RMA 019a (P236939)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 019a |
|---|---|
| ID | P236939 |
| 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 [norm]al length: [a reign] of long [day]s. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1'1'–r 7'7' | May (the gods) grant to the king my lord [day after day, month] after month, [year] after year[ happ]iness, health, joy, rejoicing, (and) a [sta]ble throne forever, for long [day]s and many years! |
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-bi KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | 1 UD ana ŠID]-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA-ik | |
| 4 | [BALA UD]-⸢MEŠ⸣ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x UD a-na UD ITI] a-na ITI | |
| 2' | [MU.AN.NA] a-na MU.AN.NA | |
| 3' | [ṭu-ub] ŠA₃-bi ṭu-ub UZU | |
| 4' | [hi-du]-ti ri-ša₂-a-ti {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 5' | [ša ki-na]-a-ti a-na da-riš | |
| 6' | [a-na UD]-⸢MEŠ⸣ GID₂.DA-MEŠ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ | |
| 7' | [ma-aʾ]-da-a-ti a-na LUGAL | |
| 8' | [be]-li₂-ia₂ lid-di-nu | |
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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