RMA 136r (P237667)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136r |
|---|---|
| ID | P237667 |
| 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] 1'1'–2'2' | (the gods) will remember (Akkad favorably); [the cattle of Akkad will lie] in the steppe [undisturbed; joy among the troops; the king will become happy]. |
| Obverse [2:3] 3'3'–3'3' | If the moon and sun are in opposition: [the king of the land will widen his understanding]. |
| Obverse [3:7] 4'4'– | If the moon and sun are in balan[ce: the land will become stable; reliable] speech [will be placed in the mouth of people]; the king [will make] the throne [last long]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 22–r 44 | If at the moon's appearance [its horns are very dark]: disbanding of the fortified outposts, [retiring of the guards; there will be recon]ciliation and p[eace in the land]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | ⸢i-ha-as-sa-su⸣ [MAŠ₂.ANŠE KUR—URI{ki} par-ga-niš] | |
| 2' | ina EDIN ⸢i⸣-[rab-bi-iṣ x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-[u LUGAL KUR uz-na DAGAL-aš₂] | |
| 4' | 1 30 u 20 šit-qu-[lu KUR GI.NA] | |
| 5 | at-mu-[u₂ ki-i-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-an] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL AŠ.TE [SUMUN-bar] | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ [SI-MEŠ-šu₂ tur-ru-ka] | |
| 3 | DU₈ bi-ra-a-[ti a-rad EN.NUN-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | ⸢taš⸣-[mu]-u₂ u ⸢SILIM⸣-[mu ina KUR GAL₂-ši] | |
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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