AGS 136 (P336105)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 136 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336105 |
| 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 [1:2] o 22–o 22 | [......] their [......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...... of Ur]arṭu was taken by the sword [...] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [......] will he see [...]? The day [...] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [......, will he survive], be rescued and live on? [Will] the rebellion which [......]? |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [Is the su]rvival and re[scue of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [Be pre]sent [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 [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | 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 | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ša₂ a-šal-lu-ka an]-na ⸢GI⸣.[NA a-pal-an-ni] | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ši⸣-na [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x x {kur]}URI i-na pi GIR₂ ⸢na-ši⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x i-mar-ra-a⸣ UD-⸢mu⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x i-šal-li-mi₃ KAR]-ir TI-ṭu bar-tu ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢ša₂⸣-lam-⸢šu₂ KAR⸣-[šu₂ x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB-za]-am-ma an-[na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU-MEŠ] | |
| 2' | [ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM]-⸢tim⸣ ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti [šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 3' | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] ⸢lil⸣-lik-ma UR₅.UŠ₂ ⸢li⸣-[tap-pal] | |
Sources & licences
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