AGS 120 (P336097)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 120 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336097 |
| 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' | [Or] will he act [with evil intent against Esa]rhaddon, king [of Assyria, and Assurbanipal, the crown prin]ce of the Succession Palace? [Does your] great [divinity know it]? |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | [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 [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, be it fau[lty]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | (In Aramaic script:) Nabû-šallim (and) Aqaraya. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that a clean or unclean person has] touched [the sacrificial sheep], or [blocked] the way of the sacri[ficial sheep]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that] an unclean person has performed [extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance] of the extispicy is deficient [or faulty]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–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 jumbled [the oracle query] in my mouth, [or changed (or) altered the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether, (should) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint the man] whose name [is written in this] papyrus [......] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [ŠU.2-su a-na HUL-tim ana ŠA₃-bi {1}{d}aš]-⸢šur⸣—ŠEŠ—SUM-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [KUR—aš-šur{ki]} | |
| 2' | [u₃ {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ DUMU]—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU]—⸢LUGAL⸣ ša₂ E₂—⸢re⸣-[du]-u₂-te E₂—⸢re⸣-[du]-u₂-te ub-⸢bal⸣-[la] | |
| 3' | [DINGIR-ut-ka] ⸢GAL-ti⸣ [ZU-e] | |
| 4' | [ina SILIM-tim ina KA] ⸢DINGIR⸣-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN [GAL-u₂] | |
| 5' | [qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru] ⸢IGI⸣-ra še-mu-u₂ i-[šem-me-e] | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me an-ni]-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-⸢ṭu⸣-[u] | |
| 7' | nbw-szlm 'q[r'] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR] ⸢TAG⸣-MEŠ-tu₂ u₂—lu IGI ⸢SISKUR⸣.[SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ [MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂]-⸢e⸣-šu₂ ar-ša₂-a-te lab-šu₂ mim-[ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit] i-na KA-ia up-tar-[ri-du] | |
| 6 | [ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu] ⸢lu⸣-u₂ ZI-ha lu-u₂ [be₂-e-ra] | |
| 7 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i LU₂] ⸢ša₂ MU⸣-šu₂ i-na ni-⸢ia⸣-aʾ-ri [an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma] | |
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