RMA 207b (P238046)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 207b |
|---|---|
| ID | P238046 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [If Venus] becomes visible in Sivan (III): fall of the enemy. |
| Obverse [1:5] o 22–o 55 | [If Venus] is risen [in winter] in the east, [at harvest time in the west]: enemy kings [will be reconciled; the harvest of the land will prosper; the land] will eat good [bread; reconciliation and peace] will take place everywhere. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | [If the rising of Venus] is seen [early: the king of the land] will extend [the life]. |
| Obverse [7:15] o 88– | If [the Goat star comes close to Cancer]: there will be reconciliation [and peace in the land; the gods will have mercy on the land; emp]ty [storage bins will be fill]ed; the harvest of the land will prosper; there will be [recovery from illness] in the land; the great gods will abandon [the shrines of the land]; the temples of the great gods [will be rebuilt]. — Venus comes close to Cancer. |
| Reverse [6:10] r 77– | If [......] keep gaining radiance: [......] good [...] will come out of Ekur [...... of] the Igigi gods will be made stable. |
| Right [0:1] r.e. 10r.e. 10–r.e. 10r.e. 10 | [From] Nergal-eṭir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ina] {iti}SIG₄ IGI-ir ŠUB-tum {lu₂}KUR₂ | |
| 2 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ina EN.TE].⸢NA⸣ ina {d}UTU.E₃ | |
| 3 | [ina BURU₁₄ ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A] nap-hat LUGAL-MEŠ KUR₂-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [SILIM-MEŠ BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ KUR NINDA-HI].A DUG₃.GA KU₂ | |
| 5 | [taš-mu-u₂ u sa-li-mu] ⸢ka⸣-liš GAR-an | |
| 6 | 1 {mul}dil-bat MUL-ša₂ ih-ru-um-ma] IGI-ir | |
| 7 | [LUGAL KUR TI.LA] ur-rak | |
| 8 | 1 {mul}UZ₃ a-na {mul}AL.LUL TE] taš-mu-u₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [u sa-li-mu ina KUR GAL₂]-ši | |
| 2 | [DINGIR-MEŠ ana KUR ARHUŠ TUK]-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [iš-pi-ku] ⸢SUD⸣-MEŠ [DIRI]-MEŠ BURU₁₄ KUR SI.SA₂ | |
| 4 | [GIG AN.TI.LA] ina KUR GAL₂-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [aš₂-rat KUR uš]-ša₂-ru E₂-MEŠ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | |
| 6 | [u₂-ta-ad-da-ša₂] {mul}dil-bat ana {mul}AL.LUL TE-ma | |
| 7 | 1 x x x x x]-MEŠ it-ta-na-an-bi-ṭu | |
| 8 | [x x x x MU]-MEŠ {mi₂}SIG₅-MEŠ ul-tu E₂.KUR E₃-a | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] {d}5.1.1 uk-ta-nu | |
| r.e. | ||
| 10 | [ša₂ {1}{d}U].GUR—KAR-ir | |
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