AGS 122 (P336098)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 122 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336098 |
| 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 [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, appoint the man whose name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity, to the pos]iti[on which is written in this papyrus]? |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If he appoints him, as [long as he hol]ds [this position, will he instigate an insurrection and rebellion against Esarhaddon, king] of Assyria, and Assurbanipal, [the crown prince of the Succession Palace, or cause others to instigate it]? |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [Will he order it or] cause others to order it? Will he pl[ot it, or cause others to plot it or incite it]? Or will someone else cause [him to plot it ......]? |
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 | [LU₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ i-na ni-ia-a-ri an-na-a šaṭ-ru-ma a-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} a-na pi]-⸢qit-tu⸣-[u₂-tu ša₂ i-na ni-ia-a-ri] | |
| 4 | [an-na-a ša₂-aṭ-rat-tu₂ lip-qi-su] ⸢GIM⸣ ip-taq-du-uš ⸢a-di UD-MEŠ mal₂⸣ [pi-qi-tu-u₂-tu šu-a-tu ip-pu-šu₂] | |
| 5 | [si-hu HI.GAR a-na UGU {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur{ki} u₃ {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.⸢UŠ⸣ [DUMU—LUGAL [DUMU—LUGAL ša₂ E₂—UŠ-ti] E₂—UŠ-ti] | |
| 6 | [ip-pu-u₂-šu₂ u₂-še-pa-aš₂-ša₂ i-qa-bi-i] u₂-ša₂-qa-ba-a i-⸢da⸣-[bu-ub u₂-ša₂-ad-ba-a-ba] | |
| 7 | [u₂-ša₂-an-ha-a-ṣa lu]-⸢u₂ mam-ma u₂⸣-[šad-ba-ab-šu₂-u₂] | |
Sources & licences
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