RMA 160 (P236918)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 160 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236918 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 33 | If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lion and wolf. — On the 15th day it is seen with the sun. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | In Nisan (I) (the moon) will complete the day; on the 14th day the moon will be seen with the sun. |
| Obverse [5:13] o 66– | Concerning the writing boards and tablets [of Enuma Anu En]lil [......] ... [...... about which] I spoke to the king in Ur, let the king be informed. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | From Šumaya, astrologer of the new company. |
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 20 la u₂-qi₂-ma ir-bi | |
| 2 | na-an-dur UR.MAH u UR.BAR.RA | |
| 3 | UD 15-KAM₂ KI 20 IGI-ma | |
| 4 | ina {iti}BARAG UD-mu u₂-šal-lam | |
| 5 | UD 14-KAM₂ 30 KI 20 in-nam-mar | |
| 6 | a-na UGU {giš}le-ʾa-a-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢u₃⸣ DUB-MEŠ [ša] | |
| 8 | [UD—AN—{d}EN].LIL₂.⸢LA₂⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9 | [x x x] LIL₂.⸢LA₂⸣ [x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] ša₂ ina ŠEŠ.⸢UNUG⸣{[ki]} | |
| 2 | [o] a-na LUGAL aq-bu-u₂ | |
| 3 | LUGAL lu-u₂ ha-si-is | |
| 4 | ša₂ {1}šu-ma-a | |
| 5 | {lu₂}DUB.SAR UD—AN—{d}EN.LIL₂ | |
| 6 | ša₂ ki-iṣ-ri eš-šu₂ | |
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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