RMA 059 (P238066)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238066 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If the moon becomes visible on the 30th day: there will be frost, variant: rumor of an enemy. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the moon at its appearance is high and becomes visible: the enemy will plunder in the land. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55– | If the moon at its appearance is visible early: the month will bring worry. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the moon's horns at its appearance look to the ground: the flood will come. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | From Rašil the older, servant of the king. |
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 ina UD 30-KAM₂ IGI-ir | |
| 2 | šu-ru-up-pu-u₂ GU₃-mu KUR₂ GAL₂-ši | |
| 3 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ ša₂-qu-ma IGI-ir | |
| 4 | KUR₂ ina KUR i-leq-qi₂ | |
| 5 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ har-bi-iš na-an-mur | |
| 6 | ITI ni-ziq-tum ub-ba-lu | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ [qaq]-qa-ru | |
| 2 | i-⸢na-aṭ⸣-ṭa-lu | |
| 3 | A.KAL DU-kam | |
| 4 | ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 5 | IGI-u | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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