RMA 153 (P237887)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237887 |
| 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 does not wait for the sun [but sets]: raging of lion[s and wolves]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | I.e., on the 14th day one god is not [seen] with the other. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | If at the appearance of the moon one horn pa[sses] the other: hostility will take place. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | I.e., on the 14th day one god is not se[en] with the other. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | If the moon is fast in its course: business will diminish. — On the 15th day it will be seen with the sun. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | This night a halo surrounded the moon, Virgo and the Frond star stood in it. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and the Bow star stands in it: men will rage, and robberies will become numerous in the land. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | If the moon is surrounded by a river: there will be great floods and cloudbursts. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | — The Frond star stands in the halo of the moon. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | From Nabû-iqiša of Bor[sippa]. |
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 {d}UTU la u₂-qi₂-[ma ir-bi] | |
| 2 | na-an-dur UR.MAH-⸢MEŠ⸣ [u UR.BAR.RA-MEŠ] | |
| 3 | ša₂ UD 14-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR la in-[nam-mar-ma] | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI SI i-⸢ti⸣-[iq] | |
| 5 | {mi₂}KUR₂ GAR-an | |
| 6 | ša₂ UD 14-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR la in-nam-[mar-ma] | |
| 7 | 1 30 ina DU-šu₂ e-zi KI.LAM TUR-ir | |
| 8 | UD 15-KAM₂ KI {d}UTU IGI-mar-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1 | mu-ši a-ga-a {d}30 TUR₃ il-ta-mi | |
| 2 | {mul}AB.SIN₂ u {mul}A.EDIN ina ŠA₃-bi u₂-šu-uz-zu | |
| 3 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN-ma {mul}{d}BAN ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB | |
| 4 | GURUŠ-MEŠ in-na-da-ru-ma | |
| 5 | hu-ub-bu-tu ina KUR i-man-du | |
| 6 | 1 30 ID₂ NIGIN-mi ri-ih-ṣu u ra-a-[du] | |
| 7 | GAL-MEŠ GAL₂-MEŠ {mul}A.EDIN | |
| 8 | ina TUR₃ {d}30 GUB-az-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 9 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ DUMU BAR₂.[SIPA{ki]} | |
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