AGS 139 (P336107)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 139 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336107 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [......] ...s (and) the rams [...] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [......]? Does your great divinity kno[w it]? |
| Obverse [3:6] o 4'4'–o 6'6' | Is it decree[d and confi]rme[d in a favorable case, by the command of your] great [divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'– | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case], be it good, be it [faulty]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked] the way of the sacri[ficial sheep]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that an un]clean person [has performed] exti[spicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for] the performance of the extispicy is deficient or [faulty]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in] his ordinary soiled [garments]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, have jumbled] the oracle query in my mouth, [or changed (or) altered the proceedings]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [I ask you, Šamaš], great lord, [...]: |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [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 [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [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 x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ [x]-ma [x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x x⸣-MEŠ UDU.NITA₂-MEŠ ⸢x x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x x x]-EŠ DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ⸢ZU⸣-[e] | |
| 4' | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka] GAL-[ti] | |
| 5' | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] qa-bi-[i] | |
| 6' | [ku]-⸢un⸣-[i] | |
| 7' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu an-ni-i] ⸢GIM⸣ DUG₃.GA GIM [ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ] u₂—lu IGI ⸢SISKUR⸣.[SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i] ⸢lu⸣-ʾu-u₂ ⸢MAŠ₂⸣ [MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na] MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ⸢ha⸣-[ṭu-u₂] | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂] ⸢gi⸣-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-[šat lab-šu₂] | |
| 5 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka] ta-mit i-na KA-ia [up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | [ku-un qa-ti BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu lu]-⸢u₂⸣ ZI-MEŠ-ha lu-u₂ BAR-[MEŠ] | |
| 7 | [a-šal-ka {d}UTU] EN GAL-⸢u₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| 8 | [i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ NE-i GUB]-za-am-[ma an-na GI.NA] | |
| 9 | [GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ UZU]-MEŠ [ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ] | |
| 10 | [ša₂ SILIM-tim ša₂] ⸢KA⸣ DINGIR-ti-⸢ka⸣ [GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur] | |
| 11 | [UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN] ⸢GAL⸣-u₂ [lil-lik-ma KIN li-tap-pal] | |
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