RMA 085a (P238090)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 085a |
|---|---|
| ID | P238090 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | If the moon [is seen] at an inappropriate ti[me: business will diminish]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | — On the 13th day one god [is seen with the other]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If on the 13th day the moon and sun [are seen together]: unreliable speech; the ways [of the land will not prosper]. |
| Obverse [4:9] o 55–o 99 | To [the king] of all lands, my lord, [your servant Bel-ušezib. May] Be[l, Nabû, and] Marduk [bless] the king [my lord. May they grant] life for dist[ant] days, [......] world rule, [......] happiness and joy [......]! |
| Obverse [9:13] o 1010– | The king of all lands, my lord, [......] of 1 talent of gold [......]; the face of the king my lord [......]. |
| Reverse [2:6] r 33–r 66 | Now I the [... am ...] in his palace. Nobody [has given me] anything; [I am dying] from want of foo[d ...]. |
| Reverse [6:9] r 77–r 99 | Nobody gave me a field, a house, or anything which [......]; there is no slave who [...]. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | May I not die! [......]. |
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 la mi-na-ti-[šu₂ IGI.LAL KI.LAM TUR-ir] | |
| 2 | UD 13-KAM₂ DINGIR KI [DINGIR IGI-ma] | |
| 3 | 1 UD 13-KAM₂ 30 u 20 KI [a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ] | |
| 4 | KA NU GI.NA A.RA₂ [KUR NU SI.SA₂] | |
| 5 | a-[na LUGAL] KUR.KUR be-li₂-⸢ia⸣ [ARAD-ka {1}{d}EN—u₂-še-zib] | |
| 6 | {d}⸢EN⸣ {[d}AG u {d]}AMAR.UTU a-na LUGAL [be-li₂-ia lik-ru-bu] | |
| 7 | ba-[la]-ṭi UD-MEŠ ru-qu-[u-ti x x x x] | |
| 8 | kiš-šu-tu₂ be-lu-ti ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x] | |
| 9 | ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi u ⸢hu-ud⸣ [ŠA₃-bi x x x x x] | |
| 10 | LUGAL KUR.KUR be-la-a ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša 01 GU₂.UN KUG.GI i-[x x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | pa-ni ša₂ LUGAL be-li₂-ia [x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | en-na a-na-ku {lu₂}⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ina E₂.GAL-šu₂ ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | ma-am-mu mim-ma ul [id-di-na] | |
| 6 | ina bu-bu-ti ša a-ka-[li a-ma-at] | |
| 7 | A.ŠA₃ E₂ u mim-mu ma-la [x x x x x] | |
| 8 | ma-am-mu ul id-⸢di⸣-[na x x x x x] | |
| 9 | u {lu₂}qa-al-lu ša₂ a-[na x x x x] | |
| 10 | ia-a-nu la a-ma-⸢ti⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 11 | li-[x x x x x x x] | |
Sources & licences
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