RMA 066 (P237896)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237896 |
| 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 the moon becomes visible in Sivan (III) on the 30th day: the Ahlam[û will devour] the wealth of the Westland. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor [of an enemy] in the land. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66– | If the moon at its appearance stands low and becomes visible: [the enemy] will plunder in the land. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [If the moon at its app]earance stands low and becomes visible: a present from a distant land will come [to] the king of the world, variant: a messenger will come. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [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 30 ina⸣ {iti}SIG₄ UD 30-KAM₂ IGI-[ir] | |
| 2 | ṭuh-du MAR.TU{ki} ah-la-⸢mu⸣-[u₂ KU₂] | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina UD 30-KAM₂ IGI-[ir] | |
| 4 | šu-ru-up-pu-u₂ GU₃-mu [KUR₂] | |
| 5 | ina KUR GAL₂-[ši] | |
| 6 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ uš-tap-pil-ma ⸢IGI⸣-[ir] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {[lu₂}KUR₂] ⸢ina⸣ KUR i-leq-⸢qi₂⸣ | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina IGI].LAL-šu₂ u₂-šap-pil-ma IGI-ir | |
| 3 | [šu]-bil-ti KUR SUD-ti | |
| 4 | [a-na] LUGAL ŠU₂ DU-ak {lu₂}A—KIN {lu₂}A—KIN | |
| 5 | [o] il-la-ka | |
| 6 | [ša₂] {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ LUGAL IGI-u | |
Sources & licences
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