RMA 045 (P237304)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237304 |
| 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 [becomes visible] on the 1st day: reliable speech; the [land will become happy]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the moon's position at its appearance is stable: the gods will make a favorable decision about the land. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | I.e., it becomes visible on the 1st day. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of [long] day[s. ......] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | — [The 30th day] will complete [the length of the month. On the 14th day] (the moon) will be seen [with the sun]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | Elul (VI), Tishri (VII), [Marchesvan (VIII), Kislev (IX)], these four months the moon became visible on the 1st day. [That is good] for the king my [lord ......]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | The ki[ng ......] |
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 UD 01-KAM₂ [IGI] | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ [KUR DUG₃-ab] | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ KI.GUB-su GI.[NA] | |
| 4 | DINGIR-MEŠ GALGA KUR ana {mi₂}SIG₅ GALGA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ ina UD 01-KAM₂ in-nam-ma-⸢ru⸣-[ma] | |
| 6 | 1 UD ana mi-na-ti-šu₂ GID₂.DA | |
| 7 | BALA UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GID₂.DA-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x] GUB | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [mi-na-at ITI UD 30-KAM₂ u₂-šal-lam-[ma] | |
| 2 | [UD 14-KAM₂ KI {d}UTU] ⸢in⸣-nam-mar [o] | |
| 3 | {iti}KIN {iti}⸢DU₆⸣ {[iti}APIN {iti}GAN] | |
| 4 | 04 ITI-MEŠ ⸢an⸣-[nu-ti] | |
| 5 | 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI [du-un-qu] | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL be-[li₂-ia x x x x] | |
| 7 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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