RMA 154 (P237284)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 154 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237284 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | On the 1st day I wrote to the king as follows: On the 14th day the moon will be seen together with the sun. (Now), on the 14th day the moon and sun were seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among people; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77– | If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land; the son will speak the truth with his father. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | — On the 14th day the moon is seen together with the sun. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
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 | UD 01-KAM₂ a-na LUGAL al-tap-ra um-ma UD 14-KAM | |
| 2 | {d}30 it-ti {d}UTU in-nam-mar | |
| 3 | UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 u₃ {d}UTU it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 4 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 5 | ana {mi₂}SIG₅ i-ha-as-sa-su hu-ud ŠA₃ UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 6 | bu-lum KUR—URI{ki} par-ga-niš ina EDIN NA₂-iṣ | |
| 7 | 1 {d}30 {d}UTU ik-šu-dam-ma KI-šu₂ | |
| 8 | it-ten-ta SI SI i-dir | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ina KUR kit-ti GAL₂-ši-ma | |
| 2 | DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-ti i-ta-mi | |
| 3 | UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 it-ti {d}UTU IGI.LAL-ma | |
| 4 | 1 {d}30 u₃ {d}UTU šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR uz-na DAGAL-aš₂ | |
| 6 | UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 it-ti {d}UTU IGI.LAL-ma | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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