RMA 277ad (P237640)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 277ad |
|---|---|
| ID | P237640 |
| 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 | [... in] Sivan (III) on the 15th day let him libate [... at] sunrise, let him pray [...]. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | [The king] must not go out [...] |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | [...] and staying overnight [......] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [......] Šamaš |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | Šamaš [will ...] the king the area [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [From] Nabû-šuma-iškun. |
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 | [x x ina {iti]}⸢SIG₄⸣ UD 15-KAM | |
| 2 | [x x x {d]}UTU.E₃ A-MEŠ liq-qi₂ | |
| 3 | [x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ lik-ru-ub | |
| 4 | [LUGAL x x x]-ni NU E₃ | |
| 5 | [x x x x] u šum-ši-i | |
| 6 | [x x x x x] IGI | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x] {d}UTU | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] {d}UTU LUGAL qaq-qar | |
| 3 | [x x x x]+⸢x⸣ x | |
| 4 | [ša₂ {1}{d]}PA—MU—GAR-un | |
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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