RMA 011a (P238028)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 011a |
|---|---|
| ID | P238028 |
| 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 becomes visible on the 1st day: [reliable speech]; the land will become [happy]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | If the moon at its appearance [wears a crown]: constantly [the harvest of the land will prosper]; the land [will dwell] as if in pastures near the city; the king [will reach] the highest rank. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77– | If the day [reaches its] normal length: a reign of [long] days; the years of the king [will be many]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | From Ṭab-[ṣilli-Marduk]. |
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 ina UD 01-KAM₂ IGI [KA GI.NA] | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ KUR [DUG₃.GA] | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ [AGA a-pir] | |
| 4 | SAG.UŠ-ma [BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂] | |
| 5 | KUR a-bur-⸢riš⸣ [TUŠ-ab] | |
| 6 | LUGAL SAG.⸢KAL⸣-[tu₂ DU-ak] | |
| 7 | 1 UD ana ŠID-MEŠ-[šu₂ GID₂.DA] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | BALA UD-MEŠ [GID₂.DA-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | MU-MEŠ LUGAL [x x x] | |
| 3 | ša₂ {1}DUG₃.GA—[GIŠ.MI—{d}AMAR.UTU] | |
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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