RMA 215a (P237749)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 215a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237749 |
| 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 | Saturn [......; it is written] three times on a writing board. |
| Obverse [2:8] o 33– | If a sun disk stands above the moon [and below the moon: the king] will stand [in his truth ......] truth [......] ... [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the sun [stands] in the po[sition of the moon]: the foundation of the king of the land's throne [will become stable]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | — Saturn [stands together with the moon. This] is good for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Nabû-iqiša of Bor[sippa]. |
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 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ [x x x x] | |
| 2 | a-na 03-šu ina {giš}DA [ša₂-ṭi-ir] | |
| 3 | 1 AŠ.ME UGU-nu {d}30 [KI.TA-nu 30 | |
| 4 | iz-zi-iz [LUGAL KUR ina kit-ti-šu₂] | |
| 5 | iz-za-az [x x x x x] | |
| 6 | kit-ti [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | a-ša₂-an-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {d}UTU ina man-⸢za⸣-[az {d}30 GUB-iz] | |
| 2 | LUGAL KUR SUHUŠ {giš}GU.⸢ZA⸣-[šu₂ GI.NA] | |
| 3 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ [KI {d}30 GUB-ma] | |
| 4 | SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia [šu-u₂] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ DUMU BAR₂.[SIPA{ki]} | |
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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