RMA 231 (P237860)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 231 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237860 |
| 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] in Tammuz (IV) Mars becomes visible: the cemetery of warriors will enlarge. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If] a planet stands in the north: there will be deaths; attack of the king of Akkad against the enemy land. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If a strange star (= Mars) comes close to Gemini: the king will die, and there will be hostility. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77– | If Mars [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If Mars [......]: in that year the king of Ela[m ...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | May the lord of kings be everlasting! |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | From Ašaredu the younger. |
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 ina {iti}ŠU {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu IGI-ir | |
| 2 | KI.NA₂ qu-ra-du DAGAL-iš | |
| 3 | 1 {⸢d⸣}UDU.IDIM ina {im}SI.SA₂ GUB-iz | |
| 4 | UŠ₂-MEŠ GAL₂-MEŠ ZI-bu LUGAL URI{ki} ana KUR KUR₂ | |
| 5 | 1 {mul}MIN₃-ma ana {mul}MAŠ.TAB.BA TE-hi | |
| 6 | LUGAL UŠ₂-ma {mi₂}KUR₂ GAL₂-ši | |
| 7 | 1 {d}ṣal-bat-[a-nu x x x x] | |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu [x x x x] | |
| 2 | ina MU BI LUGAL NIM.[MA{ki} x x] | |
| 3 | EN LUGAL-MEŠ lu da-ri | |
| 4 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du qa-at-nu | |
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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