RMA 272 (P238776)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 272 |
|---|---|
| ID | P238776 |
| 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)
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| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If in Marchesvan (VIII) Adad thunders, the day [becomes cloudy, it rains], a rainbow stretches, lightning [flashes: a famous important person will fall]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | The lord of kings must not say as follows: "[When a sign] came, [why] did you not write?" — |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | [I wrote a report], but when I gave it to the eunuchs, they did not [...] me. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | "A famous important person," as it says, [does] not [apply to them; it] ... against someone else. |
| Obverse [6:9] o 77–o 99 | If (the stars) Šarur and Šargaz of the sting of Scorpius gain radiance: the weapons of Akkad will attack. The sting of Scorpius is the great lord Pabilsag. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | — Venus stands in Sagittarius. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 12o 12 | If Nergal stands in Scorpius: a strong enemy will carry off the land; Enlil will give his weapons to the enemy; few enemy troops will defeat my numerous troops. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1313–o 1313 | If Scorpius is dark: the kings of all lands will engage in hostilities, variant: the kings of all lands will rival with each other. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1414–o 1414 | If the sides of Scorpius are very dark: people will become bad. — Mars stands in it. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1515–o 1616 | [If] Libra is dark: for three years locusts will attack and devour the harvest of the land, variant: locusts will devour the land; the land will have to eat a reduced harvest; three years ... |
| Obverse [17:19] o 1717– | — Mars stands in Scorpius; this is its interpretation: |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1r 1–r 33 | If the Plough star comes close to Scorpius: the ruler will die from a sting of a scorpion, variant: he will be seized in his palace; [after him], his [son] will not take the throne; the mind of the land will change, the land will get another lord and the dwelling of the land will not become stable; lamentation of the great gods for the land. — Mars stands in Scorpius. |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44– | If Jupiter reaches and passes Regulus, and gets ahead of it, (and if) afterwards Regulus, which Jupiter had passed and got ahead of, reaches and passes Jupiter, moving to its setting: there will be rivalry; someone will rise and seize the throne, variant: the land will have worries. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 77–r 88 | All the signs which have come concern the land of Akkad and its nobles; any evil in them will not come close to the king my lord. An eclipse of the moon and sun in Sivan (III) will take place. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 99–r 1111 | These signs are of bad fortune for Akkad, for the kings of the Westland and of Akkad; and now, in this month of Kislev (IX), an eclipse will take place. Kislev (IX) is the month of ..., and Jupiter will stand in its eclipse; well-being for the king my lord. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 1212–r 1212 | Let the king do this, (and) whatever Bel-ušezib will write to the king his lord, and I guarantee it to the king my lord: |
| Reverse [13:19] r 1313–r 1818 | The nobles of Akkad whom the king your father had appointed, destroyed Babylon and carried off the property of Babylon; therefore, these signs came, indicating evil. Let the troops of the king go and seize them in t[heir p]alaces, and let him put others in their stead. If the king does not act quickly, the enemy will come and change them. |
