RMA 022a (P237914)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 022a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237914 |
| 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 the moon] becomes visible [on the 1st day: speech] will become reliable; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [3:10] o 44– | [If ...] originates in the lower part of the appearing moon: [...] a throne of quiet; [the king's] reign will become stable; [...] will order much [business]. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | [— Merc]ury is seen at the appearance of the moon. |
| 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 UD 01-KAM₂ in]-na-mir | |
| 2 | [KA] i-ka-nu | |
| 3 | [ŠA₃] ma-a-ti i-ṭa-bi | |
| 4 | 1 ina] SUHUŠ ta-mar-ti {d}30 | |
| 5 | [x x] it-tab-ši | |
| 6 | [x] {giš}GU.ZA NE.HA | |
| 7 | [LUGAL] ⸢BALA⸣-šu₂ i-ka-nu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [KI.LAM] ma-aʾ-du | |
| 2 | [x x u₂]-⸢ma⸣-ʾa-ar | |
| 3 | {[mul}UDU.IDIM].GUD.UD | |
| 4 | ⸢ina⸣ ta-mar-ti {d}30 | |
| 5 | [in]-na-mar-ma | |
| 6 | [ša₂ {1}{d]}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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