RMA 245 (P237952)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 245 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237952 |
| 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 Destruction star stands inside the moon: there will be an eclipse of Subartu. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the Bow star comes close to the top of the moon and enters the moon: the days of the ruler will end. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | The moon will ... for one year. |
| Obverse [5:12] o 66– | The king should know (this) and be circumspect; let him guard himself. On an unfavorable day the king must not go out into the street, until the term of the (ominous) sign has expired. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | A sign from a star (is valid) for one month of days. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Rašil the older, servant of the king. |
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}GILIM.MA ina ŠA₃ 30 GUB | |
| 2 | AN.MI SU.BIR₄ GAR-an | |
| 3 | 1 {mul}BAN ana UGU 30 SI₄-ma | |
| 4 | ana ŠA₃ 30 TU UD-MEŠ NUN TIL-MEŠ | |
| 5 | {d}30 ana MU 01-KAM₂ GID₂.DA | |
| 6 | LUGAL lu i-di lu la-ti-ik | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-ṣar-ti ša₂ ra-ma-ni-šu₂ | |
| 2 | li-iṣ-ṣur ina UD la ṭa-a-bi | |
| 3 | LUGAL a-na su-u₂-qu la uṣ-ṣa-a | |
| 4 | a-di a-dan-šu₂ ša₂ it-ti | |
| 5 | it-ti-qu | |
| 6 | it-ti ša₂ MUL a-di ITI UD-MEŠ | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ LUGAL mah-ru-u₂ | |
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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