RMA 277m (P238009)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 277m |
|---|---|
| ID | P238009 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [Venus became visible] in the west in the path of [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If Venus] becomes visible [......]: there will be no [......]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [......] west |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [......] good for Akkad. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [From Aplay]a of Borsippa. |
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 | {[mul}dil-bat ina {d]}UTU.ŠU₂.A ina KASKAL šu-ut | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}dil-bat x x]+⸢x⸣ IGI-ir | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] NU GAL₂-ši | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A | |
| 4 | [x x x x x] SIG₅ ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 5 | [ša₂ {1}DUMU.UŠ]-a DUMU BAR₂.SIPA{ki} | |
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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