RMA 048 (P237288)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237288 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day of Kislev (IX) ...: the king of Akkad will weaken the land wherever he goes, variant: the king of Akkad will rule the land wherever he turns. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55– | On the 14th day (the moon) was seen together with the sun: disbanding of the fortified outposts, retiring of the guards; [there will be] reconciliation and peace in the land. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | The king [will ...] the remainder of the good things. Quickly the king will hear a report of well-being to be glad about. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | From Ašaredu. |
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 {d}30 UD 01-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}GAN ZA IGI-mar | |
| 2 | LUGAL URI{ki} e-ma DU-ku KUR un-na-aš | |
| 3 | LUGAL URI{ki} e-ma IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ GAR-nu | |
| 4 | KUR EN-el | |
| 5 | UD 14-KAM₂ KI {d}UTU it-tan-mar | |
| 6 | pa-ṭar URU bi-ra-a-ti | |
| 7 | a-rad ma-aṣ-ṣa-ra-ti | |
| 8 | taš-mu-u sa-li-mu ina KUR [GAL₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | si-it-ti SIG₅-MEŠ-šu₂ LUGAL ⸢x⸣ [x] | |
| 2 | ha-an-ṭiš ṭe₃-e-mu u šu-lum | |
| 3 | ša₂ ha-de-e LUGAL i-šem-mu | |
| 4 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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