RMA 134 (P237850)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 134 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237850 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | If the moon reaches the sun and follows it closely: there will be truth in the land, and the son will speak the truth with his father. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | — On the 14th day one god is seen with the other. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | I.e. on the 14th day each month one god will be seen with the other. |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1r 1–r 66 | If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: the speech of the land will become reliable; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among people; the cattle of Akkad will lie in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From the lamentation priest Bel-šuma-iškun. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 {d}UTU ik-šu-dam-ma KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu | |
| 2 | ina KUR NIG₂.ZI GAL₂-ma DUMU KI AD-šu₂ | |
| 3 | kit-ti i-ta-mu | |
| 4 | UD 14-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR IGI-mar-ma | |
| 5 | 1 30 u₃ 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 6 | LUGAL KUR PI.2 DAGAL-aš₂ | |
| 7 | ša₂ UD 14-KAM₂ ITI-us-su | |
| 8 | DINGIR KI DINGIR in-nam-ma-ru | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u₃ 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | KA KUR GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana SIG₅-ti i-has-sa-su | |
| 4 | hu-ud ŠA₃-bi UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 5 | bu-lim KUR—URI{ki} par-ga-niš | |
| 6 | i-na EDIN i-rab-bi-ṣu | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—MU—GAR-un {lu₂}UŠ.KU | |
Sources & licences
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