RMA 172 (P236880)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236880 |
| 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/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If the moon in Adar (XII) on the 14th or the 15th day is not seen together with the sun: destruction of Ur. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the moon becomes late at an inappropriate time and does not become visible: attack of a ruling city; years of ... [...]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If on the 16th day the moon and sun [are seen] together: the king of Subartu [will have no] rival. (This is) from a [.....] tablet. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 88–o 1212 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [Mars stands in it]: loss of cattle; in all lands [cultivated fields and] dates will not prosper [......] ... [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [If a strange star] comes close to a planet: loss of c[attle. — Ma]rs comes close to Saturn. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 3'3'–r 6'6' | [If] a planet affects the stars of the sky: the king will finish all lands. — Mars becomes bright and affects the stars. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | From Ašaredu the older, servant of the king. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina {iti}ŠE UD 14-KAM₂ lu UD 15-KAM₂ KI 20 NU IGI | |
| 2 | NIG₂.HA.LAM.MA ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina la si-ma-ni-šu₂ uh-hi-ram-ma NU IGI | |
| 4 | ZI-e URU ŠU₂-tu₂ MU-MEŠ ša₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x]-ru | |
| 5 | 1 UD 16-KAM₂ 30 u 20 KI a-ha-[meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | LUGAL SU.BIR₄{ki} GABA.[RI NU TUK] | |
| 7 | ša₂ ŠA₃-bi DUB-pi [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}[ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB] | |
| 9 | ZAH₂ MAŠ₂.ANŠE ina KUR DU₃.A.[BI me-re-šu₂] | |
| 10 | ZU₂.LUM.MA NU SI.[SA₂ x x x x] | |
| 11 | [x x x x] DU [x x x x] | |
| 12 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 1 {mul}MIN₃]-⸢ma⸣ a-na {mul}UDU.IDIM TE ZAH₂ ⸢MAŠ₂⸣.[ANŠE] | |
| 2' | {[mul}ṣal]-bat-a-nu a-na {d}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ TE-ma | |
| 3' | 1 {mul]}UDU.IDIM MUL-MEŠ AN-e u₂-lap-pat | |
| 4' | LUGAL KUR.KUR u₂-qat-ti | |
| 5' | {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu i-ba-il-ma | |
| 6' | MUL-MEŠ u₂-lap-pat-ma | |
| 7' | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du IGI-u₂ ARAD ša₂ LUGAL | |
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