RMA 044 (P236920)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236920 |
| 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] becomes visible [on the 1st day: reliable speech]; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If the day] reaches its normal length: [a reign] of long days. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are very pointed: the king will knock down wherever he wants to subdue. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | [If the m]oon's horns at its appearance are equal: for the land, peaceful dwelling. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If the moon at] its [appe]arance wears a crown: the harvest of the land will prosper; [the king] will reach the highest rank. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | [If the moon] becomes visible in Nisan (I) on the 1st day: the north [win]d will blow; the king of Akkad [and] his [noble]s will become happy. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Mercury [became vi]sible in the west in Aries; it is good for the king my lord, [bad for the Westland]. The king of the Westland will fall in battle. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [The troops of the king] my lord who are in Egypt will conquer [...]. |
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 UD 01-⸢KAM₂⸣ IGI-ir | |
| 2 | [KA GI].NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | 1 UD ana] ⸢mi⸣-na-ti-šu₂ GID₂.DA | |
| 4 | [BALA] UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina] IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ud-du-da | |
| 6 | LUGAL a-šar u₂-sa-na-qu u₂-nak-kap | |
| 7 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ mit-ha-ra | |
| 8 | [a]-na KUR šu-ub-tum ne-eh-tum | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina IGI].LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 2 | [LUGAL] ⸢SAG⸣.KAL-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina {iti]}BARAG ina UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ir | |
| 4 | {[im]}SI.SA₂ DU ŠA₃ LUGAL URI{ki} | |
| 5 | [u₃ NUN]-⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ DUG₃-ab | |
| 6 | {[mul}UDU].⸢IDIM⸣.GUD.UD ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A ina ŠA₃ {mul}{lu₂}HUN.GA₂ | |
| 7 | [in-na]-⸢mir⸣ SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 8 | [HUL KUR—MAR.TU{ki]} LUGAL MAR.TU{ki} ina {giš}TUKUL ŠUB-ut | |
| 9 | [e-mu-qu ša₂ LUGAL be]-li₂-ia ša₂ ina {kur}mi-ṣi-ir | |
| 10 | [x x x x x] i-kaš-ša₂-du | |
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