RMA 035 (P236977)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236977 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day]: reliable [speech]; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [If ......] the harvest of the land will prosper; there will be [......]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [If the moon's horns at its appearance are very poin]ted and are red: [the ruler] ...... his land will submit to him. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are very pointed: the king of Akkad will weaken the enemy land wherever he goes. |
| Obverse [7:11] o 88– | [If] the moon's horns at its appearance are pointed and clear: the king of Akkad will rule all lands wherever he turns. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | If the moon is clear at its appearance: A[kka]d will live well; my troops will see plenty. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If the moon's horns at its appearance are equally clear: enemy kings will be reconci[led]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | [If] the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | — In Nisan (I) and Tammuz (IV) (the moon) will complete the 30th day. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [From] Nergal-eṭir. |
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 KA] GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x GID₂].DA BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ GAL₂-ši | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ud-du]-⸢da⸣-ma SA₅-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [NUN] ⸢x x x-ma⸣ KUR-su GAM-su | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ud-du-da LUGAL URI{ki} | |
| 7 | e-ma DU-ku KUR KUR₂ un-na-aš₂ | |
| 8 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ed-da-ma ZALAG₂-MEŠ | |
| 9 | LUGAL URI{ki} e-ma pa-nu-šu₂ šak-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | KUR.KUR EN-el | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ZALAG₂-ir ⸢KUR⸣—[URI]{ki} ŠA₃-šu₂ DIN-uṭ | |
| 3 | ERIM-ni HE₂.NUN IGI-mar | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ TEŠ₂.BI ZALAG₂-MEŠ | |
| 5 | LUGAL-MEŠ KUR₂-MEŠ SILIM-MEŠ | |
| 6 | 1 UD ana mi-na-ti-šu₂ GID₂.DA | |
| 7 | BALA-e UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 8 | {⸢iti⸣}BARAG u {iti}ŠU UD 30-KAM₂ u₂-šal-lam-ma | |
| 9 | [ša₂] {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
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