RMA 144a (P237454)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 144a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237454 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | If on the 14th day the moon and [sun are seen together]: reliable speech; the land will become happy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad] favorably [......]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If the moon and sun are in oppos[ition]: the king of the land will wi[den his under]standing. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | — On the 14th day [it is seen] with the sun. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If the moon] on the 14th day [is surrounded] by a halo [...]: the land will dwell in quiet. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | If the moon [is surrounded] by a halo, and the Pleiades [stand in it]: in this year [women] will [give birth] to male children; variant: the king's land will rebel against him; dimi[nution of barley]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and it ling[ers on]: giving of the reign [to the king]. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 8r.e. 8–r.e. 8r.e. 8 | From Nergal-[eṭir]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u₃ 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab [DINGIR-MEŠ URI{ki]} | |
| 3 | ana SIG₅-tim i-ha-as-<sa>-su [x x x x] | |
| 4 | 1 30 u₃ 20 šu-ta-[tu-u₂] | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR [uz]-na u₂-⸢rap⸣-[pa-aš₂] | |
| 6 | UD 14-⸢KAM₂⸣ it-ti {d}UTU [in-nam-mar-ma] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD] 14-KAM₂ TUR₃ [NIGIN x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢KUR⸣ KI.[TUŠ ne₂]-⸢eh⸣-tu uš-⸢ša⸣-[ab] | |
| 3 | 1 30 TUR₃ [NIGIN-ma] MUL.MUL [ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ GUB] | |
| 4 | ina MU BI [MI₂-MEŠ] NITA-MEŠ ⸢U₃⸣.[TU-MEŠ] | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR-⸢su⸣ KUR₂-šu₂ nu-šur-[re-e ŠE-im] | |
| 6 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma id-[lip] | |
| 7 | na-dan BALA-⸢e⸣ [ana LUGAL] | |
| r.e. | ||
| 8 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—[KAR-ir] | |
Sources & licences
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