RMA 149 (P237340)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 149 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237340 |
| 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 and] sun are in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen his understanding. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | [If the moon and] sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reli[able speech] will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king] will make [the thro]ne last long. |
| Obverse [5:10] o 66– | [......] ... [......] Elul (VI) [......] in intercalary Elul (VI) [......] let it be additional. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Let [...] write to [...]ra-ilu, and let him do [...] in intercalary Elul (VI). |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [From] Nergal-eṭir. |
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 u] {d}UTU šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [LUGAL KUR] uz-na u₂-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 3 | 1 30 u] {d}UTU šit-qu-lu KUR i-ka-nu | |
| 4 | [at-mu-u₂ ki-i]-nu ina pi-i UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 5 | [LUGAL {giš}GU].ZA u₂-lab-bar | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ [x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x {iti]}⸢KIN⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x x ina] ŠA₃ {iti}KIN EGIR-i [x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x] lu-u₂ at-ru šu₂-u₂ | |
| 4 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣-ra—DINGIR liš-pur-ma ina ŠA₃ {iti}KIN EGIR-i | |
| 5 | [x x] li-pu-uš | |
| 6 | [ša₂ {1}{d]}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
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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