RMA 164 (P237892)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 164 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237892 |
| 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 on the 15th day the moon and sun are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his weapons against the land; the enemy will tear down the city gate. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the moon becomes late and is not seen: attack of a ruling city. — On the 15th day it is seen together with the sun. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | If the train of a meteor goes from east to west: rout; the enemy will defeat me and take the land. |
| Reverse [4:8] r 55–r 88 | Iyyar (II), Sivan (III), Tammuz (IV), Ab (V), Elul (VI): (for) these five months one god was not seen with the other on the 14th day. The king should know it and be informed. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | From Rašil the older, servant of the king. |
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 UD 15-KAM₂ 30 u 20 it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 3 | ana KUR i-na-aš₂-ša₂-a | |
| 4 | KA₂.GAL URU KUR₂ i-naq-qar | |
| 5 | 1 30 uh-hi-ram-ma NU IGI-ir | |
| 6 | te-be₂-e URU kiš-ša₂-ti | |
| 7 | UD 15-KAM₂ KI {d}UTU IGI-ma | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 mi-ši-ih MUL TA {im}KUR.RA | |
| 2 | a-na {im}MAR.TU im-šu-uh | |
| 3 | KAR-ti KUR₂ ŠI.ŠI-a-a ⸢GAZ-ma⸣ | |
| 4 | KUR TI-qi₂ | |
| 5 | {iti}GUD {iti}SIG₄ {iti}ŠU {iti}NE {iti}KIN | |
| 6 | 05 ITI-MEŠ an-nu-ti | |
| 7 | UD 14-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR NU IGI-[mar] | |
| 8 | LUGAL lu-u₂ i-di u lu ha-⸢si⸣-[is] | |
| 9 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ LUGAL IGI-u | |
Sources & licences
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