RMA 167 (P236957)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | RMA 167 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236957 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If on the 16th day the moon and sun are seen together: one king will send (messages of) evil to another; the king will be shut up in his palace for the length of a month; the step of the enemy will be set towards his land; the enemy will march around victoriously. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars stands in it: loss of ca[ttle; the cu]ltivated fields and dates will not prosper; [variant: the Westl]and will diminish. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | [If ditto, and the sun] stands [in it]: there will be truth in the land, and [the son] will speak [the truth with his father]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If a planet] reaches a planet and passes it: there will be a strong [epidemic] in the land. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [If the Pleiades] reach the "Deleter" star: [in this year there will be famine]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [— Ma]rs reaches Saturn. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | [If ...] surrounds [...] which is in front of it: attack of the enemy; [a deci]sion will be given [for the Wes]tland. |
| Reverse [6:12] r 77–r 1212 | Mar[s, the star] of Subartu, is bright and carries radiance; this is good for Subartu. And Saturn, the star of the Westland, is faint, and its radiance is fallen; this is bad for the Westland; an attack of an enemy will occur against the Westland. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | From Šapiku of Borsippa. |
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 UD 16-KAM₂ 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | LUGAL ana LUGAL HUL-⸢tim KIN⸣-ar₂ LUGAL ina E₂.GAL-šu₂ | |
| 3 | a-na ŠID-MEŠ ITI u₂-ta-sar | |
| 4 | GIR₃ KUR₂ ana KUR-šu₂ GAR-an KUR₂ šal-ṭa-niš DU-MEŠ | |
| 5 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 6 | ZAH₂ ⸢bu⸣-[lim] ⸢me⸣-re-šu₂ u ZU₂.LUM.MA NU SI.SA₂ | |
| 7 | [KI.MIN KUR—MAR].TU{ki} TUR | |
| 8 | 1 MIN-ma {d}UTU ina ŠA₃-šu₂] GUB ina KUR kit-ti GAL₂-ma | |
| 9 | [DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit]-ti i-ta-mi | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM {mul]}⸢UDU⸣.IDIM KUR-ma i-ti-iq | |
| 2 | {[giš}TUKUL {d}IR₃.RA] dan-nu ina KUR GAL₂-ši | |
| 3 | 1 MUL.MUL {mul}KA].MUŠ.I₃.KU₂.E KUR-ud | |
| 4 | [ina MU BI SU.KU₂ GAL₂ {d}ṣal]-bat-a-nu {d}SAG.UŠ KUR-ma | |
| 5 | 1 x x x x]+⸢x⸣ ša₂ IGI-šu₂ NIGIN ZI KUR₂ | |
| 6 | [EŠ].⸢BAR⸣ [ana KUR]—MAR.TU{ki} in-nam-din | |
| 7 | {d}ṣal-bat-a-[nu MUL ša₂] {kur}SU.BIR₄{ki} ba-ʾi-il | |
| 8 | u₃ ša₂-ru-⸢ru⸣ na-ši SIG₅ ša₂ {kur}SU.BIR₄{ki} šu-u₂ | |
| 9 | u₃ {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ MUL ša₂ KUR—MAR.TU | |
| 10 | un-nu-ut u₃ ša₂-ru-ru-šu₂ ma-aq-tu | |
| 11 | HUL ša₂ KUR—MAR.TU{ki} ti-ib KUR₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢a⸣-na KUR—MAR.TU{ki} ib-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 13 | ša₂ {1}ša₂-pi-ku DUMU BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.