RMA 049 (P237297)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 049 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237297 |
| 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 rides a chariot in month Sililiti: the dominion of the king of Akkad will prosper, and his hand will capture his enemies. Sililiti is Shebat (XI). |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55– | I.e. In Shebat (XI) (the moon) was surrounded by a halo in the Old Man. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [If] the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Hyades stand in it: the king is well; there will be truth and justice in the land. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [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 30 ina {iti}si-li-li-ti {giš}GIGIR ra-kib | |
| 2 | LUGAL URI{ki} ni-ir-šu₂ iš-šir₃-ma | |
| 3 | a.a-bi-šu₂ ŠU.2-su KUR-ad₂ | |
| 4 | {iti}si-li-li-ti {iti}ZIZ₂ | |
| 5 | ⸢ša₂⸣ {iti}ZIZ₂ ina ŠA₃-bi {mul}ŠU.GI | |
| 6 | TUR₃ NIGIN-mi-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}AN.NA—AGA | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz LUGAL ša₂-lim | |
| 3 | ⸢kit⸣-ti u mi-ša₂-ri ina KUR GAL₂-ši | |
| 4 | [ša] {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ DUMU BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
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
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