RMA 005 (P237928)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237928 |
| 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 day] reaches its normal length: a reign of long days. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | — The 30th day com[pletes] the measure of the month. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44– | [If] the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Bottom [0:2] b.e. 6b.e. 6– | [From] Nabû-iqiša of [Borsippa]. |
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 ana] ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA-[ik] | |
| 2 | BALA UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-⸢MEŠ⸣ | |
| 3 | [ša] mi-na-at ITI UD 30-KAM₂ u₂-[šal-lam]-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 4 | 1 30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ir KA GI.NA | |
| 5 | ⸢ŠA₃⸣ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| b.e. | ||
| 6 | [ša₂] {1}{d}AG—BA-ša₂ DUMU [BAR₂.SIPA{ki]} | |
Sources & licences
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