RMA 221 (P236986)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 221 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236986 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | Mercury became visible in the east in the region of Virgo; its interpretation: |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44– | If the Fish star comes close to the Bow star: the harvest of the land will prosper; cattle will spread in the steppe; the king will become strong and bind his enemies; sesame and dates will prosper. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If a planet rises in Elul (VI): rising (of business), thriving of grain. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If in Elul (VI) the Kidney star becomes visible: the plough of the land will prosper. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | The Kidney star is Mercury. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Ašaredu, son of Damqa, servant of the king. |
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 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD ina {d}UTU.E₃ o | |
| 2 | ina qaq-qar {mul}AB.SIN₂ | |
| 3 | it-tan-mar pi-šir₃-šu₂ | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}KU₆ a-na {mul}BAN TE | |
| 5 | BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ MAŠ₂.ANŠE ina EDIN DAGAL-aš₂ | |
| 6 | LUGAL KALAG.GA-ma KUR₂-MEŠ-šu₂ LAL-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 7 | {še}GIŠ.I₃ u ZU₂.LUM.MA SI.SA₂-ME | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM ina {iti}KIN KUR-ha | |
| 2 | ša₂-qe₂-e <KI.LAM> na-pa-aš₂ {d}NISABA | |
| 3 | 1 ina {iti}KIN {mul}BIR IGI-ir | |
| 4 | {giš}APIN KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 5 | {mul}BIR {d}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du DUMU {1}dam-qa | |
| 7 | ARAD ša₂ LUGAL | |
Sources & licences
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