RMA 136c (P238036)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 136c |
|---|---|
| ID | P238036 |
| 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 1o 1–o 44 | If the mo[on reaches the sun and follows it closely, and] one horn [meets the other: there will be truth in the land, and] the so[n will speak the truth with his father. — ] On the 14th day [one god] will be seen with the other. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55– | If the moon and [sun ar]e in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding; the foundation of the king's throne will become stable. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If on the 14th day [the m]oon and sun |
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 {d}30 {[d}UTU KUR-ma KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu] | |
| 2 | SI [SI i-dir ina KUR kit-tu₂ GAL₂-ši-ma] | |
| 3 | ⸢DUMU⸣ [KI AD-šu₂ kit-tu₂ i-ta-mu] | |
| 4 | UD 14-[KAM₂ DINGIR KI] DINGIR IGI-mar-[ma] | |
| 5 | 1 {d}30 u {[d}UTU] ⸢šu⸣-ta-tu-[u₂] | |
| 6 | LUGAL KUR uz-na u₂-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 7 | LUGAL SUHUŠ {giš}GU.ZA-šu₂ i-ka-an | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ {[d}30 u {d}UTU | |
Sources & licences
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