RMA 026 (P237319)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237319 |
| 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 [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the harvest of the land will prosper; [the king wi]ll reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66– | If the moon's horns both equal each other: quiet dwelling for the land. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | If the moon's (horns) at its appearance are very pointed: the king will rule the land wherever he goes, variant: he will knock down wherever he wants to subdue. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Rašil the older, servant of the king. |
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-ir | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 4 | BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ [LUGAL] SAG.KAL-tu₂ | |
| 5 | [DU]-ak | |
| 6 | 1 30 SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ⸢ki-la-tan⸣ mit-ha-ra | |
| 7 | ana KUR KI.TUŠ ne-eh-tum | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ <SI-MEŠ-šu₂> ud-du-da | |
| 2 | LUGAL a-šar pa-nu-šu₂ GAR-nu | |
| 3 | KUR i-be-el | |
| 4 | a-<šar> u₂-sa-na-qu u₂-na-kap | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ⸢ARAD⸣ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 6 | IGI-u | |
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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