RMA 136m (P237884)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136m |
|---|---|
| ID | P237884 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [If] on the 14th day [the moon and sun are seen together]: reliable speech; the land will become happy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad] favorably; [the cattle of Akkad] will lie in the steppe undisturbed; there will be joy among the people; [the king will become] happy. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | If the moon reaches the sun and [follows it closely], and one horn meets the other: there will be truth in the land, and the son [will speak] the truth with his father. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon and sun are in balance: [reliable] speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the foundation of the king's t[hrone will become stable]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding; there will be truth [in the land]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Nabû-iqbi. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 14-⸢KAM₂⸣ 30 u 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-⸢ab⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 3 | ana SIG₅-tim i-has-sa-su [MAŠ₂.ANŠE KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 4 | par-ga-niš ina EDIN i-rab-bi-[iṣ] | |
| 5 | hu-ud ŠA₃ UN-MEŠ GAR-an ŠA₃ [LUGAL DUG₃] | |
| 6 | 1 30 20 ik-šu-dam-ma [KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu] | |
| 7 | SI SI i-dir ina KUR ⸢kit⸣-[tu] | |
| 8 | GAL₂-ši-ma DUMU KI <AD>-šu₂ ⸢kit⸣-[ti i-ta-mi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u 20 šit-qul-lu at-⸢mu⸣-[u₂ ki-i-nu] | |
| 2 | ina KA UN-MEŠ GAR-an LUGAL SUHUŠ {⸢giš⸣}[GU.ZA-šu₂ GI.NA] | |
| 3 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-[u₂] | |
| 4 | LUGAL KUR uz-nu DAGAL [ina KUR] | |
| 5 | kit-ti GAL₂-[ši] | |
| 6 | ⸢ša₂⸣ {1}{d}AG—iq-bi [x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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