RMA 158a (P237870)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 158a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237870 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [If] on the 15th [day] the moon and sun [are seen to]gether: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gate. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If the moon does not wait for the sun but sets: raging of lion and wolf. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66– | From Nabû-ahhe-iddin of Dilbat. |
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 UD] 15-KAM₂ 30 u {d}UTU KI a-ha-[meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ ana KUR IL₂-a | |
| 3 | KA₂.GAL URU KUR₂ ina-qar | |
| 4 | 1 30 {d}UTU la u₂-qi₂-ma ir-bi | |
| 5 | na-an-dur UR.MAH u UR.BAR.RA | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—SUM.NA | |
| 7 | [E₂ x] dil-bat{ki} | |
Sources & licences
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