AGS 124 (P336100)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 124 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336100 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1'1'–o 2'2' | Or [will someone cause him to plot it, and will he listen, and] set [out on disobedience? Or will he act with evil intent against him]? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | Disreg[ard that ......]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 2'2'–r 3'3' | Disregard that [I, the haruspex your servant, have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth, or changed (or) altered] the pro[ceedings. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 4'4'–r 6'6' | I ask you, [Šamaš, great lord], whether, (should) Esarhaddon, [king of Assyria, admit the man whose name is writ]ten [in] this [papyrus and placed before your great divinity, into his entourage], |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [he will instigate] an insurrection and re[bellion against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], c[ause others to do so, or act with evil intent against him]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Be present] in [this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer ...] |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [... The coils of the col]on are 14 in number. The heart of the ram is normal. |
| Edge [1:2] e. 22–e. 22 | [Month Siv]an (III), 13th day. (Performed) in Tarb[iṣu]. |
| Edge [2:3] e. 33–e. 33 | [Marduk]-šumu-uṣur, Naṣ[iru] (and) Tabnî. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | ⸢lu⸣-u₂ [ma-am-ma u₂-šad-ba-ab-šu₂ lu-u₂ šu-u₂ i-šam-me-e a-na la ša₂-me-e] | |
| 2' | IGI-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ i-šak-ka-a-na lu-u₂ ŠU.2-su a-na HUL-tim a-na ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ ub-ba-a-lu] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | e-⸢zib⸣ [ša₂ x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | e-zib ša₂ [a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 3' | ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| 4' | a-šal-ka {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i LU₂ ša₂ MU-šu₂ i-na na-a.a-ra] | |
| 5' | an-na-a ša₂-⸢aṭ⸣-[ru-u₂-ma i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
| 6' | {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-⸢na⸣ [LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ina IGI-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-az-za-su-ma] | |
| 7' | si-hu HI.[GAR a-na UGU-hi {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR—aš-šur{ki} ep-pu-šu₂] | |
| 8' | u₂-[še-pi-šu₂ ŠU.2-su a-na HUL-tim a-na ŠA₃-ba-šu₂ ub-ba-a-la] | |
| 9' | i-⸢na⸣ [ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [x x ŠA₃].⸢NIGIN⸣ 14 ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ SILIM [o] | |
| 2 | {[iti]}⸢SIG₄⸣ UD 13-KAM₂ ina {uru}tar-⸢bi⸣-[ṣi] | |
| 3 | {1}{d}AMAR].UTU—MU—PAB {1}na-⸢ṣi⸣-[ru] | |
| 4 | [o] {1}tab-ni-i [o] | |
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