RMA 247a (P238775)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 247a |
|---|---|
| ID | P238775 |
| 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 [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | [Saturn] stands in Libra [in front of Scorp]ius; it will move [from] Libra [into] Scorpius; that is bad [...], (and hence) I am wrinting [to the king] my lord. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | [The xth day is] an evil day, [...] and catastrophe. |
| Obverse [8:14] o 99– | [The king my lord] must not go out [of the do]or; let him guard himself [against uprising] and rebellion, [until it] comes out from Sc[orpius]. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | [If] it suits [the king], I will [... send its] interpretation to the king, I will write [...] and [......]. |
| Reverse [4:6] r 55–r 66 | May [Bel and Nabû] bless the king my lord. [May the king my lord keep] me alive! |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | [...] on my table [...] |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | I did not stand [...] |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | I am a poor [man ...] |
| Reverse [9:11] r 1010–r 1111 | This [...] I am standing and keep [watch for the king my lord]. |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1212–r 1212 | [From Raši-ilu] the older, [servant of] the king. |
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 | {[mul}UDU.IDIM.SAG.UŠ] ina ŠA₃ {mul}zi-ba-ni-tum | |
| 2 | [ina pa-an {mul}GIR₂].TAB u₂-zu-uz-zu | |
| 3 | [ul-tu {mul}zi]-ba-ni-tum | |
| 4 | [a-na ŠA₃ {mul]}GIR₂.TAB il-lak | |
| 5 | [x x x x] HUL šu-u₂ | |
| 6 | [a-na LUGAL] be-li₂-ia al-tap-ra | |
| 7 | [x x UD x]-KAM UD HUL.GAL₂ | |
| 8 | [x x x x]-tum u ši-ib-ṭu | |
| 9 | [LUGAL be-li₂] ⸢KA₂⸣ la uṣ-ṣu | |
| 10 | [ma-aṣ-ṣar-ti] ša₂ ra-ma-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ | |
| 11 | [la—pa-an si-hi] u ba-ar-ti li-⸢iṣ⸣-[ṣur] | |
| 12 | [a-di x x] ul-tu ŠA₃ {mul}⸢GIR₂⸣.[TAB] | |
| 13 | [x x x x] uṣ-ṣu-[u₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ki-i pa-an LUGAL] mah-ru pi-ši-⸢ir⸣-[šu] | |
| 2 | [x x x x]-šu₂ a-na LUGAL lu-[uš-pur] | |
| 3 | [x x x x]-u₂ lu-uš-ṭur-ma [x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x] la [x x] | |
| 5 | {[d}EN u {d}AG] a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lik-ru-[bu] | |
| 6 | [LUGAL be-li₂-a li-ba]-al-liṭ-an-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 7 | [x x x x x]-ti ina UGU {giš}BANŠUR-ia | |
| 8 | [x x x x x] ul az-zi-iz | |
| 9 | [x x x x] ⸢muš⸣-ki-nu a-na-ku | |
| 10 | [x x x x a]-ga-a u₂-zu-za-ku-ma | |
| 11 | [EN.NUN ša₂ LUGAL be]-li₂-ia a-na-ṣa-ri | |
| 12 | [ša₂ {1}TUK-ši—DINGIR ARAD ša₂] LUGAL IGI-u | |
Sources & licences
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