RMA 277b (P238087)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 277b |
|---|---|
| ID | P238087 |
| 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 [0:7] o 1o 1–o 77 | If [a planet comes close to Regulus]: the son [of the king who lives at my border will make] a rebellion against [his father but will not seize the throne; some] son [of the king will come out and seize the throne; he will restore] the temples [of the great gods; he will establish] regular offerings for [the gods; he will provide equally] for the temples. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | If a planet [......]. |
| Obverse [8:12] o 99– | If Sagi[ttarius ......]: cultivation [......] star [......]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | If the Raven star [......] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | a planet [......]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | A sign [......] its evil for [...]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | A sign from [stars (is valid)] for a month of d[ays]. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Raš[il ...]. |
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 {mul}[UDU.IDIM ana {mul}LUGAL TE] | |
| 2 | DUMU—[LUGAL DUMU—[LUGAL ša₂ i-na ZAG-MU aš₂-bu] | |
| 3 | HI.GAR ana [AD-šu₂ DU₃-uš-ma {giš}GU.ZA NU DIB-bat] | |
| 4 | DUMU—[LUGAL DUMU—[LUGAL ma-na-ma E₃-ma {giš}GU.ZA DIB-bat] | |
| 5 | E₂-MEŠ [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ana KI-ši-na u₂-tar] | |
| 6 | SA₂.DUG₄ ⸢DINGIR⸣-[MEŠ u₂-ka-an] | |
| 7 | E₂.KUR-[MEŠ 01-niš i-za-na-an] | |
| 8 | 1 {mul}UDU.[IDIM x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | 1 {mul}PA.[BIL.SAG x x x x x] | |
| 10 | me-re-[šu x x x x x x x] | |
| 11 | {mul}[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}⸢UGA⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | {d}UDU.IDIM [x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | it-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 4 | HUL-šu₂ a-⸢na⸣ [x x x] | |
| 5 | GISKIM ⸢MUL⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 6 | a-di ITI ⸢UD⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}TUK-[ši—DINGIR 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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