AGS 161 (P399305)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | AGS 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P399305 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity] for the performance [of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sh]eep [is dressed] in his ordinary soiled [garments]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, am dressed in] my ordinary soiled garments, or [jum]bled [the oracle query in my mouth]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti]-⸢ka⸣ ša₂ a-na MAŠ₂ [MAŠ₂-u₂ LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU].⸢NITA₂⸣ TUG₂ gi-ne₂-šu₂ ar-ša₂-⸢a⸣-[ti lab-šu₂] | |
| 3 | [e-zib ša₂ a-na-ku DUMU—{lu₂}HAL DUMU—{lu₂}HAL ARAD-ka] TUG₂ gi-ne₂-ia ar₂-⸢šat⸣ [lab-ša₂-ku] | |
| 4 | [u₂—lu ta-mit i-na KA-ia up-tar]-ri-du lu-u₂ [ZI-MEŠ lu-u₂ BAR-MEŠ] | |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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