RMA 025 (P237879)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 025 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237879 |
| 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 moon becomes visible in [Ni]san (I) on the 30th day: [...] will devour the We[stla]nd. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are very dark: [disbanding of the fortified] outposts, [retiring of the guards]; there will be reconciliation [and pea]ce in the land. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | Gi means "to be dark," gi means "to be well," gi means "to be stable." Its horns are stable. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | (It is) bad for the Westland, and good for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Zakir. |
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 30 ina {⸢iti}BARAG⸣ UD 30-KAM₂ IGI-⸢ir⸣ | |
| 2 | [x]{ki} ⸢MAR⸣{ki} KU₂ | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI].LAL-šu₂ SI-ME-šu₂ tur-ru-ka | |
| 4 | [pa-ṭar bi-ra]-a-ti | |
| 5 | [a-rad EN.NUN-MEŠ] taš-mu-u₂ | |
| 6 | [u sa-li]-mu ina KUR GAL₂-[ši] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GI ta-ra-ki | |
| 2 | GI ša₂-la-mu | |
| 3 | GI ka-a-nu | |
| 4 | SI-ME-šu₂ kun-na | |
| 5 | HUL ša₂ KUR—MAR{ki} u₃ SIG₅ | |
| 6 | ša₂ LUGAL EN-ia | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}za-kir | |
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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