RMA 155B (P237337)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 155B |
|---|---|
| ID | P237337 |
| 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 on the 14th day the moon and [sun are seen together: there will be] reconciliation and peace [in the land]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | From Bel-naṣ[ir]. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | As [I wrote] to the king my [lord, there is] now peace [in the land. There is] no observation of the moon until the [xth] day ......]. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | The word [......] |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010– | (10) (Break) |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | The moon [......]. |
| Reverse [1:6] r 22–r 66 | The king [lifted his] hands (in prayer), and [his] prayer [was heard by the god]. The moon and sun [have] since Nisan (I) [been seen together on the 14th day]. Now that the king my lord [...], |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | with [his] lifting of the hand [......] on this 14th day the god [......]. |
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 {d}30 u {d}[UTU KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | taš-mu-u₂ u sa-li-[mu ina KUR GAL₂-ši] | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—na-⸢ṣir⸣ | |
| 4 | ki-ma ša₂ a-na LUGAL be-[li₂-ia aš₂-pu-ra] | |
| 5 | ⸢u₂⸣-ma-a sa-li-mu [ina KUR i-ba-aš₂-ši] | |
| 6 | EN.NUN ša₂ {d}30 ia-[a-nu x x x] | |
| 7 | EN UD ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | a-mat ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ki-i [x x x x x x] | |
| 10 | ni-i-[x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}30 ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | LUGAL ša₂ qa-as-[su iš-šu-u₂] | |
| 3 | ni-iš—qa-ti-[šu₂ it-ti DINGIR še-mi] | |
| 4 | {d}30 u {d}⸢UTU⸣ [UD 14-KAM₂] | |
| 5 | ul-tu {iti}BARAG [KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | u₂-ma-a ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| 7 | it-ti ni-iš—qa-ti-[šu₂ x x x] | |
| 8 | UD 14-KAM₂ an-ni-i {d}[x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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