RMA 243 (P237874)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 243 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237874 |
| 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 | The Pleiades portends a boiling day; "boiling day" (means) [...]. — Venus sta[nds] in the Pleiades. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | [If] Ištar wears a silver crown: a fl[ood] of dragonflies wi[ll come]. [A "flood] of dragonflies" is a mass[ive] flood. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | — Venus stands in Taurus(!). |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] massive rains wi[ll come] for the king my lord. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77–o 1010 | They should perform [th]at rainmaking [ritual] of Adad, and [they should also] perform all the 'hand-lifting' pr[ayers] that exist with [the ritual]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | "Seek the gate of Adad, bring upuntu-flour in front of him, let maṣhatu-flour come to him as an offering; may he rain down a mist in the morning, let the field furtively bring double (harvest)." |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | When rains become scarce in Akkad, do this! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Bel-le'i, descendant of Egibi, exorcist. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | MUL.MUL a-na UD ŠEG₆.GA₂ ⸢UD ŠEG₆⸣.GA₂ [x x x] | |
| 2 | {mul}dil-bat ina MUL.MUL ⸢GUB⸣-[ma] | |
| 3 | 1 {d}iš-tar AGA KUG.UD ap-rat ⸢A⸣.[KAL] ku-li-li ⸢DU⸣-[kam] | |
| 4 | [A.KAL] ku-li-li A.KAL gap-[šu] | |
| 5 | {[mul]}dil-bat ina {mul}GU.AN.NA GUB-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 6 | [x]+⸢x⸣ A.AN-MEŠ gap-šu-tu ana LUGAL be-li₂-ia ⸢il⸣-[la-ku] | |
| 7 | [dul-lu] ⸢ša₂⸣ {d}IM A.AN a-na za-na-[ni] | |
| 8 | [šu]-u₂ li-pu-šu u₃ ŠU.IL₂.LA.[KAM₂-MEŠ] | |
| 9 | ⸢ma⸣-la i-ba-aš₂-šu₂-u₂ it-ti [dul-li] | |
| 10 | [li]-pu-[šu-ma] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša₂ {d]}⸢IM⸣-ma ši-ʾa-a KA₂-šu₂ bi-li u₂-⸢pu⸣-[un-tu₂] | |
| 2 | ⸢a⸣-na qu-du-mi-šu₂ lil-lik-šum-ma ma-[aṣ-ha-tu₂] | |
| 3 | ni-qu-u₂ ina še-re-e-ti im-ba-ru li-⸢ša₂-az⸣-[nin] | |
| 4 | A.ŠA₃ ki-i šar-ra-qu tu-ma-a-mu liš-⸢ši⸣ | |
| 5 | ki-i zu-un-nu ina KUR—URI{ki} i-te-qi₂-ru an-na-a ⸢ep⸣-[ša₂] | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—DA DUMU {1}e-gi-bi {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ | |
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