RMA 038 (P238067)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238067 |
| 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 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | If the moon's horns at its appearance are pointed: the king of Akkad will rule the land wherever he wants. |
| Obverse [5:8] o 66–o 88 | If Regulus carries radiance: the king of Akkad will exercise complete dominion. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Munnabitu. |
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 {d}30 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI pu-u₂ GI.NA | |
| 2 | ŠA₃-bi KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | 1 {d}30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ed-da | |
| 4 | LUGAL URI{ki} a-šar pa-nu-šu₂ šak-nu | |
| 5 | ma-a-ti i-be₂-el | |
| 6 | 1 {mul}LUGAL ša₂-ru-ru na-ši | |
| 7 | LUGAL URI{ki} ga-me-ru-tum | |
| 8 | DU₃-uš | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}mun-na-bi-tu | |
Sources & licences
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