RMA 252b (P237289)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 252b |
|---|---|
| ID | P237289 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | If there is a fog in the land: plenty (for) the people. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | If there is continually fog in the land: the dynasty of the land will rule the world. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If fog is made continuous in the land: business will become abundant. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66– | If a fog ro[lls] on a cloudy day: falling of Elam. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | If a fog rolls in Adar (XII): the land will go to ruin. ...... a fog in the beginning ... in Adar (XII) ... [...] fog [......] will not enter. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | 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 ina KUR IM.DUGUD GAL₂ nu-huš UN-MEŠ | |
| 2 | 1 ina KUR IM.DUGUD sa-dir BALA-e KUR | |
| 3 | kiš-šu-tu₂ EN-el | |
| 4 | 1 ina KUR IM.DUGUD u₂-sa-dir | |
| 5 | KI.LAM ina-pu-⸢uš⸣ | |
| 6 | 1 ina UD er-pi₂ IM.DUGUD iq-[tur] | |
| 7 | ma-qat NIM.MA{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}ŠE IM.DUGUD iq-tur | |
| 2 | KUR ar₂-bu-tu DU-ak | |
| 3 | ša₂ ⸢x x x⸣ IM.DUGUD | |
| 4 | ina SAG ⸢šu x⸣-ma ina {iti}ŠE | |
| 5 | i-qat ⸢u⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ E₂ u₂ u₃ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-šu₂ IM.DUGUD | |
| 7 | [x x x] ul i-⸢ru-bu⸣ | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du | |
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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