RMA 030 (P237863)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 030 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237863 |
| 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 the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech, the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If at the moon's appearance its right horn becomes long, its left horn short: the king will conquer a land not his own. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | If the moon at its appearance is very large: there will be an eclipse. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon at its appearance becomes very bright: the harvest of the land will prosper. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | The day reached its normal length: a reign of long days. — (The moon) will complete the 30th day. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | In Elul (VI) the moon will make an eclipse (concerning) Elam. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | 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 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ir KA GI.NA | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 4 | LUGAL a-ša₂-ri-du-ti il-lak | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI ZAG-šu₂ GID₂.DA-ma | |
| 6 | SI KAB-šu₂ ik-ru | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR la šu-a-tum ŠU-su i-kaš-šad | |
| 8 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ma-gal GAL | |
| 9 | AN.MI GAR-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ma-gal ib-ta-il | |
| 2 | BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | UD-mu a-na mi-na-ti-šu₂ GID₂.DA | |
| 4 | BALA-e UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | UD 30-KAM₂ u₂-šal-lam-ma | |
| 6 | 1 ina {iti}KIN AN.MI NIM.MA{ki} | |
| 7 | {d}30 GAR-an | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—⸢KAR⸣-ir | |
Sources & licences
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