RMA 235a (P237316)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 235a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237316 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Mars [stood] 7 months in Gemini |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [...] went [......] |
| Obverse [5:7] o 88–o 99 | [......] will pass it [...]; let the king [do] as he deems best. |
| Obverse [7:12] o 1010– | [Already] three times I have writ[ten] to the king: "[It is ...] to say these words [...]." [I am] your servant who keeps in mind your good deeds and loves [you]. My heart burns [me] because of you. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | [The sign is ...] and [has no] cancella[tion]; its evil will [no]t be cut off. (When) formerly the earth quak[ed], the enemy did not come and the land did not [...] (because) the sign [was nullified] by cancellation. |
| Reverse [5:9] r 66–r 99 | The eclipse of the moon which took place in Marchesvan (VIII) began [in the east]. That is bad for Subartu. What [is wrong]? After it, Jupiter ent[ered] the moon three times. What is being done to (make) its evil pass? |
| Reverse [9:13] r 1010– | ... the moon was seen three times with the sun on the 16th day. In Tishri (VII), Marchesvan (VIII), and Kislev (IX), the moon at its appearance ... on the 1st day was complete as if it had not been seen. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | From the lamentation priest Bel-šuma-iškun. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu 07 ITI-MEŠ ina ŠA₃ {mul}MAŠ.TAB.BA.GAL.GAL | |
| 2 | [x x x x] it-ta-lak ⸢x x⸣ [x x]-ru | |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x]-ku-nu | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]-bu-ub | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ina ŠA₃-bi it-ti-iq | |
| 9 | [x x x] LUGAL a-ki ša₂ i-le-ʾu-u li-[pu-uš] | |
| 10 | u ⸢x x x x⸣ 03-šu₂ a-na LUGAL al-tap-[ra] | |
| 11 | ⸢um-ma⸣ [x x] dib-bi an-nu-tu₂ ana qa-be₂-e [x x] | |
| 12 | ARAD-ka ša₂ MUN-ka i-na-ṣa-ru u i-ra-mu-[ka ana-ku] | |
| 13 | ŠA₃-ba-a ana UGU-hi-ka i-kab-bab-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | x x-⸢x x x x x x⸣-ma pi-is-sa-[ti x x] | |
| 2 | HUL-šu₂ ⸢ul⸣ in-⸢na-x⸣ ina ŠA₃-[bi x x] | |
| 3 | ri-i-[bu] ina mah-ru-ti ša₂ i-[ru-bu] | |
| 4 | KUR₂ ul il-li-kam-ma KUR ul [x x x x] | |
| 5 | GISKIM ina ŠA₃-bi pi-is-sa-ti [x x x] | |
| 6 | AN.MI ša₂ 30 ša₂ ina {iti}APIN iš-ku-nu [ina {im}KUR.RA] | |
| 7 | ul-ter-ri HUL ša₂ {kur}SU.BIR₄ mi-nu-[u hi-ṭu] | |
| 8 | EGIR-šu₂ {mul}SAG.ME.GAR 03-šu₂ ana ŠA₃ 30 i-te-[ru-ub] | |
| 9 | mi-nu-u in-ne₂-pu-uš-ma HUL-šu₂ i-ti-⸢iq⸣ | |
| 10 | ina x-šu₂ 03-šu₂ 30 UD 16-KAM₂ KI {d}UTU it-tan-mar | |
| 11 | {iti}DU₆ {iti}APIN {iti}GAN 30 ina ta-mar-ti-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ⸢kal₃⸣ UD 01-KAM₂ ki-ma ša₂ la in-nam-ru ga-mir | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—MU—GAR-un {lu₂}UŠ.KU | |
Sources & licences
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