RMA 022 (P237303)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237303 |
| 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] the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: [reli]able [speech]; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | If the day reaches [its] normal [length]: a reign of long days. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If the moon at its appearance [wears a crown: the kin]g will reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [3:9] o 44–o 99 | When Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk gave Kush and Egypt into the hands of the king [my lord], they plundered them [...] with the troops of the king my lord. [Gold and silver from] their treasury, as much as there was, they brought [into] your royal abode [Ni]neveh [and distributed] booty from them to his servants. |
| Obverse [9:15] o 1010– | In the same way, may Šamaš and Mard[uk] give the Cimmerians and Man[neans], all [enem]ies who [do not fear] the king, into the hands of the king my lord; may [the king] my lord plunder them; |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | may silver and gold [from] their treasury as much [as there is] come [......; may [...... sub]mit ... to the yoke [of the king] my lord. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77–r 1010 | May they (the gods) grant health and happiness, a stable [throne] forever, [for] long days] and years to the king my lord and his [offspring]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | From Nabû-iqbi. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-[ir KA GI].NA ŠA₃-bi KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 2 | 1 UD-mu ana ŠID-MEŠ-[šu₂ GID₂.DA] BALA UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-[MEŠ] | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ⸢AGA⸣ [a-pir] ⸢LUGAL⸣ SAG.KAL-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 4 | {d}aš-šur {d}UTU {d}⸢AG⸣ {[d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU {kur}ku-u₂-ši u {kur}mi-ṣir | |
| 5 | a-na ŠU.2 LUGAL [be-li₂-ia ki]-i im-nu-u₂ ina e-mu-qu | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [x x x] hu-bu-us-su-nu | |
| 7 | ih-tab-tu-nu [x x x]+⸢x⸣ E₂—nak-kan-da-šu₂-nu E₂—nak-kan-da-šu₂-nu | |
| 8 | ma-la ba-⸢šu⸣-[u₂ ana {uru}ni]-na-a{ki} šu-bat LUGAL-u₂-ti-ka | |
| 9 | ul-te-ri-⸢bu⸣ [x x x] hu-bu-us-su-nu | |
| 10 | a-na ARAD-MEŠ-⸢šu₂⸣ [x x x] ki-i pi-i an-nim-ma | |
| 11 | {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.[UTU {kur}gi]-mir-ra-a.a | |
| 12 | {lu₂}man-[na-a.a {lu₂}KUR₂]-MEŠ ma-la la—pa-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL [la pal-hu a-na] ŠU.2 LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 2 | lim-nu-u₂ [hu-bu-us-su-nu LUGAL be]-li₂-a li-ih-bu-ti | |
| 3 | KUG.UD KUG.GI [x x x E₂—nak]-kan-da-šu₂-nu E₂—nak]-kan-da-šu₂-nu | |
| 4 | ma-la ⸢ba⸣-[šu-u₂ x x]-šu₂-nu ⸢lu⸣ tal-la-ka | |
| 5 | ⸢im⸣-ma-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] tal-[la]-ka-ti | |
| 6 | a-na ni-⸢ri⸣ [x x x LUGAL] be-li₂-[ia x x]+⸢x⸣-bi | |
| 7 | DUG₃-⸢ub⸣ [UZU-MEŠ DUG₃-ub] ŠA₃-bi {[giš}GU.ZA] | |
| 8 | ša₂ ki-na-a-ti [a-na] ⸢da⸣-riš [a-na UD]-MEŠ | |
| 9 | u₃ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ [o] GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 10 | [a]-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia ⸢u₃⸣ [NUMUN]-šu₂ lid-di-[nu] | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—[iq]-bi | |
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