RMA 023 (P236921)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236921 |
| 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 [in Tam]muz (IV) on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the high[est rank]. |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55– | If the moon wears a crown of a dark day: the moon god will smite [the enemy]. A dark day means a cloudy day [......]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | If the moon at its app[earance ....]: the king [......] the land [......]. |
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]}⸢ŠU⸣ UD 01-KAM₂ ⸢IGI⸣.[LAL] | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 4 | LUGAL SAG.[KAL-tu₂] il-lak | |
| 5 | 1 30 AGA UD ŠU₂.UŠ.RU a-pir | |
| 6 | {d}30 [KUR₂] i-mah-ha-aṣ | |
| 7 | UD ŠU₂.UŠ.⸢RU UD⸣-mu er-pi | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina ⸢IGI⸣.[LAL-šu₂ x x] | |
| 3 | LUGAL ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 4 | KUR ⸢ZI⸣ [x x] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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