RMA 151a (P237957)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 151a |
|---|---|
| ID | P237957 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1'1'–o 4'4' | [reliable speech]; the land will become happy; [the gods will remember] Akkad favorably; the king will reach complete dominion; the cattle of Akkad [will lie in the steppe] undisturbed. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 5'5'–o 6'6' | If at the moon's appearance one horn m[eets] the other: the flood will come. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 7'7'–o 9'9' | Earlier, I wrote to the king my lord as follows: "On the 14th day one god will be seen with the other." |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon reaches the sun and [follows it closely]: there will be truth in the land; [the son] will speak [the truth with his father. — On the 14th day one god] is seen [with the other]. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | If the moon's ho[rns] at its appearance [are very dark]: disbanding of the fortified outposts, [retiring of the guards; there will be] recon[ciliation and peace in the land]. |
| Edge [0:1] e. 1e. 1–e. 1e. 1 | [From] Rašil. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [KA GI.NA] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ KUR DUG₃.GA ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 2' | KUR—URI{ki} ana {mi₂}SIG₅ i-[ha-sa-su] | |
| 3' | LUGAL ga-me-ru-tu₂ DU-[ak] | |
| 4' | bu-lim KUR—URI{ki} par-ga-niš ina [EDIN NA₂-iṣ] | |
| 5' | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI SI i-[dir] | |
| 6' | A.KAL DU-[kam₂] | |
| 7' | ina mah-ri-i a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 8' | al-tap-ra um-ma UD 14-KAM | |
| 9' | DINGIR KI DINGIR IGI | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 20 KUR-ma KI-šu₂ [it-ten-tu ina] KUR | |
| 2 | kit-ti GAL₂ [DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit]-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 3 | i-ta-mu [UD 14-KAM₂ DINGIR KI DINGIR] IGI-[ma] | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-[MEŠ-šu₂ tur-ru-ka] | |
| 5 | DU₈ bi-ra-a-ti a-rad ⸢EN⸣.[NUN-MEŠ] | |
| 6 | taš-[mu]-u₂ u SILIM-mu ina KUR [GAL₂] | |
| 7 | 1 30 [u 20 ⸢šu-ta⸣-tu-u₂ LUGAL [KUR uz-nu DAGAL-aš₂] | |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [ša₂ {1}ra-si—DINGIR | |
Sources & licences
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