RMA 101 (P236968)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236968 |
| 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 the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Mars stands in it: in all lands cultivated fields and dates will not prosper; variant: the Westland will diminish. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and a planet stands in it: the king's troops will be shut up. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and the Field star, behind which are the Ple[iades], stands in it: the cattle of the land will prosper. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 22–r 44 | Mars is a star of the Westland; the Field star behind which are the Pleiades is Aries; Aries is a star of the Westland. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 55–r 55 | From Rašil. |
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 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 2 | ina KUR DU₃.A.BI me-re-šum | |
| 3 | u ZU₂.LUM.MA NU SI.SA₂ | |
| 4 | KI.MIN KUR—MAR.TU{ki} TUR-ir | |
| 5 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}UDU.IDIM ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 6 | LUGAL ERIM-šu₂ u₂-tas-sar | |
| 7 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}AŠ.GAN₂ ša₂ EGIR-šu₂ ⸢MUL⸣.[MUL] | |
| 8 | ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB AB₂.GUD-HI.A ša₂ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| r | ||
| 2 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu MUL KUR—MAR{ki} | |
| 3 | {mul}AŠ.GAN₂ ša₂ EGIR-šu₂ MUL.MUL {mul}{lu₂}HUN.GA₂ | |
| 4 | {mul}{lu₂}HUN.GA₂ MUL MAR.TU{ki} | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR | |
Sources & licences
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