RMA 189 (P236981)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 189 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236981 |
| 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 Jupiter becomes visible in Elul (VI): the land will eat good bread. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If the stars of Leo ...: [the king] will be victorious [wherev]er he goes. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | [Ju]piter [stands in L]eo. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [From Na]bû-iqiša 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 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina {iti}KIN IGI-ir | |
| 2 | KUR NINDA DUG₃.GA KU₂ | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}UR.MAH MUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢il⸣-tap-pu-u₂ | |
| 5 | [LUGAL a]-⸢šar⸣ DU-ku NIG₂.E₃-su | |
| 6 | {[mul]}⸢SAG⸣.ME.GAR | |
| 7 | [ina {mul]}UR.GU.LA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [iz-za]-⸢az⸣-ma | |
| 2 | [ša₂ {1}{d]}⸢AG⸣—BA-ša₂ 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)
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