AGS 113 (P336090)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 113 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336090 |
| Museum no. | BM 100697 |
| 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 m[e] a firm positive answer [to what I am as]king you! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [The city whose name is] written [in this papyrus and placed] before your great divinity — |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [should ...], the eunuchs, the magnates, (and) the arm[y of Esarhaddon, king] of As[syria, march] against [......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [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 [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš], great [lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [... The lef]t of the gall bladder is split. The top of the left surface of the 'finger' is split in two places. The upper part is elevated. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] is loose. Its left is spl[it]. The breast-bone is thick. The coils of the colon are turned on the left and are 18 in number. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] the 'cavity' is [...]. The 'base of the throne' is present. The 'weapon'-mark of the 'increment' rises towards the left. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [The ba]se of [the middle 'finger' of the lung] is 'loose.' The breast-bone is thick. There is a 'weapon'-mark of 'assistance.' The coils of the colon are 14 in number. Check-up. |
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-nam GI.NA a-pal-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 2 | [URU ša₂ MU-šu₂ ina ni-a-ri an-na]-a šaṭ-ru-ma i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti [GAR-un] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x] {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ {lu₂}GAL-MEŠ ERIM-MEŠ e-mu-⸢qi₂⸣ | |
| 4 | [ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL] KUR—⸢aš⸣-[šur]{ki} i-na UGU [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma] an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ ⸢SILIM⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM]-⸢tim⸣ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti ⸢šuk⸣-[nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 3' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN] GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal [o] | |
| 4' | [x x x x x x BE] 150 ZE₂ DU₈ SAG EDIN 150 U 02 DU₈ AN.TA-tum DU-ik [o] | |
| 5' | [x x x x x x x] uš-šur 150-šu₂ ⸢DU₈⸣ GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi ŠA₃.NIGIN 150 GUR-MEŠ 18 ŠID-šu₂-nu [o] | |
| 6' | [x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ SAL.LA BE-MEŠ [x x] ŠUB—AŠ.TE GAR {giš}TUKUL MAŠ₂ ana 150 te-bi [o] | |
| 7' | [ŠU.SI—MUR MURUB₄] ⸢SUHUŠ⸣-sa₃ uš-šur GAG.ZAG.GA e-bi {giš}TUKUL ri-ṣa GAR ŠA₃.NIGIN 14 SI.LAL [o] | |
Sources & licences
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