RMA 14f (P237322)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 14f |
|---|---|
| ID | P237322 |
| 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] 11–44 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: there will be truth in the land; the son will speak the truth with his father. |
| Obverse [4:6] 55–66 | If the moon and sun are in balance: [the king of the land will wi]den his understanding. |
| Obverse [6:9] 77– | — The moon and sun will be seen together on the 14th day. |
| Reverse [0:5] r 1r 1–r 55 | If Jupiter has awesome radiance: the weapons of the king of Akkad will prevail over the weapons of his enemy. — Regulus stands either to the right or to the left of Jupiter. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | Now it stands to the left of Jupiter for three fingers. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | From Rimutu. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 {d}30 u {d}UTU šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 2 | ina KUR kit-ti ib-ba-aš₂-ši-ma | |
| 3 | DUMU it-ti AD-šu₂ kit-ti | |
| 4 | i-ta-mi | |
| 5 | 1 30 u 20 šit-qul-lu [LUGAL KUR] | |
| 6 | u₂-zu-un u₂-⸢ra⸣-[ap-pa-aš₂] | |
| 7 | ša₂ UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 ⸢u₃⸣ {d}UTU | |
| 8 | it-ti a-ha-meš in-nam-mar-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR me-lam-mu GAR-in | |
| 2 | LUGAL URI{ki} {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | UGU {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ KUR₂-šu₂ i-dan-ni-nu | |
| 4 | {mul}LUGAL lu-u₂ ina i-mit-ti | |
| 5 | lu-u₂ ina šu-me-lu {mul}SAG.ME.GAR GUB-ma | |
| 6 | en-na a-du-u₂ ina šu-me-lu | |
| 7 | {mul}SAG.ME.GAR a-na 03 ŠU.SI | |
| 8 | u₂-šu-uz | |
| 9 | ša₂ {1}ri-mu-tu | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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