| Reverse [19:20] r 1919–r 1919 | I am free [......]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 ina {iti}APIN {d}IM GU₃-šu₂ ŠUB-di-ma UD-mu [ŠU₂-up AN ŠUR] | |
| 2 | {d}TIR.AN.NA GIL NIM.⸢GIR₂⸣ [ib-riq IDIM SIG-u₂ ŠUB-ut] | |
| 3 | EN LUGAL-MEŠ la i-qab-bi um-ma [x x x x x x it-tu ki-i] | |
| 4 | tal-li-ka la taš-pu-ra ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x] ma | |
| 5 | a-na {lu₂}SAG-MEŠ ki-i ad-di-nu ⸢ul⸣ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ ha x in-ni | |
| 6 | LU₂ kab-tu e-du-u₂ ša₂ iq-bu-u₂ ⸢ul⸣ [x x x x x] a-na UGU-hi mam-ma ša₂-nam-ma x | |
| 7 | 1 {d}ŠAR₂.UR₄ u {d}ŠAR₂.GAZ ša₂ {mul}zi-qit {mul}GIR₂.TAB it-tan-na-an-bi-ṭu | |
| 8 | {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ZI-MEŠ | |
| 9 | zi-qit {mul}GIR₂.TAB EN GAL-u₂ {mul}PA.BIL.SAG | |
| 10 | {mul}dil-bat ina ŠA₃ {mul}PA.BIL.SAG GUB-ma | |
| 11 | 1 {d}U.GUR ina ŠA₃ {mul}GIR₂.TAB GUB-iz {lu₂}KUR₂ dan-nu KUR IL₂-ši {d}EN.LIL₂ {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 12 | ana {lu₂}KUR₂ SUM-in ERIM {lu₂}KUR₂ mi-ṣu ERIM-ni MEŠ-tim GAZ | |
| ma-at-tu | ||
| 13 | 1 {mul}GIR₂.TAB a-dir LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ KUR DU₃.A.BI {mi₂}KUR₂ GAR-MEŠ KI.MIN LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ KUR DU₃.A.BI iš-tan-na-an-na | |
| 14 | 1 {mul}GIR₂.TAB i-da-tu-ša₂ uk-ku-la UN-MEŠ i-lam-mi-na {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃-šu₂ GUB-ma | |
| 15 | 1 {mul}zi-ba-ni-tum a-dir MU 03-KAM₂ BURU₅-HI.A ZI-ma BURU₁₄ KUR KU₂ KI.MIN BURU₅-HI.A KUR KU₂ | |
| 16 | [x] BURU₁₄ im-ṭi-i ⸢KUR⸣ KU₂ MU 03-KAM₂ is-⸢x⸣-ka | |
| 17 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃ {mul}GIR₂.TAB GUB-ma an-nu-u₂ pi-ši-ir-šu₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}APIN ana {mul}GIR₂.TAB TE NUN ina zi-qit {mul}GIR₂.TAB UŠ₂ KI.MIN ina E₂.GAL-šu₂ | |
| 2 | DIB-bat [EGIR-šu₂ DUMU]-šu₂ AŠ.TE NU DIB-bat UMUŠ KUR MIN₃-ni KUR EN MIN₃-ma TUK-ši KI.TUŠ KUR NU GI.NA | |
| 3 | I.{d}UTU DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ana KUR {d}ṣal-bat-a-nu ina ŠA₃ {mul}GIR₂.TAB GUB-az-ma | |
| 4 | 1 {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ik-KUR-am-ma {mul}LUGAL DIB-iq-ma ip-ni-šu₂ EGIR-nu {mul}LUGAL | |
| 5 | ša₂ {mul}SAG.ME.GAR DIB-šu₂-ma ip-nu-šu₂ KUR-ma {mul}SAG.ME.GAR DIB-iq-ma ana ri-bi-šu₂ il-lak | |
| i-kaš-ša₂-dam-ma | ||
| 6 | taš-nun-tu GAL₂-ma a.a-um ZI-ma AŠ.TE DIB-bat 02-iš KUR ina-an-ziq | |
| 7 | GISKIM-MEŠ ma-la il-li-ka-ni ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} u₃ {lu₂}NUN-MEŠ-šu₂ ši-na | |
| 8 | mim-ma ina ŠA₃ lum-ni-ši-na ana LUGAL be-li₂-ia₂ ul TE-hi AN.MI {d}30 u {d}UTU ša₂ ina {iti}SIG₄ GAR-an | |
| 9 | GISKIM-MEŠ an-na-tu ša₂ HUL-nu ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} u₃ LUGAL-MEŠ ša₂ KUR—MAR.TU{ki} ša₂ KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 10 | ši-na u₃ a-du-u₂ ina {iti}GAN a-ga-a AN.MI iš-šak-kan {iti}⸢ŠE⸣ ITI ki me | |
| 11 | u₃ {mul}SAG.ME.GAR ina AN.MI-ša₂ GUB-az ana LUGAL be-li₂-ia šul-mu | |
| 12 | an-nu-u₂ mim-ma ša₂ {1}{d}EN—u₂-še-zib a-na LUGAL be-li₂-šu₂ i-šap-pa-ru LUGAL li-pu-šu₂ | |
| 13 | u₃ pu-u₂-tu LUGAL be-li₂-ia na-ša₂-ku {lu₂}NUN-MEŠ ša KUR—URI{ki} ša₂ LUGAL a-bu-ka | |
| 14 | iš-ku-nu TIN.TIR{ki} ih-te-pu-u₂ u₃ bu-še-e ša₂ TIN.TIR{ki} it-ta-šu₂-u₂ | |
| 15 | a-na UGU-hi GISKIM-MEŠ an-na-tu ša₂ lum-nu il-li-ka-ni e-mu-qa ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 16 | lil-lik-ma ina E₂.GAL-⸢la⸣-[ti-šu₂]-⸢nu⸣ lu-ṣab-bit-šu₂-nu-tu u₃ ša₂-nu-ti-ma | |
| 17 | a-na ku-mi-šu₂-nu liš-kun ki-i LUGAL ha-an-ṭiš la i-pu-uš {⸢lu₂}KUR₂⸣ | |
| 18 | il-la-kam-ma u₂-ša₂-an-ni-šu₂-nu-tu [x x x x] | |
| 19 | za-ka-ku [o] | |
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