RMA 046a (P237931)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 046a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237931 |
| 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 moon) [becomes visible] on the 1st day: reliable [speech]; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | On the xth day one god will be seen with the other: good for the king my lord. |
| Obverse [4:10] o 55– | [...] where ... stands [......] ... [... the days] of the ruler [wil]l be long. [...] an eclipse ... [...] ... passed. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | A sign for [the king] my lord on that day [...] ... |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [From] Rašil,...... |
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 ina UD 01-[KAM₂ IGI KA] GI.NA | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 3 | UD x-KAM₂ ⸢DINGIR KI DINGIR⸣ in-nam-mar | |
| 4 | {⸢mi₂}SIG₅ ša₂⸣ LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 5 | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ a-di AGA iz-za-az | |
| 6 | [x x]+⸢x⸣ ur qu | |
| 7 | [x x UD]-⸢MEŠ⸣ NUN ⸢GID₂⸣.DA-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢AN.MI x x⸣ | |
| 2 | [x x] i ⸢x x⸣ i-te-te-eq | |
| 3 | ⸢GISKIM ša₂⸣ [LUGAL] be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 4 | ina UD-mi ⸢ul⸣-li-i | |
| 5 | [x x] KUR ŠEŠ | |
| 6 | [ša₂] {1}TUK-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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