RMA 225 (P237956)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 225 |
|---|---|
| ID | P237956 |
| 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 1'1'–o 2'2' | If [Mercury ......]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [...... the gods] will make a favorable decision [about ...]; there will be [rains] and floods. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | — Mercury stands inside the Swallow star. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | [If] a planet comes close to the Tigris star: there will be rains and floods. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | — Mercury became visible in the east. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [......] eclipse of Subartu [......]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | If the moon [becomes visible ......] as in intercalary Adar (XII/2) on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | Now in intercalary Adar (XII/2) on the 1st day the moon will become visible: [in] Subartu speech will become reliable; the land will become happy. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | [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}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD x x x x x] | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ana {mi₂}SIG₅ GALGA-MEŠ | |
| 4' | [A.AN]-MEŠ u₃ A.KAL-MEŠ GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 5' | {[mul]}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD ina ŠA₃ {mul}SIM.MAH GUB-ma | |
| 6' | 1 {⸢mul⸣}UDU.IDIM a-na {mul}{id₂}IDIGNA TE | |
| 7' | A.AN-MEŠ u₃ A.KAL-MEŠ GAL₂-[MEŠ] | |
| 8' | {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD ina {d}UTU.E₃ it-tan-⸢mar⸣-[ma] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x x x x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [x x] EN [x x x x] | |
| 3' | [x x x x] AN.MI SU.BIR₄{⸢ki⸣} [x x x x] | |
| 4' | 1 30 ki-i ina {iti}DIRI.ŠE UD 01-KAM₂ [IGI x x x] | |
| 5' | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-ab | |
| 6' | ⸢en⸣-na ina {iti}DIRI.ŠE UD 01-KAM₂ 30 in-nam-⸢mar⸣ | |
| 7' | [ina {kur]}SU.BIR₄{ki} KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃-[ab] | |
| 8' | [ša₂ {1}{d]}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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