RMA 104 (P236995)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P236995 |
| 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 ...] becomes visible [...]: rain and flood will last long. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [If Ma]rs stands in it: wild animals [...; da]tes will not prosper, variant: the Westland will diminish. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | [If the moon in month Sili]liti rides in a chariot: [the dominion of the king of Akkad] will prosper, and he will conquer [his enemies]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | — [The Old Man star] stands in the halo of the moon [in Sh]ebat (XI). |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | [If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and] the star of Anu, the crown, [stands] in it: [the king is well]; there will be [trut]h and justice in his land. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [From Apl]aya. |
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 x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ IGI-ir | |
| 2 | [x]+⸢x⸣ A.AN u A.KAL ZAL.ZAL | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}ṣal]-⸢bat⸣-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 4 | [x] NIG₂.ZI.GAL₂ EDIN.NA | |
| 5 | [x x x ZU₂].⸢LUM⸣.MA NU SI.SA₂-MEŠ KUR—MAR TUR | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina {iti}si-li]-li-e-ti {giš}GIGIR ra-⸢kib⸣ | |
| 7 | [LUGAL URI{ki} ni-ir]-šu₂ SI.SA₂-ma | |
| 8 | [a.a-bi-šu₂] ⸢ŠU⸣.2-su KUR-ad₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[mul}ŠU.GI ina] {⸢iti⸣}ZIZ₂ ina TUR₃ 30 GUB-ma | |
| 2 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma] {⸢mul⸣}{d}a-num—AGA ina ŠA₃-[šu₂ GUB-iz] | |
| 3 | [LUGAL ša₂-lim kit]-⸢tu₂⸣ u mi-ša₂-ru ina KUR-šu₂ GAL₂ | |
| 4 | [ša₂ {1}DUMU].⸢UŠ⸣-a | |
Sources & licences
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