RMA 246e (P238627)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 246e |
|---|---|
| ID | P238627 |
| 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] 11–33 | [If a meteor flashes from east] to west [and sets]: the main army of the enemy [will fall]. |
| Obverse [3:7] 44–77 | If a star flares up again and again, ... [...] is scattered [...]: the ruler in ... [......]. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 MUL—GAL TA {d}UTU.E₃.A] | |
| 2 | a-na {d}UTU.ŠU₂.⸢A⸣ [SUR-ma ir-bi] | |
| 3 | ERIM KUR₂ ina ⸢DUGUD⸣-[šu₂ ŠUB-ut] | |
| 4 | 1 MUL im-šu-uh im-šu-[uh-ma] | |
| 5 | iš-kun iš-kun-⸢ma⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6 | is-sa-pi-[ih x x x] | |
| 7 | NUN ina KI ⸢x⸣+[x x] |
Sources & licences
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- 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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