RMA 052a (P236990)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | RMA 052a |
|---|---|
| ID | P236990 |
| 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 | [...] moon [and] sun [......]. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | (3) (Break) |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] the 5th [day] is favorable [...]. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | In Sivan (III) on the 28th day the moon will stand there [and] will not disappear. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | The moon will comp[lete] the day [...... normal] length on the day [...] ... |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] will reach the Westland. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [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 | [x x x] 30 [x x] {d}UTU | |
| 2 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x UD] 05-KAM₂ ⸢ŠE.GA⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | {iti}SIG₄ UD 28-KAM₂ 30 GUB-[ma] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ul i-tab-bal | |
| 2 | [x x x x] ⸢x⸣ {d}30 UD-mu u₂-šal-[lam-ma] | |
| 3 | [mi]-na-a-ti ina UD-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4 | [x] i-nam-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 5 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ KUR—MAR.TU{ki} ⸢i⸣-kaš-šad | |
| 6 | [ša₂ {1}{d]}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.