RMA 137 (P237889)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 137 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237889 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | 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; joy will be set up among the troops. |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land [will wid]en his understanding. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable [speec]h will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king] of the land will make the throne last long. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If at the [moon's] appearance the south wind rises: downfall of the Westland. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 4r 4 | If a cloudbank lies at the left of the sun and burns greatly: omen of the king of the Westland whom his ... seized. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 55–r 55 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u₃ 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 3 | ana {mi₂}SIG₅ i-ha-as-sa-su hu-ud ŠA₃ ERIM-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 4 | 1 30 u₃ 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ LUGAL KUR uz-nu [DAGAL]-aš₂ | |
| 5 | 1 30 u₃ 20 šit-qul-lu KUR GI.NA | |
| 6 | [at-mu]-u₂ ki-i-nu ina pi-i UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 7 | [LUGAL] KUR {giš}GU.ZA u₂-lab-bar | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina] IGI.LAL-šu₂ {im}U₁₈.LU ZI-a | |
| 2 | ŠUB MAR.TU{ki} | |
| 3 | 1 ina 150 20 ni-du ŠUB ma-a-du TAB-uṭ | |
| 4 | BA₃-ut LUGAL MAR.TU{ki} ša₂ a-gur-ri-šu₂ DIB-šu₂ | |
| iṣ-ba-tu-uš | ||
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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