RMA 241 (P237930)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 241 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237930 |
| 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 Pleiades come close to the top of the moon and stand there: the king will exercise world dominion, his land will expand. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | If at the appearance of the moon the Pleiades stand at its side: the king will exercise world dominion; his land will submit to him. |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77– | If the Pleiades [enter the moon] and come o[ut] to the north: Akkad will become happy; the king of Akkad will become strong and have no rival. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Bel-ahhe-eriba, son of Lâbaši-ilu. |
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 MUL.MUL ana UGU 30 SI₄-ma | |
| 2 | GUB-iz LUGAL ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 3 | KUR-su DAGAL-iš | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ MUL.MUL ina A₂-šu₂ | |
| 5 | GUB-MEŠ LUGAL ŠU₂-tu₂ DU₃-uš | |
| 6 | KUR-su GAM-su | |
| 7 | 1 MUL.MUL [ana ŠA₃ 30 TU]-⸢MEŠ-ma⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ana {im}SI.SA₂ ⸢E₃⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ KUR—URI{ki} DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | LUGAL URI{ki} KALAG.GA-ma | |
| 4 | GABA.RI NU TUK-ši | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—ŠEŠ-MEŠ—eri-ba DUMU {1}la—a-ba-ši—DINGIR | |
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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