RMA 115c (P238026)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 115c |
|---|---|
| ID | P238026 |
| 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 moon is surrounded by a halo, [and Cancer] stands [in it]: the king of Akka[d will extend the life]. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If the sun [stands] in the halo [of the moon]: they will speak the truth [in all lands; the son will speak] the truth [with his father]. |
| Obverse [5:9] o 66– | If the moon is surrounded by a halo and [two stars stand in the halo] with the [moon]: a reign [of long days]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, [and Mars] stands in it: in all lands the culti[vated field] will not pro[sper]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Munn[abitu]. |
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 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-[ma {mul}AL.LUL ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂] | |
| 2 | GUB-iz LUGAL URI{[ki} TIN ur-rak] | |
| 3 | 1 20 ina ŠA₃ TUR₃ 30 GUB-iz ina KUR DU₃.A.BI] | |
| 4 | kit-tu₂ i-ta-[mu-u DUMU KI AD-šu₂] | |
| 5 | kit-tu₂ [i-ta-mi] | |
| 6 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-ma 02 MUL-MEŠ ina TUR₃] | |
| 7 | it-ti {d}30 GUB-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | BALA-e [UD-MEŠ GID₂-MEŠ] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 TUR₃ NIGIN₂-[ma {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu] | |
| 2 | ina ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ GUB-iz | |
| 3 | ina KUR DU₃.A.BI me-[re-šu] | |
| 4 | NU SI.[SA₂] | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}mun-⸢na⸣-[bi-tu] | |
Sources & licences
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