RMA 136g (P237314)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136g |
|---|---|
| ID | P237314 |
| 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 [0:8] o 1o 1– | If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen [together]: reliable speech; [the land will become happy]; the gods will remember Akkad fa[vorably]; the cattle [of Akkad] will lie in the steppe undisturbed; [there will be] joy among people; the king will become happy. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon and sun are in opposit[ion]: the king of the land will wi[den] his understanding; the foundation of the king's throne will [become stable]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | If the moon and sun are in balance: reliable speech [will be placed] in the mouth of people. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Nabû-[...]. |
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 14-KAM₂ 30 u 20 [KI a-ha-meš] | |
| 2 | IGI-MEŠ KA GI.NA [ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃] | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana ⸢SIG₅⸣-[tim] | |
| 4 | i-ha-sa-su bu-ul [KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 5 | par-ga-niš ina EDIN i-⸢rab⸣-[bi-iṣ] | |
| 6 | hu-ud ŠA₃-bi UN-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GAR-an] | |
| 7 | ŠA₃-bi LUGAL ⸢DUG₃⸣-[ab] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-⸢tu⸣-[u₂] | |
| 2 | LUGAL KUR uz-nu u₂-rap-[pa-aš₂] | |
| 3 | LUGAL SUHUŠ {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ ⸢GIN⸣ | |
| 4 | 1 30 u 20 šit-qul-⸢lu⸣ | |
| 5 | at-mu-u₂ ki-i-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 6 | ina pi-i UN-MEŠ [GAR] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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