RMA 017 (P237891)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237891 |
| 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 the moon at its appearance wears a crown: the king will reach the highest rank. — It becomes visible on the 1st day. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 44– | If the day reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. — The 30th day will complete the measure of the month. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: good for Akkad, bad for Elam and the Westland. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | Ab (V) means Akkad. It is good for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | 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 | LUGAL SAG.KAL-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 3 | UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ma | |
| 4 | 1 UD ana ŠID-ME-šu₂ GID₂ | |
| 5 | BALA UD-ME GID₂-MEŠ | |
| 6 | mi-na-at ITI | |
| 7 | UD 30-KAM₂ u₂-šal-lam-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ma | |
| 2 | SIG₅ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 3 | HUL {kur}NIM u MAR | |
| 4 | {iti}NE KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 5 | SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{d}PA—MU—GAR-un | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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