RMA 236f (P238771)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 236f |
|---|---|
| ID | P238771 |
| 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 [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | rai[nbow ......]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | If ... [......] rainbow [...]. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | If Venus is red: plenty for the peop[le ...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | If the light of Venus at its rising is like a clo[ud ......]. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | If Venus at its rising until the end of Ab (V) [......]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | If Mars [carries] white radiance: [......]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | [This is] doubly good for the ki[ng my lord]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [If a planet stands in] the east: attack of Subartu and [the Kassites against the land]. |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [If .......]. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 12'12'– | [If Nergal in] his appearance [is white and scintillates like the fi[xed stars: ......; the cat]tle of Akkad will lie undistur[bed in the steppe; sesame and d]ates will prosper. For [......]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [NN], son of Nur-..., descendant of [...]; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | [...]hâ, descendant of Gilû [...]; |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [...] the Araean [...] |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | many [......] |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | all [......] |
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' | ⸢x⸣ [x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | TIR.[AN.NA x x x x] | |
| 3' | 1 {mul}⸢x⸣+[x x x x] x [x x] | |
| 4' | TIR [x x] ⸢x x⸣ TIR.⸢AN⸣.[NA x x] | |
| 5' | 1 {mul}dil-bat SA₅-at nu-huš ⸢UN⸣-[MEŠ x x x x] | |
| 6' | 1 {d}U.DAR⸣ ina KUR-ša₂ UD.DA-sa₃ GIM IM.[DUGUD x x x x x] | |
| 7' | 1 {mul}dil-bat ina KUR-ša₂ EN TIL {iti}NE hi-[x x x x x] | |
| 8' | 1 {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ša₂-ru-ru ZALAG₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 9' | a-di 02-šu₂ du-un-qu ša₂ ⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂-ia] | |
| 10' | 1 {d}UDU.IDIM ina] {⸢im}KUR⸣.RA [GUB] ZI-ut SU{ki} u₃ [kaš-ši-i a-na KUR] | |
| 11' | 1 x x x] ⸢x⸣ na ⸢x x x x x⸣ | |
| 12' | 1 {d}U.GUR ina] ⸢IGI.DU₈.A⸣-šu₂ ⸢x⸣ ki-ma MU ⸢x⸣+[x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x x bu]-ul KUR—URI{ki} ⸢par-ga⸣-[niš ina EDIN NA₂-MEŠ] | |
| 2 | {[še}GIŠ.I₃ ZU₂].LUM.MA SI.SA₂-⸢MEŠ⸣ DIŠ UD [x x x] | |
| 3 | [x x x x] ⸢BI⸣ DUMU {1}ZALAG₂-x A {1}UD-[x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x]-ha-a A {1}gi-lu-u₂ [x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x] {lu₂}a-ra-su-u₂ ⸢x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 6 | [x x ma]-aʾ-du-tu A {1}[x x x] | |
| 7 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣ gab-⸢bu⸣ [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
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