RMA 136h (P237007)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136h |
|---|---|
| ID | P237007 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [If on the 14th day the moon a]nd sun are seen together: [reliable speech]; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad [favorably]; the cattle of Akkad will lie [in the st]eppe [undisturbed; the harvest-time grass will last until] winter, [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [If the moon and sun are in ba]lance: reliable speech will be placed [in the mouth of people]; the foundation of the king's throne will become stable. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | [If the moon and sun are] in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his [under]standing; there will be truth [in the land]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [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 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u] 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | [KA GI.NA ŠA₃] KUR DUG₃-ab DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 3 | [ana SIG₅ i]-ha-sa-su bu-lum KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 4 | [par-ga-niš ina] ⸢EDIN⸣ i-rab-bi-ṣu | |
| 5 | [di-iš BURU₁₄ ana] EN.TE.[NA x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 1 30 u 20 šit-qu]-⸢lu at-mu-u₂⸣ ki-i-nu | |
| 2' | [ina KA UN-MEŠ] GAR-an LUGAL SUHUŠ AŠ.TE-šu₂ GIN-an | |
| 3' | 1 30 u 20 šu]-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 4' | [LUGAL KUR uz]-nu DAGAL-aš₂ | |
| 5' | [ina KUR kit]-ti GAL₂-ši | |
| 6' | [ša₂ {1}{d}AG—iq-bi | |
Sources & licences
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