RMA 187 (P237893)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 187 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237893 |
| 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 J]upiter passes to the west: quiet [dwelling] and complete well-being will come down on the land. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — It is seen in front of Cancer. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | If Jupiter stands in the path of the Enlil stars and its light ... carries radiance, and Nēberu [......] Akkad will thrive; the king of Akkad will become strong. |
| Obverse [6:15] o 77– | If Nēberu rises and the gods get peace: there will be [abu]ndance; confused (things) will be made bright, [blu]rred (things) will clear; rain and flood [will c]ome; the harvest-time grass will last until winter, the winter grass until harvest time; all lands will dwell in quiet; the gods are accepting sacrifices, listening to prayers; they(!) will keep answering the diviner's queries. |
| Reverse [4:7] r 55–r 77 | If a meteor which is like a torch flashes from the east and sets in the west: the troops of the enemy will fall in battle, variant: the main army of the enemy will fall. |
| Reverse [7:10] r 88–r 1010 | At the beginning of your kingship, Jupiter was seen in his true position. May the lord of the gods make you happy and extend your days! |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | From Ašaredu, son of Damq[a]. |
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 {mul]}SAG.ME.GAR a-na {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A i-ti-iq | |
| 2 | [KI.TUŠ] ne₂-eh-ti šu-lum {mi₂}SIG₅ ana KUR ur-ra-da | |
| 3 | i-na pa-an {mul}AL.LUL in-nam-mar-ma | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina KASKAL šu-ut {d}EN.[LIL₂] ⸢GUB⸣-ma ⸢ZALAG₂-šu₂ x⸣ | |
| 5 | ŠE.ER.ZI IL₂-ma {d}ne₂-bi-ru [x] x [x] | |
| 6 | KUR—URI{ki} ina-hi-iš LUGAL URI{ki} i-dan-[nin] | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}ne₂-bi-ru SAR-ma DINGIR-MEŠ SILIM-ma TUK-MEŠ | |
| 8 | [me]-šir₃-tu GAL₂-ši e-ša₂-a-ti i-nam-mi-ra | |
| 9 | [dal]-ha-a-ti i-zak-ka-a A.AN u A.KAL | |
| 10 | [DU]-MEŠ-ni di-iš BURU₁₄ a-na EN.TE.NA | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [di]-iš EN.TE.NA a-na BURU₁₄ uš-ta-bar-ri | |
| 2 | KUR.KUR KI.TUŠ ne₂-eh-ti TUŠ-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ SISKUR | |
| 3 | mah-ru taṣ-li-ti še-mu-u₂ {uzu}UR₅-MEŠ {lu₂}HAL | |
| 4 | i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 5 | 1 MUL—GAL ša₂ ki-ma IZI.GAR TA {d}UTU.E₃ SUR-ma | |
| 6 | ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A ŠU₂-bi ERIM-ni {[lu₂]}KUR₂ ina ME₃ | |
| 7 | ERIM-ni {lu₂}KUR₂ ina DUGUD-ša₂ ŠUB-ut | |
| 8 | re-eš LUGAL-ti-ka {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina man-za-zi-šu₂ | |
| 9 | ki-i-ni it-tan-mar EN DINGIR-MEŠ ŠA₃-ba-ka | |
| 10 | lu-ṭi-ib-ka UD-ME-ka lu-ur-rik | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}a-ša₂-ri-du DUMU {1}dam-⸢qa⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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