RMA 183 (P237796)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 183 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237796 |
| 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 a comet becomes visible in the path of the stars of Anu: there will be a fall of Elam in battle. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the sun rises in a cloudbank: 32 will become furious and raise his weapons. 32 means "king." |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | — Jupiter stood there one month over its period. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | (If) Jupiter passes to the west: the land will dwell in quiet. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | — Jupiter stood there one month over its period. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Marchesvan (VIII) is the month of the king my lord. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | — On the 1st day the moon became visible. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | A slave-girl of the king my lord ... to Babylonia; I was not staying there, so she fled. Let the king my lord ..., let them lead her here and hand her over. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | From Bel-le'i, descendant of Egibi, exorcist. |
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 {mul}ṣal-lum-mu-u₂ ina <KASKAL> šu-ut {d}a-nu IGI | |
| 2 | ŠUB-tim NIM.MA{ki} ina {giš}TUKUL GAL₂-ši | |
| 3 | 1 {d}UTU ina ni-di KUR-ha 32 iz-ziz-ma {giš}TUKUL | |
| 4 | IL₂-ši 32 šar-ri | |
| 5 | {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ana UGU-hi a-dan-ni-šu₂ ITI GUB-ma | |
| 6 | {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ana {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A DIB-iq KUR ⸢šub-ti⸣ | |
| 7 | ne₂-eh-ti TUŠ-ab | |
| 8 | {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ana UGU-hi a-dan-ni-šu₂ ITI GUB-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {iti}APIN ITI ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia šu-u₂ | |
| 2 | 1 {d}30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI.LAL KA GI.NA ŠA₃-bi KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | 1 UD-mu ana ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA BALA UD-mu GID₂.DA | |
| 4 | UD 01-KAM₂ {d}30 IGI.LAL-ma | |
| 5 | am-ti ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia ana KUR—URI{ki} ul hi ra a | |
| 6 | la aš₂-ba-ku tah-te-liq LUGAL be-li₂-a ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 7 | li-bu-uk-niš-šum-ma lid-di-nu-nu | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—DA DUMU {1}e-gi-bi {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
Sources & licences
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