RMA 216b (P237344)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 216b |
|---|---|
| ID | P237344 |
| 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 a planet [stands at the left horn of the moon]: the king [will exercise] world dominion. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | If the sun in ... [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [...] Orion [...] Saturn [...]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 3'3'–r 5'5' | Signs of [...] come regul[arly] to the king [my] lord. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | From Ašaredu. |
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 {mul}UDU.IDIM ina [SI KAB 30 GUB] | |
| 2 | LUGAL ŠU₂-tu₂ [DU₃-uš] | |
| 3 | 1 20 ina ⸢DA⸣ [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] {mul}SIPA.ZI.[AN.NA x x] | |
| 2' | [x] {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.⸢UŠ⸣ [x x] | |
| 3' | i-da-a-ti ša₂ [x x] | |
| 4' | a-na LUGAL be-li-[ia] | |
| 5' | sa-ad-[ra] | |
| 6' | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du [o] | |
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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