RMA 266a (P237899)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 266a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237899 |
| 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 in Shebat (XI)] there is an earthquake: [the furrow] will bring its [yiel]d, variant: will reduce (it); there will be [campai]gns of the enemy. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [If in Shebat (XI) the earth] quakes: the enemy will take up residence in the ruler's palace; [the ruler] will be humiliated [in the land] of his enemy. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66– | [If the earth] quakes at night: worry for the land, [variant: abando]ning of the land. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | An earthquake portends revolution. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | [...] this [sig]n indicates attack of the enemy. Let [the king my lord] strengthen the guard everywhere (lit. right and left) where [...] is present. [Maybe an] enemy will come into being. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [From Šapiku] of Borsippa. |
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 ina {iti}ZIZ₂] ri-i-bu i-ru-ub | |
| 2 | [AB.SIN₂ GU₂].⸢UN⸣-sa₃ IL₂ KI.MIN LA₂-ṭa | |
| 3 | [ger]-⸢ret⸣ KUR₂ GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 4 | 1 ina {iti}ZIZ₂ KI] i-ru-ub ina E₂.GAL NUN KUR₂ TUŠ-ab | |
| 5 | [NUN ina KUR] ⸢KUR₂⸣-šu₂ i-qal-lil | |
| 6 | 1 KI ina] MI i-nu-uš na-zaq KUR | |
| 7 | [KI.MIN] ⸢ŠUB⸣-e KUR | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 ri-i-bu ana na-bal-kat-ti | |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢GISKIM⸣ an-nit ša₂ ZI-ib KUR₂ ši-i | |
| 3 | [LUGAL be-li₂] EN.NUN 15 u 150 ⸢a⸣-šar | |
| 4 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ qer-bu li-dan-nin | |
| 5 | [min₃-de-ma] ⸢KUR₂⸣ ib-ba-aš₂-ši | |
| 6 | [ša₂ {1}ša₂-pi-ku] DUMU BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
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
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