RMA 148 (P237894)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 148 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237894 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [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 [among the troops]; the king will reach the highest rank; the cattle of [Akkad wi]ll lie in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88– | I.e., on the 14th day each [month one god] will [be seen with the other]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | (The moon) came into opposition with [the sun] on the appropriate day, and [its] position is equal (to the sun's) portending a reign of long days, (and) well-being of the king of the world and [his] people. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [From] Rašil the older, servant of the king. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 ⸢UD 14-KAM₂⸣ 30 u 20 it-ti [a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab [DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 3 | ana {mi₂}SIG₅ i-[has-sa]-su hu-ud ŠA₃ [ERIM-ni] | |
| 4 | LUGAL SAG.KAL-tu₂ DU-ak bu-lim KUR—[URI{ki]} | |
| 5 | par₂-ga-niš ina EDIN i-rab-⸢bi⸣-[iṣ] | |
| 6 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-[u₂] | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR uz-nu DAGAL-[aš₂] | |
| 8 | ša₂ UD 14-KAM₂ ITI-[us-su DINGIR KI DINGIR] | |
| 9 | in-⸢nam⸣-[ma-ru] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 a-na BALA UD-ME GID₂.DA-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | ša₂-lam LUGAL ŠU₂ u UN-MEŠ-[šu₂] | |
| 3 | ina UD-mu a-dan-ni-šu₂ it-[ti {d}UTU] | |
| 4 | uš-ta-ta-a ša₂-ni-in man-[za-as-su] | |
| 5 | [ša₂] {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ | |
| 6 | mah-ru-u₂ | |
Sources & licences
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