RMA 136n (P237917)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136n |
|---|---|
| ID | P237917 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | If on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen [tog]ether: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember A[kkad] favorably; there will be joy among the people; the king will become [happy]. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the moon rea[ches] the sun [and follows it closely], and one horn m[eets] the other: [the son will speak truth with his] father [......]. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon and sun [are in balance]: re[liable] speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king [of the land will make the throne] last [long]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | If the moon and [sun are in opposition]: the king of the land [will widen his understanding]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | From Nabû-šu[ma-iškun]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u 20 [KI a-ha]-meš IGI-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—[URI{ki]} | |
| 3 | ana SIG₅-tim i-has-sa-su | |
| 4 | hu-ud ŠA₃ UN-MEŠ GAR-an ⸢ŠA₃ LUGAL DUG₃-ab⸣ | |
| 5 | 1 30 20 ik-šu-⸢dam⸣-[ma KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu₂] | |
| 6 | SI SI i-[dir] | |
| 7 | [DUMU KI] AD-[šu₂ kit-ti i-ta-mi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u 20 [šit-qu-lu] | |
| 2 | at-mu-u₂ ⸢ki⸣-[i]-nu ina KA UN-MEŠ | |
| 3 | GAR-an LUGAL [KUR {giš}GU].⸢ZA⸣ SUMUN-⸢bar⸣ | |
| 4 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂] | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR [uz-na DAGAL-aš₂] | |
| 6 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—⸢MU⸣—[GAR-un] | |
Sources & licences
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