AGS 152 (P336115)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 152 |
|---|---|
| ID | P336115 |
| 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 ans]wer [to what I am asking y]ou! |
| Obverse [1:3] o 1111–o 1212 | [... Is it decreed and confirmed i]n a favorable case, [by the command of your grea]t [divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can he]ar, he[ar it]? |
| Obverse [3:4] o 1313–o 1313 | Disreg[ard that ...... they experience trouble] (and) hardships [of travel]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 1414–o 1414 | Dis[regard that ... Assurbanipal, ki]ng of Assyria [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 1515–o 1515 | [Disregard the (formulation) of t]o[day's case], b[e it good or faulty]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 1616–o 1616 | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrif]icial [sheep, or blocked] the way of the sacrificial sheep. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 1717– | Disregard that an unclean man or woman [has come] near [the place of the extispicy] and made [it unclean]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Disregard that an un[clean 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 deficient 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, (or) [has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with anything unclean]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, [am dres]sed in my ordinary soiled garments, [have eaten, drunk, or anointed myself with anything unclean], seen fear and terror at night, altered (or) chan[ged] the proceedings, [or jumbled the oracle query in my mouth]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether Assurba[nipal, king of Assyria], |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | [should send] men, horses, and troops, as many as he wishes, with N[abû-šarru-uṣur, chief eunuch, aga]in[st ..., and whether] the Gambuleans [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...] into that city [...], |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | [(and whether) ... it will be delivered] to him? |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 20r.e. 20–r.e. 20r.e. 20 | [......] Third (extispicy) [...]. |
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] | |
| 11 | a-[x x x x x x x x x x x x i]-na SILIM-⸢ti⸣ [i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka] | |
| 12 | ⸢GAL⸣-[ti {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ qa-bi-i ku-un-i IGI-ru IGI-ra še]-⸢mu⸣-u i-⸢šem⸣-[me₂-e] | |
| 13 | e-zib [ša₂ x x x x x x x x NIG₂.GIG] ma-na-ah-⸢ti⸣ [ša₂ KASKAL.2 IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 14 | e-⸢zib⸣ [ša₂ x x x]+⸢x x⸣+[x x {1}{d}aš-šur—DU₃—A] ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR—aš-šur{ki} ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 15 | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mi an-ni]-e ⸢GIM⸣ [DUG₃.GA GIM] ha-⸢ṭu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 16 | [e]-⸢zib ša₂⸣ [KUG lu-ʾu-u₂ UDU] ⸢SISKUR⸣.SISKUR [TAG-MEŠ u₂—lu] a-na IGI UDU SISKUR.⸢SISKUR⸣ [GIL-MEŠ-ku] | |
| 17 | e-zib ša₂ [lu]-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu-u₂-[tu KI MAŠ₂ DIB]-MEŠ-ma u₂-[le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | e-zib ša₂ i-na KI an-ni-e ⸢lu⸣-[ʾu-u₂ MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| 2 | e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti ša₂ a-[na MAŠ₂ MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 3 | e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-šu₂ ⸢ar⸣-[ša₂-a-ti lab-šu₂ mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 4 | e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka TUG₂ gi-ne₂-ia ar-šat ⸢lab⸣-[ša₂-ku mim-ma lu-ʾu-u₂ KU₂ NAG-u₂ ŠEŠ₂-šu₂] | |
| 5 | i-na MI LUH-tu₂ ŠA₃.MUD IGI-ru ku-un ŠU.2 BAL-u₂ uš-⸢pe⸣-[lu u₂—lu ta-mit ina KA-ia up-tar-ri-du] | |
| 6 | lu-u₂ ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ a-šal-ka {d}UTU EN GAL-u₂ ki-i {1}AN.ŠAR₂—⸢DU₃⸣—[DUMU.UŠ LUGAL KUR—AN.ŠAR₂] | |
| 7 | {[lu₂]}⸢ERIM⸣-MEŠ {anše}KUR.RA-MEŠ {lu₂}e-mu-⸢qi mal₂⸣ [ŠA₃]-ba-šu₂ ub-lam it-ti {1}{d⸣}[AG—LUGAL—ŠEŠ {lu₂}GAL—SAG] {lu₂}GAL—SAG] | |
| 8 | [a]-⸢na UGU⸣ {[uru}x x x x i-šap-pa-ru] {⸢lu₂⸣}gam-bu-la₂-a.a {⸢lu₂⸣}[x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x]-tu i-na ŠA₃ URU UR₅-[tu₂ x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x] i-na ŠU.2-šu₂ [x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢SILIM⸣-MEŠ-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 20 | [x x x x x x x x x x x] 03-⸢KAM₂⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
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