RMA 123 (P237875)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237875 |
| 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 13th day] the moon and sun are seen together: [un]reliable speech; the way of the land will not be straight; there will be footsteps of the enemy; the enemy will take away (booty) in the land. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [If in Elu]l (VI) the north wind blows continually: prosperity will come equally for rikibtu trees; the Igigi gods are reconciled with the land; the land will see plenty. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | "rikibtu trees" (means) all kinds of garden fruits. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | This year dates and wine will prosper. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | In Tishri (VII) the moon will become visible on the 30th day. |
| Reverse [1:3] r 22–r 33 | From this day until Elul (VI) of next year the moon will not be seen with the sun on the 13th day. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If the sun rises and the sky becomes red-brown: good years; the king will become strong. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Nergal-eṭir, son of Gahul-Tutu. |
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 13-⸢KAM₂⸣ 30 u₃ 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | KA [NU] GI.NA A.RA₂ KUR NU SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | GIR₃.2 {lu₂}KUR₂ GAL₂-ši {lu₂}KUR₂ ina KUR TI-qi₂ | |
| 4 | 1 ina {⸢iti}KIN⸣ {im}SI.SA₂ sad-rat-ma il-lak | |
| 5 | ana [x] GIŠ-MEŠ ri-kib-ti 01-niš SI.SA₂ il-lak | |
| 6 | {d}5.1.1 KI KUR sal-mu KUR HE₂.NUN IGI-mar | |
| 7 | GIŠ-MEŠ ri-kib-ti u GURUN {giš}SAR ka-la-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 8 | MU.AN.NA a-ga-a ZU₂.LUM.MA u GEŠTIN SI.SA₂-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}DU₆ UD 30-KAM₂ 30 in-nam-mar | |
| 2 | ul-tu UD-mu an-ni-i a-di {iti}KIN ša₂ ba-laṭ | |
| 3 | UD 13-KAM₂ 30 KI 20 ul in-nam-mar | |
| 4 | 1 20 KUR-ma AN-u₂ i-si-mu MU-MEŠ | |
| 5 | dam-qa-a-ti LUGAL i-dan-nin | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir DUMU {1}ga-hul₂—{d}tu-tu | |
Sources & licences
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