RMA 146a (P237909)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 146a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237909 |
| 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] and sun are in opposition: [the ki]ng of the land wi[ll wid]en his understanding. |
| Obverse [2:9] o 33– | [If] the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth [of people; the king of the land] will make [the throne] last long. [......] ... [......]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | [......] ... [...] will give advice; the harvest of the land will prosper; the land will see plenty. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | On the 20th day of Iyyar (II) let him kill a snake: he will reach the highest rank. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
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 u₃ 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 2 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ KUR uz-na u₂-[rap-pa]-aš₂ | |
| 3 | 1 30 u₃ 20 šit-qu₂-lu | |
| 4 | KUR i-kan at-[mu]-u₂ ki-i-nu | |
| 5 | ina pi-[i UN-MEŠ iš]-šak-kan | |
| 6 | [LUGAL KUR {giš}GU.ZA u₂]-lab-bar | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x] nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x x x]-bi | |
| 2 | [x x x i]-ma-al-li-ku | |
| 3 | BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ KUR HE₂.NUN im-mar | |
| 4 | ina {iti}GUD UD 20-KAM₂ MUŠ li-duk | |
| 5 | a-ša₂-ri-du-ti il-lak | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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