RMA 272b (P237852)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 272b |
|---|---|
| ID | P237852 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | In Adar (XII) on the 14th day the moon will make an eclipse. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | If the moon makes an eclipse in Adar (XII) on the 14th day in the evening watch, it gives its decision for the king of the world, for Ur and the Westland. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | In the moon's eclipse, Jupiter and Venus [will not stand] there. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | If the moon makes an eclipse in Adar (XII): the king of Elam [will die]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | If [there is] an eclipse in Adar (XII) in the eve[ning watch: bad for Akkad]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If (the moon) [makes an eclipse] in Adar (XII) from the 1st to [the 30th day]: the reign of the king will end; [there will be] hostility [in the land]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If you perform (the observation) for the well-being of the king, the city, and his people, [they] will be well. At the beginning of the year the flood will come, and dikes will be broken. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | When the moon will have made the eclipse, let the king write, and let (someone) cut dikes in Babylonia at night as substitute for the king; nobody [must] hear (it). |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 {iti}ŠE UD 14-KAM₂ AN.MI 30 GAR-an | |
| 2 | 1 ina {iti}ŠE UD 14-KAM₂ AN.MI EN.NUN—AN.USAN | |
| 3 | {d}30 GAR-ma EŠ.BAR-šu₂ a-na LUGAL KI.ŠAR₂.RA | |
| 4 | ŠEŠ.UNUG{ki} u₃ MAR.TU{ki} i-nam-din | |
| 5 | ina AN.MI 30 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR u {mul}dil-bat ⸢NU GUB⸣-MEŠ | |
| 6 | 1 ina {iti}ŠE AN.MI 30 GAR LUGAL NIM.MA{ki} [UŠ₂] | |
| 7 | 1 ina {iti}ŠE AN.MI EN.NUN—AN.[USAN GAR HUL-tim KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}ŠE TA UD 01-KAM₂ EN [UD 30-KAM₂ AN.MI GAR] | |
| 2 | BALA LUGAL TIL {mi₂}KUR₂ [ina KUR GAL₂-ši] | |
| 3 | šum-ma ana DI LUGAL URU u UN-MEŠ-šu₂ DU₃-ma DI-[MEŠ] | |
| 4 | ina IGI MU A.KAL DU-ma A.MAH-MEŠ KUD-MEŠ | |
| 5 | GIM {d}30 AN.MI iš-tak-nu LUGAL liš-pur-ma | |
| 6 | a-na pu-hi LUGAL A.MAH-MEŠ i-na KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 7 | [i]-⸢na⸣ mu-ši lu-bat-ti-iq mam-ma | |
| 8 | [la] i-šem-mi | |
| 9 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
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