RMA 277 (P237866)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 277 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237866 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If an anomaly has 8 feet and 2 tails: the ruler will seize the kingship of the world. |
| Obverse [4:12] o 55– | That archer — his name is Tamdanu — says as follows: "When a sow of mine gave birth, (the young) had 8 feet and 2 tails. I pickled it in salt and put it into the house." |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | 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 | ⸢BE⸣ iz-bu 08 GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 2 | 02 KUN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | NUN šar-ru-ti | |
| 4 | kiš-šu₂-ti i-ṣa-bat | |
| 5 | {lu₂}ma-hi-ṣu šu₂-u₂ | |
| 6 | {1}tam-da-nu šum-šu₂ | |
| 7 | i-qab-ba-a um-ma {mi₂}ŠAH₂-a | |
| 8 | ki-i tu-li-du | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 08 GIR₃-MEŠ u 02 KUN-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 2 | um-ma i-na MUN an-di-di-il-šu₂ | |
| 3 | u₃ i-na E₂ al-ta-kan | |
| 4 | 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
- 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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