AGS 106 (P336085)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 106 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336085 |
| 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, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what] I am asking you! |
| Obverse [1:6] o 22–o 66 | [Should Assurbanipal, son of Esar]haddon, ki[ng of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written] in [this papyrus and placed before yo]ur great [divinity, to] the office of [high priest] in the sh[rine of Marduk ......]? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [Disregard that he who touches the head of the sacrificial sheep ... has eaten, drunk], or anoint[ed himself with anything unclean, (or) has altered or changed the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth] of the haruspex, your servant. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | I as[k you, Šamaš, great lord], |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [whether the man whose name] is written in this papyrus [and placed before your great divinity, should be appointed] to the office of [high priest] in the shrine of Marduk, |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | (whether) it is pleasing [to the great lord Marduk, and acceptable] to the great lord Marduk. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity], O Šamaš, great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [... is over]turned. The 'cap' of the lung is split. In[side ......] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...]. The coils of the colon are 16 in number. [......] |
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 | [LU₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ i]-na ŠA₃-bi [ni-ʾa-a-ra an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma] | |
| 3 | [i-na IGI DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ GAL-ti [GAR-un {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ] | |
| 4 | [DUMU {1}{d}aš-šur]—ŠEŠ—SUM-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 5 | [a-na {lu₂}SANGA]-u₂-ti a-na E₂—⸢pa⸣-[pah E₂—⸢pa⸣-[pah {d}AMAR.UTU lip-qid-ma] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x] še piš ri [x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂] ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣-[šu₂ ku-un ŠU BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KA DUMU]—{⸢lu₂⸣}HAL DUMU]—{⸢lu₂⸣}HAL ARAD-⸢ka⸣ [ta-mit up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 3' | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ-ha] lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ-ra a-⸢šal⸣-[ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 4' | [ki-i LU₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ i]-⸢na⸣ ŠA₃ ni-ʾa-a-ra an-na-a šaṭ-ru-[ma i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka] | |
| 5' | [GAL-ti GAR-un a-na {lu₂}SANGA]-u₂-te a-na E₂—pa-pah E₂—pa-pah {d}AMAR.UTU [x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [UGU {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL]-e DUG₃-ab pa-an {d}AMAR.UTU EN GAL-e [mah-ru i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i] | |
| 7' | [GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI].⸢NA⸣ GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ-⸢tim⸣ [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 8' | [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂ KA] ⸢DINGIR⸣-ti-ka GAL-ti ⸢šuk⸣-[nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 9' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL]-⸢ti⸣ {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-[lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
| 10' | [x x x x] ⸢BAL⸣-at U.SAG MUR DU₈ ina ⸢qir⸣-[bit x x x x x x x] | |
| 11' | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠA₃.NIGIN 16 [x x x x x x x x x] | |
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