RMA 265a (P237885)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 265a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237885 |
| 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 se[en] together: speech of the land will become reliable; the land will become happy; the gods will rememb[er] Akkad favorably; joy among the troops; the king will become happy; the cattle of Akkad [will lie] in the st[eppe] undisturbed. |
| 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, the son [will speak] the truth with his father. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the earth [quakes] all d[ay]: dispersal [of the land]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | If the earth quak[es] in Tammuz (IV): the ruler will be humili[ated] in the land of [his] enemy. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Šapiku [of Borsippa]. |
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 KUR GI.NA ŠA₃-bi KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana SIG₅-tim i-has-sa-[su] | |
| 4 | hu-ud ŠA₃-bi ERIM-ni ŠA₃-bi LUGAL DUG₃-[ab] | |
| 5 | MAŠ₂.ANŠE KUR—URI{ki} par-ga-niš ina ⸢EDIN⸣ [NA₂-iṣ] | |
| 6 | 1 30 20 KUR-ma it-ten-tu-u₂ SI [SI i-dir] | |
| 7 | ina KUR kit-ti GAL₂-[ši] | |
| 8 | DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-ti [i-ta-mi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 KI.TIM ina ka-la ⸢UD⸣-[mu i-nu-uš] | |
| 2 | BIR-ah [KUR] | |
| 3 | 1 KI.TIM ina {iti}ŠU i-nu-[uš] | |
| 4 | NUN ina KUR KUR₂-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | i-qal-[lil] | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}ša₂-pi-ku [DUMU BAR₂.SIPA{ki]} | |
Sources & licences
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