RMA 013 (P237908)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237908 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | If the moon at its appearance [wears a] cr[own: regular]ly the harvest of the land will prosp[er; the land will live as if in pastures near the city]; the king [will reach] the highest r[ank]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | From Ahhešâ of [Uruk]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 2 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ⸢AGA⸣ [a-pir SAG.UŠ]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 3 | BURU₁₄ KUR SI.⸢SA₂⸣ [KUR a-bur-riš TUŠ]-⸢ab⸣ | |
| 4 | LUGAL SAG.⸢KAL⸣-[tu₂ DU] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}ŠEŠ-MEŠ-ša₂-a {lu₂}[UNUG{ki}a.a] | |
Sources & licences
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