RMA 223a (P236915)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 223a |
|---|---|
| ID | P236915 |
| 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 [0:3] 11–33 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars [stands] in it: fall of cattle and of animals of [the steppe]; the cultivated field will not prosper; ... will diminish. |
| Obverse [3:5] 44–55 | If a star stands in the halo of the moon: the king and [his] troops will be shut up. Mars is the star [...]. |
| Obverse [5:8] 66–88 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and the Pleiades stand in it: in Iyyar (II) pregnant women will give birth to male children; the king of the world's land will defect from him and ... [...]. |
| Obverse [8:12] 99– | The Pleiades (are equivalent to) Mars [...] of Mars [......] the Pleiades [......]. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [...] stands in it: the king [......]. |
| Reverse [3:10] r 44–r 1010 | If in Kislev (IX) the horns of Scorpius, Išhara, are ..., variant: radiant, at its appearance, its breast is bright, its tail dark: rain and flood will come; fall of cattle and shepherds' huts; locusts will attack; weapons will be raised, and an enemy country conquered. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111– | From Nabû-šuma-iškun. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | From Nabû-šuma-išk[un]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-[šu₂ GUB] | |
| 2 | ŠUB-tim bu-lim u na-maš-še-e ša₂ [EDIN] | |
| 3 | me-re-šu₂ NU SI.SA₂ x x TUR-ir | |
| 4 | 1 MUL ina TUR₃ 30 GUB LUGAL u ERIM-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | u₂-ta-sa₃-ru {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu {mul}[x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma MUL.MUL ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 7 | ina {iti}GUD {mi₂}PEŠ₄-MEŠ NITA-ME ul-la-da | |
| 8 | LUGAL ŠU₂ KUR-su KUR₂-šu₂-ma e ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 9 | MUL.MUL {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu | |
| 10 | ša₂ {d}ṣal-bat-a-[nu x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | MUL.MUL [x x x] | |
| 2 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {d}[x x x x x] | |
| 3 | ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB LUGAL [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | 1 ina {iti}GAN {mul}GIR₂.TAB {d}iš-ha-ra | |
| 5 | ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-ša₂ nin-gu-la | |
| 6 | nen-bu-ṭa GABA-sa₃ nam-rat | |
| 7 | KUN-sa₃ e-ṭa-ti A.AN u A.KAL | |
| 8 | DU-MEŠ-ni ŠUB-tim GUD-ME u gub-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 9 | BURU₅.HI.A ZI-a {giš}TUKUL IL₂-ma | |
| 10 | KUR KUR₂ ik-kaš-šad | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—MU—GAR-un | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—MU—GAR-[un] | |
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