RMA 015 (P237869)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237869 |
| 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 day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55– | If in Tammuz (IV) on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: (......). |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | To the king my lord, your servant Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk, son of Bel-[up]ahhi[r]. May Bel and Nabû decree well-being, happiness, health, length of days, long duration of reign and stability of the foundation of the throne [of] the king my lord forever! |
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-ab | |
| 3 | 1 UD-mu a-na ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA | |
| 4 | BALA UD-ME GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | 1 ina {iti}ŠU UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u 20 | |
| 6 | KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-na LUGAL EN-ia ARAD-ka | |
| 2 | {1}DUG₃.GA—GIŠ.MI—{d}AMAR.UTU DUMU-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—[u₂]-⸢pa⸣-hi-[ir] | |
| 4 | {d}EN u {d}AG šu-lum ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 5 | ṭu-ub UZU a-ra-ku UD-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ur-ru-ku pa-le-e | |
| 7 | u ku-un-nu SUHUŠ {giš}GU.ZA | |
| 8 | [ša₂] LUGAL EN-ia a-na da-ri-iš | |
| 9 | liq-bu-u₂ | |
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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