AGS 134 (P336104)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336104 |
| 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 [fir]m positive ans[wer to what I am asking] you! |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | [Will Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, [accom]plish [the things that] are written [in th]is papy[rus] and placed [before your great divinity]? |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'1'–r 1'1' | [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 [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [......] faces the base of the 'finger.' |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...... in] front of the left 'mass' there is an additional vertebra. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [......]. There are 2 'well-beings' placed in their ... |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... The 'wea]pon'-mark of the 'increment' is elevated to the left [...]. The base of the middle 'finger' of the lung is 'loose.' |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [... The coils of the colon are ...] and turned. They are 16 in number. The heart of the [r]am is normal. Check-up. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | May (this query) go [to your great divinity, O Šamaš, grea]t [lord], and may an oracle be given as an answer. |
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 | [mim-ma ša₂ i-na ni]-a-ri an-[ni-e] šaṭ-ṭa-ru-u₂-ma | |
| 3 | [i-na IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti] GAR-un | |
| 4 | {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM-na LUGAL KUR]—aš-šur{ki} | |
| 5 | [ap—pi-it-ti [ap—pi-it-ti li-pu]-⸢u₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x šuk-nam-ma lu]-⸢mur⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢SUHUŠ⸣ U IGI | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x ina] IGI gip₂-ši ša₂ 150 KIŠIB at-ru GAR | |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [x x x] SILIM 02-ma ina ku-kit-ti-šu₂-nu GAR-MEŠ | |
| 5' | [x x x x x BE {giš]}⸢TUKUL⸣ MAŠ₂ ana 150 ZI-bi [x x] ⸢DU⸣ U—MUR MURUB₄ SUHUŠ-sa₃ BAR | |
| 6' | [x x x BE ŠA₃.NIGIN x x x] GUR-MEŠ 16 ŠID-šu₂-nu ŠA₃ ⸢UDU⸣.NITA₂ SILIM-im SI.LAL | |
| 7' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL]-⸢u₂⸣ lil-lik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
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