RMA 136t (P238035)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136t |
|---|---|
| ID | P238035 |
| 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 and sun are] in opposition: [the king of the land] will widen [his understanding]. |
| Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66 | [If the moon and sun are in ba]lance: [the land will become stable]; reliable [speec]h will be placed [in the mouth of people; the king of the land] will make [the thro]ne last long. |
| Obverse [6:11] o 77– | [If on the 14th day the moon and s]un are seen together: [reliable speech; the land] will become happy; [the gods] will remember [Akkad favorably]; there will be [joy among people]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [......] land [......] will raise his [...]. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [From Nergal-e]ṭir. |
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 u 20 šu]-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [LUGAL KUR uz-na] u₂-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 3 | 1 30 u 20 šit]-qu-lu | |
| 4 | [KUR GI.NA at-mu]-u₂ ki-i-nu | |
| 5 | [ina pi-i UN-MEŠ] iš-šak-kan | |
| 6 | [LUGAL KUR {giš}GU].ZA u₂-lab-bar | |
| 7 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u] 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR] DUG₃.GA | |
| 2 | [DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana SIG₅-tim] i-ha-as-sa-su | |
| 3 | [hu-ud ŠA₃ UN-MEŠ] iš-šak-kan | |
| 4 | [x x x i]-na KUR | |
| 5 | [x x x x]-šu₂ IL₂-ši | |
| 6 | [ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR]—⸢KAR⸣-ir | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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