RMA 165a (P237910)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 165a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237910 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | If on the 15th day the moon and [sun] are seen together: a strong enemy will raise his [weapons] against the land; [the shrine]s of the [great] god[s will be torn down]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | attack of a ruling city. — On the 15th day one god is seen with the other. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | 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 UD 15-KAM₂ 30 u 20 | |
| 2 | it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-[MEŠ] | |
| 3 | {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu {giš}⸢TUKUL⸣-[MEŠ-šu₂] | |
| 4 | ana KUR ina-aš-[ša₂-a] | |
| 5 | [BARAG]-MEŠ DINGIR-[MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ina-qar] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | te-be₂-e URU kiš-ša₂-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 2' | UD 15-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR IGI-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 3' | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ LUGAL IGI-[u] | |
Sources & licences
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