AGS 132 (P336103)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 132 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336103 |
| 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' | [Will Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, [......] be troub[led and worried]? |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Will ...... in a tru]e and fitting manner [......]? |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Disregard that I, the haru]spex your ser[vant, have jumbled the oracle query in my mouth, or] changed (or) altered [the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | [I ask you, Šamaš], great [lord], whether, (should) [Esarha]ddon, king of As[syria, ......] the man [whose name is wri]tten [in this papyrus] and [placed] before [your great divinity], he will be [troub]led [and worried ......]. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | 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 [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]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL] ⸢KUR⸣—aš-šur{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ŠA₃-bu-šu₂ i-⸢mar⸣-[ra-ṣa i-lam-mi₃-ni] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x ki-na-a]-⸢te⸣ tar-ṣa-a-te ⸢u₂⸣-[x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU]—{⸢lu₂⸣}HAL DUMU]—{⸢lu₂⸣}HAL ⸢ARAD⸣-[ka ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 2' | [ku-un qa-ti BAL]-u₂ uš-pe-⸢lu⸣ [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ ki-i ⸢LU₂⸣ [ša₂ MU-šu₂ i-na ni-a-ra] | |
| 4' | [an-na-a ša₂-aṭ-ru]-u₂-ma i-na ⸢ma⸣-[har DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti GAR-un] | |
| 5' | {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ]—⸢SUM⸣-na LUGAL KUR—aš-[šur{ki} x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6' | [x x x ŠA₃-bu]-šu₂ a-ma-ar-ru-⸢ṣu⸣ [i-lam-mi₃-nu x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 7' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ an-ni-e GUB-za-⸢am⸣-[ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ] | |
| 8' | [UZU-MEŠ ta]-⸢mit SIG₅-MEŠ⸣ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ ⸢SILIM⸣-[tim ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] | |
| 9' | [šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] lil-lik-ma [KIN li-tap-pal] | |
Sources & licences
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