RMA 240 (P236978)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 240 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236978 |
| 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 Pleiades come close to the top of the moon and stand there: the king will exercise world dominion and expand his land. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | From Nabû-iqiša of Borsippa. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | May Bel and Nabû grant long days and happiness to the king of all lands, my lord! |
| Obverse [6:14] o 77– | ... the king established our freedom (from corvée work). (Yet) at this very moment, I build a storeroom in the Review Palace with my brothers, and the townspeople with whom the king has made me take (fields), have killed my farmer and harass me saying: "Perform your ilku-duty with us!" |
| Reverse [4:10] r 55–r 1010 | But I want to do work with my brothers and keep watch for the king my lord. Why shall I do [...] twice? May Bel and Nabû bless [the king my lord! Let] the king [decide] my case, [whether ...] is little [... or] much. |
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 MUL.MUL ana UGU 30 SI₄-ma GUB-iz | |
| 2 | LUGAL ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš KUR-su DAGAL | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ DUMU BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 4 | {d}EN u {d}PA UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | u₃ ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi a-na LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
| 6 | be-li₂-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 7 | ⸢x x x⸣ LUGAL za-ku-ta-ni il-ta-kan | |
| 8 | en-na a-du-u₂ it-ti ŠEŠ-ME-e-a | |
| 9 | ina E₂.GAL ma-sa-ar-ti E₂—ŠU.2 | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ep-pu-uš u₃ DUMU-ME URU ša₂ ana-ku | |
| 2 | it-ti-šu₂-nu LUGAL u₂-ša₂-aṣ-bi-tan-ni | |
| 3 | {lu₂}ik-ka-ra-a id-du-ku u₃ ia-a-ši | |
| 4 | u₂-sa-am-mu-ʾi-in-ni um-ma il-ku | |
| 5 | it-ti-ni a-lik it-ti ŠEŠ-MEŠ-e-a | |
| 6 | dul-lum ep-pu-uš u₃ ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti | |
| 7 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ a-nam-ṣar am—me-ni 02-ta | |
| 8 | [x x]-ti ep-pu-uš {d}EN u {d}AG | |
| 9 | [a-na LUGAL EN-ia lik]-ru-bu LUGAL di-na-a | |
| 10 | [li-pu-uš x x]-um mi-i-iṣ | |
| 11 | [x x x x x] ma-ad | |
Sources & licences
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