RMA 160b (P237311)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 160b |
|---|---|
| ID | P237311 |
| 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 on the 15th day the moon and [sun] are seen [tog]ether: [a strong enemy will raise] his weapons against the land; [the enemy will tear down] my city gate. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Shebat (XI) means the Westland [...] the 15th day means the Westland [......] bad for the Westland [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Report of [NN]. |
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 UD 15-KAM₂ 30 u 20 it-ti] | |
| 2 | a-ha-meš IGI-ME {[lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu] | |
| 3 | {giš}TUKUL-ME-šu₂ ana KUR i-⸢na⸣-[aš₂-ša₂-a] | |
| 4 | KA₂.GAL URU-ia {[lu₂}KUR₂ ina-qar] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {iti}ZIZ₂ KUR—MAR.⸢TU⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2 | UD 15-KAM₂ KUR—MAR [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | HUL ša₂ KUR—MAR [x x x x x] | |
| 4 | u₂-il₃-tum ša {1}x x x x x] | |
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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