RMA 150 (P237296)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 150 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237296 |
| 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 | If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely, and one horn me[ets] the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son will spe[ak] the truth with his father. — On the 14th day the moon and sun will be seen with each other. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77– | If the moon and sun are in opposi[tion]: the king of the land wil[l widen] his understanding; the foundation of the king's throne will becom[e stable]. — On the 14th day one god will be seen with the other. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | At the beginning of the year an eclipse was seen ......; on the 14th day (the moon) wa[s seen] with the sun. This is good for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Nabû-iqiša of Borsippa. |
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 {d}UTU ik-šu-ud-ma KI-šu₂ | |
| 2 | it-ten-tu SI SI i-⸢dir⸣ | |
| 3 | ina KUR kit-ti GAL₂-ši-ma | |
| 4 | DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-ti i-ta-[mi] | |
| 5 | UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 u {d}UTU | |
| 6 | it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ-[ma] | |
| 7 | 1 {d}30 u {d}UTU šu-ta-⸢tu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 8 | LUGAL KUR uz-na u₂-⸢rap⸣-[pa-aš₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL SUHUŠ {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ i-⸢ka⸣-[an] | |
| 2 | UD 14-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR IGI-ma | |
| 3 | re-eš šat-ti AN.⸢MI⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢u du pi⸣ ti ša₂ IGI [x] | |
| 5 | UD 14-KAM₂ KI {d}UTU it-⸢tan⸣-[mar] | |
| 6 | SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia šu-u₂ | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ DUMU BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
Sources & licences
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