RMA 046b (P237014)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 046b |
|---|---|
| ID | P237014 |
| 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 [0:1] 1'1'–1'1' | [...] will not be decided [......]. |
| Obverse [1:2] 2'2'–2'2' | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: re[liable speech; the land will become happy]. |
| Obverse [2:4] 3'3'–4'4' | If the moon's horns at its appearance [...:] the king of the land [......]. |
| Obverse [4:7] 5'5'–7'7' | If at the moon's appearance [its right] horn [is long], its left horn short: [the king] will conquer [a land not his own ......]. |
| Obverse [7:9] 8'8'– | If its left horn is [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: [there will be] [frost], variant: [there will be] rumor of an enemy [in the land]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day [......] above ... [......]. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | If the moon at its appearance wears a [...] crown: the king [...] his counsellors [......] ... [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [x x] NU TAR-as ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 2' | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI ⸢KA⸣ [GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃] | |
| 3' | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ x x] | |
| 4' | LUGAL KUR ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5' | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI 15-šu₂ GID₂.DA] | |
| 6' | SI 150-šu₂ LUGUD₂.⸢DA⸣ [LUGAL KUR la šu-a-tu₂] | |
| 7' | ŠU-su KUR-ad₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 8' | 1 SI 150-šu uk-[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 30-KAM₂ IGI [šu-ru-up-pu-u] | |
| 2 | GU₃ KUR₂ [ina KUR GAL₂-ši] | |
| 3 | 1 30 UD 30-KAM₂ IGI [x x x] | |
| 4 | NIM.MA qu ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ⸢AGA⸣ [x x a-pir] | |
| 6 | LUGAL muš-ta-[li-šu₂ x x] | |
| 7 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ TUK [x 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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