RMA 095 (P237883)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237883 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and Jupiter stands in it: the king will be shut up. (But) its halo was not closed; (so) it does not portend evil. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55– | If the Frond star stands with [...]: for [...] a sign, an equivalent of a sign portending good will be there in the sky. |
| Reverse [2:7] r 33–r 77 | If Šarur and Šargaz of the sting of Scorpius keep gaining radiance: the weapons of Akkad are raised. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | From Nabû-šuma-iškun. |
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 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma {d}SAG.ME.GAR | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB LUGAL u₂-ta-sar | |
| 3 | TUR₃-su ul ka-ṣir | |
| 4 | ana HUL ul i-la-pat | |
| 5 | 1 {mul}A.EDIN KI ⸢x⸣+[x] | |
| 6 | u₂-šu₂-uz ana a-⸢x⸣+[x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | GISKIM mi-hir GISKIM ana SIG₅ | |
| 2 | ina AN-e i-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 3 | 1 {d}ŠAR₂.UR₄ u {d}ŠAR₂.GAZ | |
| 4 | ša₂ zi-qit {mul}GIR₂.TAB | |
| 5 | it-ta-na-an-bi-ṭu | |
| 6 | {giš}TUKUL-ME KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 7 | ⸢te⸣-bu-u₂ | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—MU—GAR-un | |
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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