RMA 272c (P238716)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 272c |
|---|---|
| ID | P238716 |
| 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 becomes visible in Adar (XII) on the 30th day: there will be an eclipse of the sun. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [If the moon is surroun]ded [by a black halo]: the month holds rain. — [......] is seen. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 44–o 77 | [......] Adar (XII) watch [......] it is near to let (it) pass. [Maybe the king] will say as follows: ["Why did] you write an undecided word?" — |
| Obverse [7:13] o 88– | [... from] Kislev (IX) until now [...] was loosened, and the moon and the stars [......] were loose and [......] is not near; to [......] is near. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | [...... who] went [...], placed [......], (and) the people of my house [......]. The women he gave to Damqâ, his [...], saying: "... |
| Reverse [6:8] r 77–r 88 | "Let them weave [...] under your supervision." |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | [The ...] he gave [to DN]-uṣalli, [saying]: "Let them serve as your [slaves]." |
| Reverse [10:11] r 1111–r 1111 | From Zakir. |
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 {iti}⸢ŠE⸣ UD 30-KAM₂ IGI.LAL AN.MI 20 GAR-an | |
| 2 | 1 30 TUR₃ GI₆] ⸢NIGIN⸣ ITI A.AN u₂-kal | |
| 3 | [x x x x x x] IGI-ma | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x] {iti}ŠE EN.NUN | |
| 5 | [x x x x x] a-na ⸢šu⸣-[tu]-qu qe₂-ru-ub | |
| 6 | [min₃-de-ma LUGAL i]-qab-bi um-ma | |
| 7 | [mi-nam-ma a]-⸢mat la pa⸣-ri-is-tum taš-pur | |
| 8 | [x x x ul-tu] {iti}GAN a-di UGU en-na | |
| 9 | [x x x x x] ip-pa-ṭir-ma 30 u MUL-ME [o] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x x x x] paṭ-ru-ma | |
| 2 | [x x x x x] ul qe₂-ru-ub a-na | |
| 3 | [x x x x x] qe₂-ru-⸢ub⸣ | |
| 4 | [x x x x]-⸢ma⸣ il-li-ku | |
| 5 | [x x x x] ⸢il⸣-tak-nu UN-ME E₂-ia₂ | |
| 6 | [x x x]-tal-la-a MI₂-ME ana {mi₂}dam-qa-a | |
| 7 | [x x x]+⸢x x⸣-šu₂ it-ta-din um-ma qi₂-rib | |
| 8 | [x x x x] ina pa-ni-ki lim-ha-ṣa | |
| 9 | [x x ana {1}{d}x]+⸢x⸣—u₂-ṣal-li it-ta-din | |
| 10 | [um-ma x x]+⸢x⸣-ut-ka li-pu-šu₂ | |
| 11 | ša₂ {1}za-⸢kir⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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