RMA 037 (P237857)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237857 |
| 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 at the moon's appearance in intercalary Adar (XII/2) its horns are pointed and (the moon) is red: the ruler will become strong and subdue the land. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | sa means "red," sa means (also) "red-brown." |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If the moon stands in a stable position: waiting for rain. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | In intercalary Adar (XII/2) on the 14th day the moon will be seen with the sun. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
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 30 ina {iti}DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KUD ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ | |
| 2 | SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ud-du-da-ma pe-el | |
| 3 | NUN KALAG.GA-ma KUR u₂-kan-aš₂ | |
| 4 | ⸢SA₅⸣ pe-lu ⸢SA₅⸣ sa-a-mu | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 6 | LUGAL SAG.KAL-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI KA GI.NA | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | 1 30 KI.GUB-su GI.NA GUB-iz | |
| 4 | uq-qu₂-u ša₂ A.AN | |
| 5 | ina {iti}DIRI.ŠE.KIN.KUD UD 14-KAM | |
| 6 | 30 KI {d}UTU in-nam-mar | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
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
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