaded on to a boat [in the In]ner City and go to B[abylo]n [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [pa-an DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-i u₃] ⸢pa-an EN⸣ GAL-i {d}⸢AMAR⸣.[UTU] ⸢ma⸣-he-⸢e⸣-re | |
| 2' | [DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e i-na] ⸢SILIM⸣-tim i-na [KA] DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti | |
| 3' | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] ⸢qa⸣-bi-i ku-un-u₂ | |
| 4' | [IGI-ru] ⸢IGI⸣-ra še-⸢mu-u₂⸣ i-⸢šem⸣-me-e | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me] an-ni-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ⸢ha⸣-[ṭu]-u₂ | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂] SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku | |
| 7' | [e-zib ša₂ lu]-⸢ʾu⸣-u₂ [lu]-ʾu-u₂-tu₂ KI MAŠ₂ DIB.DIB-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 8' | [e-zib ša₂ i]-⸢na⸣ KI an-ni-e lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 9' | [e-zib ša₂ UDU].NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ ⸢MAŠ₂⸣-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂] ⸢TAG⸣-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-⸢ne₂⸣-[e-šu₂] ⸢ar⸣-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂ | |
| 2 | [mim-ma] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ [NAG]-⸢u₂⸣ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na]-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ ⸢gi⸣-[ne₂-e]-a ar₂-šat lab-ša₂-ku | |
| 4 | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂] ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣-šu₂ A-MEŠ {dug}ha-aṣ-⸢pa⸣ {zid₂}MAD.GA₂ IZI TAG-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [ku-un ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-MU up-tar-ri-du | |
| 6 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ BAR]-MEŠ-ra a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ | |
| 7 | [ki-i UD x-KAM₂ ša {iti}GUD ša₂] ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA e-ri-ib-ti | |
| 8 | [ṣa-lam {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-i ina {uru]}⸢ŠA₃⸣—URU a-na ⸢ŠA₃ {giš⸣}MA₂.U₅ u₂-še-lu-u₂-ma | |
| 9 | [ur-ha KASKAL i-ṣab-ba-tu-ma] a-na ⸢KA₂⸣.[DINGIR].⸢RA⸣{ki} DU-ku-⸢ma⸣ | |
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