RMA 203 (P237226)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237226 |
| 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 Venus disappears in the east in Nisan (I) from the 1st to the 30th day: there will be wailings. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44– | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and Orion stands in it: the king of Subartu will exercise world rule; his land will thrive. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | — Or[ion] stood [in the ha]lo of the moon; ... [......] ... |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From Ahhe[šâ of] Uruk. |
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 {mul}dil-bat ina {iti}BARAG TA UD 01-KAM | |
| 2 | EN UD 30-KAM₂ ina {d}UTU.E₃ it-bal | |
| 3 | u₂-ru-ba-ti GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 4 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA | |
| 5 | ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB LUGAL SU.BIR₄{ki} | |
| 6 | kiš-šu-ti DU₃-uš KUR-su ina-hi-iš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | SIPA.[ZI.AN.NA ina] ⸢TUR₃⸣ 30 GUB-ma | |
| 2 | {d}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}ŠEŠ-⸢MEŠ⸣-[ša₂-a {lu₂]}UNUG{ki}a.a | |
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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