RMA 107 (P237653)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 107 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237653 |
| 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 is surrounded by a halo, and [two stars stand in the halo with the moon]: a reign of [long] days. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If the sun [stands] in the halo [of the moon: there will be truth in the land], the son [will speak the truth with his father; universal] peace. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | — The moon was surrounded by a halo [and Saturn stood in it]. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77– | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [Mars stands in it]: loss of cattle; in [all lands] cultiva[ted fields] and dates will not prosper; the Westland will diminish. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon (is surrounded) by a halo, and the Yoke star stands in it: the king will die, and his land will diminish; the king of Elam will die. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | — The Yoke star means Mars. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | Mars is the star of the Westland; evil for the Westland and Elam. Saturn is the star of Akkad. It is good for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | On the 14th day one god will [be seen] with the other; let the king my lord be [happy]. |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | From Rašil [the older], servant of the king. |
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 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma 02 MUL-MEŠ ina TUR₃ KI 30 GUB-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | BALA UD-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GID₂.DA-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | 1 20 ina TUR₃ 30 GUB ina KUR kit-tu₂ GAL₂] | |
| 4 | DUMU it-[ti AD-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-ta-mi] | |
| 5 | sa-lam [kiš-ša₂-ti] | |
| 6 | 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {[mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-ma] | |
| 7 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {mul}[ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB] | |
| 8 | ZAH₂ bu-lim ina [KUR DU₃.A].BI me-⸢re⸣-[šu₂] | |
| 9 | u ZU₂.LUM.MA NU SI.SA₂ | |
| 10 | KUR—MAR.TU{ki} TUR-[ir] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 TUR₃ <NIGIN₂-ma> {mul}ŠUDUN ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 2 | LUGAL UŠ₂-ma KUR-su TUR-ir | |
| 3 | LUGAL NIM.MA{ki} UŠ₂ | |
| 4 | {mul}ŠUDUN {mul}ṣal-bat-a-⸢nu⸣ | |
| 5 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu MUL KUR—MAR.TU{⸢ki⸣} | |
| 6 | HUL ša₂ KUR—MAR.TU{ki} u NIM.MA{[ki]} | |
| 7 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ MUL KUR—URI{[ki]} | |
| 8 | SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-[ia] | |
| 9 | UD 14-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR in-[nam-mar] | |
| 10 | ŠA₃-bi LUGAL be-li₂-ia lu [ṭa-a-bi] | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [IGI-u] | |
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