RMA 011 (P237871)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237871 |
| 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 day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — The 30th day completes the measure of the month. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; [the land] will become happy. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | If the moon at its appearance [wears a crown]: constantly the harvest of the land will prosper; [the land will dwell] as if in pastures near the city; the king [will re]ach the highest rank. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | This is good for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From Nabû-iqiša of Borsippa. |
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 ana ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.⸢DA⸣ | |
| 2 | BALA UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 3 | mi-na-at ITI UD 30-KAM₂ u₂-šal-⸢lam⸣-[ma] | |
| 4 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ir | |
| 5 | KA GI.NA [ŠA₃ KUR] DUG₃-ab | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-⸢šu₂⸣ [AGA a-pir] ⸢ka⸣-a.a-⸢nam⸣-ma | |
| 7 | BURU₁₄ KUR SI.⸢SA₂⸣ [KUR] ⸢a-bur-riš⸣ [TUŠ-ab] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | LUGAL a-ša₂-ri-du-tu₂ [DU]-ak | |
| 2 | SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL EN-⸢ia⸣ šu-u₂ | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ DUMU ⸢BAR₂⸣.SIPA{ki} | |
Sources & licences
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