RMA 199a (P236989)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 199a |
|---|---|
| ID | P236989 |
| 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 Regulus is black: the commander of the palace will die. — Mercury stands together with Regulus. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If [......] will be good. [......] stands [...] Leo. |
| Obverse [4:12] o 55– | If a planet comes close to Regulus: the son [of the king] who [lives] in a city on my border will make a rebellion against his father, but [will not seize the throne]; some son of the king [will come out and seize] the throne; he will restore [the temples] and establish sacrifices of the gods; he will provide jointly for (all) the temples. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | 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 {mul}LUGAL GI₆ GAL.UKKIN E₂.GAL UŠ₂ | |
| 2 | {⸢mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD⸣.UD it-ti {mul}LUGAL GUB-ma | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}<$x x x$> [x] DUG₃.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 4 | {mul}<$x x x$> {mul}UR.GU.LA GUB-[ma] | |
| 5 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM ana {mul}LUGAL TE DUMU—[LUGAL] DUMU—[LUGAL] | |
| 6 | ša₂ i-na URU ZAG-⸢ia⸣ [aš-bu] | |
| 7 | ana AD-šu₂ HI.GAR DU₃-uš-⸢ma⸣ {[giš}GU.ZA NU DIB-bat] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | DUMU—LUGAL DUMU—LUGAL ma-na-⸢ma⸣ [E₃-ma] | |
| 2 | {giš}GU.ZA ⸢DIB⸣ [E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ] [E₂—DINGIR-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | ana aš₂-ri-[ši-na] GUR-⸢ar₂ SA₂⸣.DUG₄ ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 4 | u₂-ka-nu E₂.KUR-MEŠ 01-niš i-za-⸢na⸣-[an] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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