RMA 087 (P237290)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 087 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237290 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If the moon at its appearance stands in a stable position: waiting for rain. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If (the moon) wears a crown of a dark day: the moon will smite the enemy. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | A dark day (means) cloudy day, a dark day (means) [...] day, [it says] in [a commentary]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | If the moon [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If [there is fog] in the land [continually]: the dynasty of the land will rule the world. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From Ašaredu the older, servant of the king. |
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 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ man-za-za GI.NA GUB-iz | |
| 2 | uq-qu₂-u ša₂ A.AN | |
| 3 | 1 AGA UD ŠU₂.ŠU₂.RU a-pir | |
| 4 | 30 {lu₂}KUR₂ i-mah-ha-aṣ | |
| 5 | UD ŠU₂.ŠU₂.RU UD-mu er-pi | |
| 6 | UD ŠU₂.ŠU₂.RU UD-mu [x x] | |
| 7 | ina ŠA₃-bi [ṣa-ti qa-bi] | |
| 8 | 1 30 [x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina KUR [IM.DUGUD sa-dir] | |
| 2 | BALA KUR ŠU₂-⸢tu₂ EN-el⸣ | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du IGI-u₂ | |
| 4 | ARAD ša₂ LUGAL | |
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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