RMA 174a (P238039)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 174a |
|---|---|
| ID | P238039 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | If the moon is surrounded by a halo, and [the sun] stands in it: [they will speak the truth in the land]; the son [will speak the truth] with his father. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | Venus [......] a month and 10 days [...] ... [...]. |
| Obverse [6:10] o 77– | If Venus [disappears] in Nisan (I) [from the 1st] to the 30th day in [the east: there will be] wailin[g in the land]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If Venus at her rising ... [...] the land will become hap[py]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | In the east evil [......]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | From Rašil, son of Nu[rzanu]. |
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 {[d}UTU] | |
| 2 | i-na ŠA₃-bi-šu₂ GUB [ina KUR kit-tu₂ i-ta-mu-u₂] | |
| 3 | DUMU it-ti AD-⸢šu₂⸣ [kit-tu₂ i-ta-mi] | |
| 4 | {mul}dil-bat ⸢x⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | ITI u₃ 10 UD-mu ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| 6 | UN DI ⸢ma⸣ [x x x] | |
| 7 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ina {iti}BARAG [TA UD 01-KAM] | |
| 8 | EN UD 30-KAM₂ ina {[d}UTU.E₃.A it-bal] | |
| 9 | u₂-ru-ba-a-⸢ti⸣ [ina KUR GAL₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ina KUR-ša₂ KI [x x] | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ KUR i-[ṭa-ab] | |
| 3 | i-na {d}UTU.E₃ HUL [x x x] | |
| 4 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR DUMU {1}nu-[ur₂-za-nu] | |
Sources & licences
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