RMA 056a + 277n (P238539)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 056a + 277n |
|---|---|
| ID | P238539 |
| 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: [......] a reign of [long days ......] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | The feet of [......] |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [...] in the body of the king [...] |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [...] the mood of [...] |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [...] any [fes]tival in [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | [...] king [...] |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | [...] the Westland [...] |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | From Bel-[...]. |
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 UD 01-KAM₂ [IGI x x x x x] | |
| 2 | pa-le-⸢e⸣ [x x x x x x x x] | |
| 3 | GIR₃.2 ⸢ša₂⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x] ina SU ša₂ LUGAL [x x x x] | |
| 6 | [x x x]-ti ŠA₃-bi [x x x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x i]-⸢sin⸣-ni ma-la ina [x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x] LUGAL [x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x] KUR—MAR.TU{[ki} x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₂ {1}{d}EN—⸢x⸣+[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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