RMA 252f (P238078)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 252f |
|---|---|
| ID | P238078 |
| 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 | As to what the king my lord wrote to us: "Are you confident?" — we are [...] confident. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | There are many [...] in it; it is not likely to rouse anger. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [May they grant it] to th[e king our lord and make you attain] your wishes. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | From Marduk-šuma-uṣur and Ea-[...]. |
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 | ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂ iš-pur-an-na-[ši] | |
| 2 | [um-ma] ra-ah-ṣa-tu-nu-u₂ | |
| 3 | [x x]-riš ra-ah-ṣa-a-ni | |
| 4 | [x]-⸢MEŠ⸣ ma-aʾ-du-tu ina ŠA₃ | |
| 5 | ⸢a-na⸣ zu-un-ni-i ul DUG₃.⸢GA⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ni li-di-nu] | |
| 2' | ŠA₃.SE₃.SE₃.⸢KI⸣-[ka lu-šak-ši-du] | |
| 3' | ša₂ {1}{d}AMAR.UTU—MU—PAB u {1}E₂.A—[x x x] | |
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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