SAA 04 023. Will Scythians Invade Assyria through Passes of Hubuškia? (AGS 035) [military and political][via saao/saa04]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! | |
| o 22 | [TA UD an-ni-e UD 22-KÁM šá ITI an-ni-e ITI.SIG₄ a-di UD 21-KÁM] | (2) [From this day, the 22nd day of this month, Sivan (III), to the 21st day of the following month, Tammuz (IV), of this year, for 30 days and nights], the stip[ulated term for the performance of (this) extispicy — within this stipulated term], |
| o 33 | [šá ITI TU-ba ITI.ŠU šá MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti 30 UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ] | |
| o 44 | ši-[kin a-dan-ni DÙ-ti ba-ru-ti i-na ši-kin a-dan-ni šu-a-tú] | |
| o 55 | LÚ.ERIM-MEŠ ⸢iš⸣-ku-[za-a.a šá i-na na-gi-i šá KUR.man-na-a.a áš-bu-ma TA UGU ta-ḫu-me] | (5) will the troops of the S[cyth]ia[ns, which have been staying in the district of Mannea and which are (now) moving out from the territory] of Mannea, strive and plan? |
| o 66 | [šá] KUR.man-na-a.a DU-MEŠ-ku i-ṣar-⸢ri-mu-u i-ka⸣-pi-du-ú ⸢TA⸣ né-⸢ri-bi⸣ [šá URU.ḫu-bu-uš-ki-a] | (6) Will they move out and go through the passes [of Hubuškia] to the city Harrania (and) the city Anisus? Will they take much plunder and heavy booty from the territory of [Assyria]? Does your great divinity [know it]? |
| o 77 | [o] a-na URU.ḫar-ra-a-ni-a a-na URU.a-ni-i-su-us [x x x] | |
| o 88 | ⸢uṣ⸣-ṣu-né-e DU-MEŠ-ku-né-e TA UGU ta-ḫu-me šá [KUR—aš-šur.KI] | |
| o 99 | ||
| o 1010 | ||
| o 1111 | i-na [SILIM]-tim i-na KA DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-ti dUTU ⸢EN⸣ [GAL-ú] | (11) Is it decreed and confirmed in a [favorable] case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, [great lo]rd? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, [hear it]? |
| o 1212 | ||
| o 1313 | (13) Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good, be it fa[ulty]. | |
| o 1414 | e-zib šá KUG lu-ʾu-ú UDU SISKUR.SISKUR [TAG-MEŠ] lu-ú a-na pa-an ⸢SISKUR⸣.[SISKUR GIL-MEŠ-ku] | (14) Disregard that a clean or an unclean person [has touched] the sacrificial sheep, or block[ed the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| o 1515 | e-zib šá lu-ʾu-ú [lu]-ʾu-ti [a-šar] MÁŠ DIB-MEŠ-qu-[ma ú-le-ʾu-ú] | (15) Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come near the [place] of the extispicy [and made it unclean]. |
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | (r 1) Disregard that an unclean person has [performed] extispicy in this place. | |
| r 22 | e-zib šá UDU.NÍTA DINGIR-ti-ka šá a-na MÁŠ MÁŠ-ú LAL-[ú ḫa-ṭu-ú] | (r 2) Disregard that the ram (offered) to your divinity for the performance of the extispicy is deficient [or faulty]. |
| r 33 | e-zib šá TAG-it SAG.[KI] UDU.NÍTA ṣu-bat gi-né-e-šú ar-⸢šat⸣ [lab-šú mim-ma lu-ʾu-ú] | (r 3) Disregard that he who touches the foreh[ead] of the sheep [is dressed in] his ordinary soi[led] garments, has eaten, drunk, or anointed himself with [anything unclean], (or) has altered or changed the proceedings. |
| r 44 | ||
| r 55 | e-zib šá i-na KA [DUMU]—LÚ.ḪAL ARAD-ka ta-mit ⸢up⸣-[tar-ri-du] | (r 5) Disregard that the oracle query [has become jumb]led in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant. |
| r 66 | (r 6) I ask you [Šamaš, great lord], whether from [thi]s day, the 22nd day of this month, [Sivan (III) of this year], to the 21st day [of] the coming [month], Tammuz (IV) of [this] year, [for 30 days and nights], | |
| r 77 | ki-i TA UD [an]-⸢ni⸣-e UD 22-KÁM šá ITI an-ni-e [ITI.SIG₄ šá MU.AN.NA an-ni-ti] | |
| r 88 | a-di UD 21-⸢KÁM⸣ [šá ITI] TU-ba ITI.ŠU šá MU.AN.NA [an-ni-ti 30 UD-MEŠ 30 MI-MEŠ] | |
| r 99 | LÚ.ERIM-MEŠ ⸢iš⸣-[ku]-za-a.a šá i-na na-gi-i ša KUR.⸢man⸣-[na-a.a áš-bu] | (r 9) the Scythian troops which are in the district of M[annea will move out and go] through the pass[es of] Hubuškia to the city H[arrania] and the city A[nisu]s, [and take much plunder, heavy booty, from the territory] of Assyria. |
| r 1010 | TA né-ri-[bi šá] ⸢URU⸣.ḫu-bu-uš-ki-a a-na URU.⸢ḫar⸣-[ra-a-ni-a] | |
| r 1111 | a-na URU.a-[ni-i]-⸢su⸣-us [uṣ-ṣu-né-e DU-MEŠ-ku-né-e TA UGU ta-ḫu-me] | |
| r 1212 | šá KUR—aš-šur [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| rest broken away | ||
| Edge | ||
| e. 1e. 1 | (e. 1) Month Sivan, 22nd day, [eponym year of NN.] | |
| e. 22 | (e. 2) Per[formed] by Saya and Marduk-šumu-uṣur. |
Adapted from Ivan Starr, Queries to the Sungod: Divination and Politics in Sargonid Assyria (State Archives of Assyria, 4), 1990. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2018, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P336050/.