AGS 146 (P336113)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 146 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336113 |
| 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 1'1'–o 1'1' | [...... Does your great divinity kno]w (it)? |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case by the command of yo]ur great [divinity Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear], hear it? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [Disregard that ......] death (may) occur. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it faulty, (and that) the d]ay is advanced. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'– | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or] blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed [extispicy in this place]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for the performance of the extispicy is defici]ent or faulty. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (that) he has ea]ten, [dru]nk, or anointed himself with anything unclean. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, (and that) the oracular query] has become jumbled in my [mo]uth. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [I ask you Šamaš, great lord, whether Esarhaddo]n, king of Assyria, [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x x x x DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU]-u₂ | |
| 2' | [i-na SILIM-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ GAL-ti | |
| 3' | {[d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra ŠE-u₂ i]-⸢šem⸣-me-e | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ UŠ₂ GAL₂-MEŠ-u₂ | |
| 5' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu an-ni-i GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] ⸢UD⸣-um iš-qa-a | |
| 6' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-tu₂ u₂—lu] a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-u₂ | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL]-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it pu-ut UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-šu₂ ar-šat lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂] ⸢KU₂ NAG⸣-u₂ ŠEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [e-zib ša₂ ana-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-e-a ar-ša₂-ti lab-ša₂-ku u₂—lu ta-mit i-na] ⸢KA⸣-ia up-tar-ri-du | |
| 5 | [lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i {1}{d}aš-šur—ŠEŠ—SUM]-⸢na⸣ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur | |
Sources & licences
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