RMA 144e (P238038)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 144e |
|---|---|
| ID | P238038 |
| 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 [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | If on the 14th day the moon and sun [are seen together]: reliable speech; the land will become [happy; the gods] will reme[mber Akkad] favorably; the king will become happy; the catt[le of Akkad will lie] in the steppe undisturbed. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | If the moon reaches the sun [and follows it closely], and one horn meets the other: [there will be truth in the land], and the son [will speak] the truth with his father. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon and sun are in balance: the land wi[ll become stable]; reliable speech [will be placed] in the mouth of people; the king of the land will make the throne last [long]. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | [If] the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land [will widen his] under[standing]; there will be truth [in the land ......]. |
| Reverse [5:7] r 66–r 77 | If a sun disk [stands] above the mo[on], variant: below the moon: the king of the land will sta[nd] in his truth. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | From Nabû-iqbi. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u 20 [KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR [DUG₃ DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 3 | ana SIG₅-tim i-ha-⸢as⸣-[sa-su] | |
| 4 | ŠA₃ LUGAL DUG₃-ab bu-[lu KUR—URI{ki]} | |
| 5 | par-ga-niš ina EDIN [NA₂-iṣ] | |
| 6 | 1 30 20 ik-šu-⸢dam⸣-[ma KI-šu₂ it-ten-tu] | |
| 7 | SI SI i-⸢dir⸣ [ina KUR kit-tu₂ GAL₂-ši] | |
| 8 | DUMU KI AD-šu₂ kit-[ti i-ta-mi] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 u 20 šit-qul-lu KUR ⸢GI⸣.[NA] | |
| 2 | at-mu-u₂ ki-i-nu ina KA ⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ GAR-an] | |
| 3 | LUGAL KUR {giš}GU.ZA u₂-lab-[bar] | |
| 4 | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ LUGAL KUR uz-[na DAGAL-aš₂ ina KUR] | |
| 5 | kit-ti GAL₂-[ši x x x x] | |
| 6 | 1 AŠ.ME UGU-nu 30 KI.MIN ina KI.TA-nu 30 [GUB] | |
| 7 | LUGAL KUR ina kit-ti-šu₂ GUB-[az] | |
| 8 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—iq-bi | |
Sources & licences
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