RMA 041 (P237886)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237886 |
| 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 at its appearance wears a crown: constantly the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will dwell as if in pastures near the city; the king will reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55– | If at the moon's appearance its right horn becomes long, and its left horn short: the king will conquer a land not his own. — The moon will complete the 30th day. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: good for Akkad, bad for Elam and the Westland. |
| 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 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 2 | SAG.UŠ-ma BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 3 | KUR a-bur-riš TUŠ-ab | |
| 4 | LUGAL SAG.KAL-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI 15-šu₂ GID₂-ma | |
| 6 | SI 150-šu₂ ik-ri | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR la šu-a-ti | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ŠU-su KUR-ad₂ | |
| 2 | 30 UD 30-KAM₂ u₂-šal-lam-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 3 | 1 UD ana ŠID-ME-šu₂ GID₂.⸢DA⸣ | |
| 4 | BALA UD-ME GID₂-ME | |
| 5 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ma | |
| 6 | SIG₅ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 7 | HUL {kur}NIM u MAR | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—MU—GAR-un | |
Sources & licences
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