RMA 158 (P237313)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 158 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237313 |
| 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 does not wait for the sun, but] sets: [raging of lion] and wo[lf]. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If on the 15th day [the moon and sun are seen] together: a strong enemy [will raise] his weapons against the land; the enemy will block my city gate. |
| Reverse [0:7] r 1r 1–r 77 | The eunuch Ṭab-šar-..., the ... official of the groom(s) of ..., (and) Ahhešâ, the [...], have made the people flee whom the king my lord gave to me, and have taken away my property. I am sick, and I have no ...; may the king not abandon me, so that I do not have to die! [......]. |
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 20 la u₂-qi₂-ma] ⸢ir⸣-bi | |
| 2 | [na-an-dur UR.MAH] u UR.BAR.[RA] | |
| 3 | 1 UD 15-⸢KAM₂⸣ 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš [IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu {[giš]}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ ana KUR [IL₂-a] | |
| 5 | IGI KA₂.GAL-MU {lu₂}KUR₂ DIB-⸢bat⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {1}DUG₃.GA—IM—{d}x {lu₂}SAG {lu₂}GAL—pi-[qit-ti] {lu₂}GAL—pi-[qit-ti] | |
| 2 | ša₂ {lu₂}šu-ša₂-nu ša₂ ⸢x x⸣ {1}ŠEŠ-[MEŠ-ša₂]-a {lu₂}⸢SAG⸣ [x x] | |
| 3 | UN-MEŠ ša₂ LUGAL be-la-a id-di-na-[an-ni] | |
| 4 | ul-tah-liq nik-kas-si-i [o] | |
| 5 | it-ta-šu-u₂ mar-ṣa-ku u {lu₂}GAL—pi-[qit-ti-ia] {lu₂}GAL—pi-[qit-ti-ia] | |
| 6 | ia-a-nu LUGAL la u₂-maš-šar-an-ni [o] | |
| 7 | la a-ma-ti | |
| 8 | [x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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