RMA 215 (P237761)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 215 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237761 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | Mercury did not [...]; the moon did not [rea]ch the sun, it set before the sun. Antares, which stood at the right horn of the moon, did not come close to the [mo]on; it will not affect (it) at all. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77– | If Scorpius stands in the halo of the moon, it is (a sign) for rain and flood. The king has seen its sign; Adad will devastate. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | In Iyyar (II) on the 15th day let him pray to Ea in supplication; let him release a prisoner; his possessions will become (an object) of praise. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | 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 | {d}GUD.UD ul ⸢x⸣+[x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | {d}30 {d}UTU ul [ik]-⸢šu⸣-ud | |
| 3 | ina IGI {d}UTU ir-ta-bi | |
| 4 | {mul}GABA—GIR₂.TAB ša₂ ina SI 15 30 | |
| 5 | iz-zi-zu a-na {d}30 | |
| 6 | ul TE mim-ma ul i-lap-pat | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}GIR₂.TAB ina TUR₃ 30 | |
| 8 | it-ta-ši-iz ana A.AN u A.KAL | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GISKIM-šu₂ LUGAL i-ta-mar | |
| 2 | {d}IM i-ra-hi-iṣ | |
| 3 | 1 ina {iti}GUD UD 15-KAM₂ ana {d}E₂.A [liš]-ken | |
| 4 | ša₂—EN.NUN BAR-ir mim-mu-šu₂ | |
| 5 | ana ta-na-da-a-ti GAR-an | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{d}PA—MU—GAR-un | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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