RMA 112b (P236992)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 112b |
|---|---|
| ID | P236992 |
| 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 moon] if surrounded by a halo, [and C]ancer stands in it: the [king] of Akkad will extend the life. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [If the moon] is surrounded by a halo, and two stars [stand in the halo] with the moon: [a reign] of long days. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | — Planets stand in the halo [of the moon]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [Aššur, Šamaš], and [Marduk] have gra[nted happiness] forever (and) [long] days to the king my lord. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [From] Nabû-iqbi. |
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 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-[ma] | |
| 2 | {[mul]}AL.LUL ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 3 | [LUGAL] URI{ki} TIN ur-rak | |
| 4 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma | |
| 5 | [ina TUR₃] 02 MUL-MEŠ KI 30 [GUB-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | [BALA] UD-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA-[MEŠ] | |
| 7 | {[mul}UDU].IDIM-MEŠ ina TUR₃ 30 | |
| 8 | [GUB]-⸢MEŠ⸣-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[d}aš-šur {d}UTU] u {d}[AMAR.UTU] | |
| 2 | [DUG₃ ŠA₃-bi a-na] da-riš UD-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [GID₂.DA-MEŠ] a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ it-[tan-nu] | |
| 4 | [ša₂ {1}{d}AG—iq-bi | |
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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