RMA 243c (P236993)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 243c |
|---|---|
| ID | P236993 |
| 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 at the moon's appearance the Pleiades [stand] at [its] side: the king will exercise world dominion; his land [will expand]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the Pleiades come close to the top of the moon [and stand there]: the king will exercise world dominion; his land [will expand]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55– | If the Pleiades stand in it: [...] the seven gods [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...] for many days [......] I have been sick [...] |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] of the king my lord [......] ... [......]. |
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 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ MUL.MUL ina ⸢A₂⸣-[šu₂ GUB] | |
| 2 | LUGAL ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš KUR-[su DAGAL-iš] | |
| 3 | 1 MUL.MUL ana UGU 30 SI₄-[ma GUB] | |
| 4 | LUGAL KIŠ DU₃-uš [o] KUR-[su DAGAL] | |
| 5 | 1 MUL.MUL ina ŠA₃-šu₂ ⸢GUB⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | {d}07.BI [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x]+⸢x⸣ UD-ME ma-⸢aʾ⸣-[du-ti] | |
| 2' | [x x x] si mar-ṣa-ku [x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] LUGAL EN-ia₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 4' | [x x x x]-⸢di⸣-ia₂ ⸢la⸣ [x x x] | |
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)
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