RMA 144d (P238717)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 144d |
|---|---|
| ID | P238717 |
| 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] o 1o 1–o 33 | On this day, the 14th day, the moon and sun looked at each other. This is its interpretation: |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | If on the 14th day the moon and sun |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'1'–r 2'2' | [If the moon and sun] are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | I.e., (the moon) was seen on the 14(!)th day with the sun. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | From Nadinu. |
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 | UD-mu an-nu-u₂ UD 14-KAM | |
| 2 | {d}30 u {d}UTU a-ha-meš i-tam-ru | |
| 3 | an-nu-u₂ pi-ši-ir-šu₂ | |
| 4 | 1 UD 14-KAM₂ {d}30 u {d}UTU | |
| r | ||
| 1' | 1 30 u 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 2' | LUGAL KUR ha-si-si DAGAL-aš₂ | |
| 3' | ša₂ UD 15-KAM₂ it-ti {d}UTU in-nam-ru | |
| 4' | ša₂ {1}na-di-nu | |
Sources & licences
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