RMA 047 (P237309)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237309 |
| 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 [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If the moon [......]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 66–o 77 | If (the moon) [stands] in a stable position: waiting for [rain]. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 88– | If its horns look at the ground: the flood will come. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | Bel and Nabû [will revive] the heart of the king my lord; the king [my] lord can be [glad]. In month [...] it will rain in torrents. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Šumaya. |
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 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI.LAL | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA [ŠA₃] KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | 1 30 [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 KI.GUB ki-[i-nu GUB-iz] | |
| 7 | uq-qu₂-u ša₂ [A.AN] | |
| 8 | 1 SI-MEŠ-šu₂ KI IGI-MEŠ | |
| 9 | A.KAL DU-kam | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}EN u {d}AG ŠA₃-bi ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 2 | [u₂-bal-la-ṭu ŠA₃]-bi ⸢ša₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 3 | lu-u₂ [ṭa-a-bi] | |
| 4 | ina ŠA₃ {iti}[x x A].AN ra-ah-⸢ṣu⸣ | |
| 5 | i-za-an-⸢nun⸣ | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}šu-ma-a [o] | |
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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