RMA 184 (P237873)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 184 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237873 |
| 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 the star of Marduk becomes visible at the beginning of the year: that year his furrow will prosper. — Mercury becomes visible in Nisan (I). |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If a planet comes close to Aldebaran: the king of Elam will die. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66– | If a strange star comes close to Enmešarra: people will spread; the land will become happy. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | Mercury became visible in Taurus, it reached the Old Man. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If [a planet] becomes visible [in ...: rain]s and floods. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From [......]. |
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 MUL—{d}AMAR.UTU ina SAG MU IGI-ir | |
| 2 | MU BI AB.SIN₂-šu₂ SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD ina {iti}BARAG IGI-ma | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}bi-ib-bu ana {mul}is—le-e TE | |
| 5 | LUGAL NIM.MA{ki} UŠ₂ | |
| 6 | 1 {mul}MIN₃-ma ana {mul}EN.ME.ŠAR₂.RA TE | |
| 7 | UN-MEŠ DAGAL-MEŠ ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD ina ŠA₃-bi {mul}GUD.AN.NA | |
| 2 | [it]-tan-mar a-di {mul}ŠU.GI | |
| 3 | [ik]-tal-du | |
| 4 | 1 {[mul}UDU.IDIM ina x]+⸢x⸣ in-nam-mar | |
| 5 | [A.AN]-MEŠ u A.KAL-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}[x x x x x x] | |
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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