RMA 242 (P236988)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 242 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236988 |
| 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 | If the Pleiades [enter the moon]: the land will perish all together; a month will pass, the enemy [...] Elam. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44– | If the Pleiades enter the moon [and] come out towards the north: Akkad will become happy; the king of Akkad will become strong and will have no rival. |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 8b.e. 8–b.e. 8b.e. 8 | — The north wind blows. |
| Bottom [1:6] b.e. 99– | Since the moon entered the Pleiades, the north wind is blowing. The morning watch (means) Elam; this is bad for the enemy. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If the Pleiades are elongated: the field will produce a yield. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | — At the conjunction of the moon [(the Pleiades) go in front]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | May the lord of kings be eve[rlasting]! |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | From Ašare[du] the y[ounger]. |
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 ŠA₃ 30 TU] | |
| 2 | KUR 01-niš ZAH₂ ITI ⸢uš-ta⸣-[x x] | |
| 3 | NIM.MA{ki} {lu₂}KUR₂ [x x] | |
| 4 | 1 MUL.MUL ana ŠA₃ 30 TU-ME-[ma] | |
| 5 | ana {im}SI.SA₂ E₃-MEŠ-ni [o] | |
| 6 | ŠA₃ KUR—URI{ki} DUG₃-ab LUGAL URI{[ki]} | |
| 7 | KALAG.GA-ma GABA.RI NU TUK-ši | |
| b.e. | ||
| 8 | {im}SI.SA₂ DU-ma | |
| 9 | ul-tu 30 ana ŠA₃ MUL.MUL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | i-ru-bu {im}SI.SA₂ DU-ak | |
| 2 | EN.NUN—UD.ZAL.LA {kur}NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 3 | HUL ša₂ {lu₂}KUR₂ šu-u₂ | |
| 4 | 1 MUL.MUL ša₂-ti-ih | |
| 5 | A.ŠA₃ A.QAR 01 GU₂.UN IL₂ | |
| 6 | ina šit-qul-ti 30 i-[pan-nu-ma] | |
| 7 | EN LUGAL-MEŠ lu-u₂ ⸢da⸣-[ri] | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-[du] ⸢qa⸣-[at-nu] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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