RMA 195a (P237934)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 195a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237934 |
| 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 | Jupiter [became visible] in the [east and] stood in the sky for a year [...]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | [L]ast year (on) this day J[upiter] did not [...] its year. Now, until the 10th of Kislev (IX), it has s[tood for x] excessive [days]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Let [them ...] Enūma Anu Enlil. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | Venus ...... |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If] Venus rises [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | Venus rises [...] ... [...]: the land will become [happy]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | The signs of Jupiter and [Venus are similar] to each other. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | 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 {⸢mul⸣}SAG.ME.GAR ina {⸢d⸣}[UTU.E₃ IGI-ma] | |
| 2 | ⸢MU⸣.AN.NA ina AN-e GUB-[ma x x x] | |
| 3 | ⸢šad⸣-da-qad UD-mu a-ga-a {⸢mul⸣}[SAG.ME.GAR] | |
| 4 | [MU].AN.NA-šu₂ ul [x x x x] | |
| 5 | en-na a-di UD 10-KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}⸢GAN⸣ [x x UD-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | ⸢at⸣-ra-a-ti iz-[za-az-ma] | |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣ UD—AN—{d}EN.LIL₂ ⸢li⸣-[x x x] | |
| 8 | 1 {⸢mul⸣}dil-bat lu ⸢ID⸣ A [x x x] | |
| 9 | [x] lu [x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul]}dil-bat KUR-[ma x x x x] | |
| 2 | [x x]-MEŠ ⸢ZI⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ⸢KUR⸣-[ma (x)] ZA ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 4 | ŠA₃ KUR [DUG₃] | |
| 5 | {mul}SAG.ME.GAR u {⸢mul⸣}[dil-bat x x x] | |
| 6 | GISKIM-MEŠ-šu₂-nu a-na a-⸢ha-meš⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-[ir] | |
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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