AGS 150 (P336114)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 150 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336114 |
| 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 [1:4] o 22–o 44 | Should Nabû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch, and the men, horses, and army [of] Assurbanipal, king of Assyria, which are at [his disposal, go to recover the fort]resses of Assyria which the Manneans conq[uered? |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If he go]es, [will he], be it through friendliness and peaceful nego[tiations, or by waging war], or by [whatever tr]icks, [recover] these fortresses? [Does your great divinity know it]? |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command [of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord]? Will he who can see, [see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, [be it good or faulty]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Disregard that a clean or an unclean person [has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | Disregard that an unclean man [or woman has come near the place of the extispicy and made it unclean]. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | Disregard that [an unclean person has performed extispicy] in this place. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414– | Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity [for the performance of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments, (or) has eaten, drunk, anointed himself with, touched, or stepped upon anything unclean. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, have seen fear and terror (at night), have changed or altered the proceedings, or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether Nabû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch, and the men, horses, and army of Assurbanipal, king of Assyria at his disposal, should go to recover the Assyrian fortresses which the Manneans conquered, |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | and whether he, be it by waging war, or through friendliness and peaceful negotiations, or by whatever tricks, will recover those fortresses. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 1212–r 1313 | 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 [13:14] r 1414–r 1414 | 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 a-pal-an-ni | |
| 2 | {1}{d]}AG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG a-di {⸢lu₂}ERIM⸣-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ u₃ e-mu-qi₂ | |
| 3 | [ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—DUMU.UŠ LUGAL KUR—aš-šur mal₂ it-⸢ti⸣-[šu₂ a-na tur-ri ša₂ bi]-⸢ra⸣-a-ti | |
| 4 | [ša₂ KUR]—aš-šur ša₂ {lu₂}man-na-a.a iš-⸢šu⸣-[u₂-ni lil-lik GIM it-tal]-⸢ku⸣ | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ i-na KA DUG₃.GA si-lim ṭu-⸢ub⸣-[ba-a-ti lu-u₂ i-na DU₃-eš {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄ u₃ ta-ha-zi] | |
| 6 | lu-u₂ i-na mim-ma ši-pir [ni-kil-ti ša₂ NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU mal₂ GAL₂-u₂] | |
| 7 | bi-ra-a-ti ša₂-a-ši-na [u₂-ta-a-ra DINGIR-ut-ka GAL-ti ZU-e] | |
| 8 | i-na SILIM-ti i-na KA [DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂] | |
| 9 | qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-[ru IGI-mar še-mu-u₂ ŠE.GA-e] | |
| 10 | e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-me an-[ni-e GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 11 | e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ [SISKUR.SISKUR TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu a-na IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 12 | e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ [lu-ʾu-u₂-tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB-MEŠ-ma u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 13 | e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-[ni-i lu-ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 14 | e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-[ti ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ | |
| 2 | KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu NUMUN₂-MEŠ | |
| 3 | e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-ia ar₂-ša₂-a-ti lab-ša₂-ku | |
| 4 | mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂ ⸢TAG⸣-MEŠ NUMUN₂-MEŠ | |
| 5 | i-na <MI> LUH-tu₂ ŠA₃.MUD IGI-ru ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-pe-lu | |
| 6 | u₂—lu ta-mit i-na pi-ia up-tar-ri-du lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ | |
| 7 | a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i {1}{d}AG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG {lu₂}GAL—SAG a-di {lu₂}ERIM-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ u₃ e-mu-qi₂ ša₂ {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—A LUGAL KUR—aš-šur ma-al it-ti-šu₂ | |
| 9 | a-na tur-ri ša₂ bi-ra-a-ti ša₂ KUR—aš-šur ša₂ {lu₂}man-na-a.a iš-šu-u₂-ni it-tal-ku-ma | |
| 10 | lu-u₂ i-na DU₃-eš {giš}TUKUL MURUB₄ u₃ ta-ha-zi lu-u₂ i-na KA DUG₃.GA sa-lim ṭu-ub-ba-a-ti | |
| 11 | i-na mim-ma ši-pir ni-kil-ti ša₂ NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU mal₂ GAL₂-u₂ bi-ra-a-ti ša₂-ši-na u₂-GUR-ra | |
| 12 | i-na ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ an-ni-e GUB-za-am-ma an-na GI.NA GIŠ.HUR-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 13 | UZU-MEŠ ta-mit SIG₅-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ ša₂ SILIM-ti ša₂ KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti šuk-nam-ma lu-mur | |
| 14 | UGU DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ lil-lik-ma [UR₅].UŠ₂ li-tap-pal | |
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