RMA 052 (P238064)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238064 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1– | [In Iy]yar (II) (the moon) will complete the day; [on the 14th] day the moon and sun will be seen together. The 13th [day], the night of the 14th day, is the [da]y of the watch (to be held), and there will be no eclipse. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | I guarantee it seven times, an eclipse will not take place. I have written a definitive word to the king. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | From Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk, nephew of Bel-naṣir. |
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 | [ina {iti]}⸢GUD⸣ UD-mu u₂-šal-lam | |
| 2 | [UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 u {d}UTU | |
| 3 | it-ti a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 4 | [UD] 13-KAM₂ mu-ši ša₂ UD 14-KAM | |
| 5 | [UD]-mu EN.NUN u AN.MI NU GAR | |
| r | ||
| 1 | pu-⸢tu₂⸣ [a]-di 07-šu₂ na-ša₂-ka | |
| 2 | AN.MI ul iš-šak-kan | |
| 3 | a-mat pa-ri-is-tum | |
| 4 | a-na LUGAL al-tap-ra | |
| 5 | ša₂ {1}DUG₃.GA—GIŠ.MI—{d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6 | DUMU ŠEŠ-šu₂ ša₂ {1}{d}EN—na-ṣir | |
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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