RMA 269 (P237900)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 269 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237900 |
| 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 day] on the west [side] becomes covered with clouds: it shows famine for the king of the West. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [If an eclipse] is red [on the west side] and rides the south wind: locusts will attack. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [If] the sun is eclipsed in Iyyar (II) on the 28th day: the days of the king will be long; the land will enjoy abundant business. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | If the sun becomes eclipsed in Iyyar (II): the land will eat plentiful food; the days of the king will be long. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | If the sun at its rising is like a crescent and wears a crown like the moon: the king will capture his enemy's land; evil will leave the land, and (the land) will experience good. |
| Obverse [8:15] o 99– | If there is a solar eclipse in Iyyar (II) on the 29th day, it begins in the north and becomes stable in the south, its left horn is pointed, its right horn long: the gods of all four quarters will become confused; great ... will be spoken by the gods; rise of a rebel king; the throne will change within five years; there will be rebellion in Akkad; [...] will die; a son will kill his father, a brother will kill his brother; rulers will lie down [...]; |
| Reverse [1:11] r 22–r 1111 | there will be a king of 100 days in Akkad; that king will be ...; the enemy will take a border city of mine; that king will die, and the weapon will be carried o[ff] from the temple of Enlil; there will be deaths within one day; the king of the Westland and the ki[ng of Sub]artu will come near to each other; in the west, a deva[statin]g flood will occur, in the east, [divine statues] will be torn down; [people] will [become hungry]; a city (keeping) the treasure of the god will let his possessions go out; the king of Elam [will die]; the king of Subartu will die; the king of the Westland will die, but angry gods will return to the land, and (there will be) plenitude of grain. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [...] forever for Elam [...]. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1313–r 1313 | [From Raš]il 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 A₂] {im}MAR.TU hu-bi-a i-ta-rim SU.KU₂ LUGAL MAR.TU | |
| 2 | u₂-kal-⸢lam⸣ | |
| 3 | 1 AN.MI A₂ MAR.TU] SA₅-ma {im}U₁₈.LU ra-kib BURU₅-HI.A ZI-[a] | |
| 4 | 1 {iti}GUD UD 28-KAM₂ 20 |KA×MI| LUGAL UD-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | KUR KI.LAM nap-ša₂ KU₂ | |
| 6 | 1 {iti}GUD 20 |KA×MI| NINDA nap-ša KUR KU₂ UD-MEŠ LUGAL GID₂-MEŠ | |
| 7 | 1 20 ina KUR-šu₂ GIM UD.SAR-ma GIM 30 AGA a-pir | |
| 8 | LUGAL KUR KUR₂-šu₂ KUR-ad₂ KUR HUL-ša₂ TAG₄-ši₂-ma SIG₅ IGI-mar | |
| 9 | 1 ina {iti}GUD UD 29-KAM₂ {d}UTU AN.MI GAR ina {im}SI.SA₂ SAR-ma | |
| 10 | ina {im}U₁₈.LU GI.NA SI KAB-šu₂ ed-da-at | |
| 11 | SI ZAG-šu₂ GID₂.DA-at DINGIR-MEŠ UB.DA.LIMMU₂.BA LU₃-MEŠ | |
| 12 | x GAL ina KA DINGIR DUG₄.GA ZI-ut LUGAL IM.GI | |
| 13 | AŠ.TE ana MU 05-KAM₂ KUR₂-ir HI.GAR ina KUR—URI{ki} GAL₂-ši | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x] UŠ₂ DUMU AD-šu₂ GAZ ŠEŠ ŠEŠ-šu₂ GAZ NUN-MEŠ NA₂-MEŠ [x] | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ 01-me UD-ME ina KUR—URI{ki} GAL₂ LUGAL BI UR.KU in-na-pal | |
| 3 | KUR₂ URU ZAG-MU DIB-bat LUGAL BI UŠ₂-ma {giš}TUKUL ina E₂—{d}EN.LIL₂ it-tab-⸢bal⸣ | |
| 4 | NAM.UŠ₂-MEŠ UD 01-KAM₂ GAL₂-MEŠ LUGAL MAR.TU{ki} | |
| 5 | u ⸢LUGAL SU.BIR₄{ki⸣} a-na a-ha-meš TE-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A A.[MA.RU na]-as-pan-ti GAR-an | |
| 7 | ina {d}UTU.E₃.[A DINGIR-MEŠ] in-na-qa-ru | |
| 8 | [UN]-MEŠ i-[bir-ra]-a URU ŠEŠ-ti DINGIR NIG₂.GA-šu₂ E₃ | |
| 9 | LUGAL NIM.⸢MA⸣{[ki} UŠ₂] LUGAL SU.BIR₄{ki} UŠ₂ LUGAL MAR.TU UŠ₂ | |
| 10 | u DINGIR-MEŠ ze-nu-ti ana KUR GUR-MEŠ-nim-ma | |
| 11 | ⸢na⸣-pa-aš₂ {d}NISABA | |
| 12 | [x] ⸢UD⸣ ṣa-a-ti ana {kur}NIM.MA{ki} [x] | |
| 13 | [ša {1}TUK-ši]—⸢DINGIR⸣ ARAD ša₂ LUGAL IGI-u | |
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