RMA 246f (P237858)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 246f |
|---|---|
| ID | P237858 |
| 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] 11–22 | If a star stands in front of the moon to the left: the king will exercise complete dominion. |
| Obverse [2:4] 33–44 | If Mars comes close to the front of the moon and stands there: the moon god will resettle a ruined land. |
| Obverse [4:7] 55– | If a star stands to the left of the moon: the enemy's land will experience destruction. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Nabû-eriba. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 MUL ina IGI 30 150 GUB | |
| 2 | LUGAL kiš-šu-tu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ana IGI 30 TE-ma GUB-iz | |
| 4 | {d}30 KUR šul-pu-ut-ti u₂-šeš-šib | |
| 5 | 1 MUL ina 150 {d}30 GUB-iz | |
| 6 | KUR KUR₂ šal-pu-ut-ti IGI-⸢mar⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}{d}PA—ŠU₂-ba | |
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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