RMA 265b (P239097)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 265b |
|---|---|
| ID | P239097 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If an earthquake [......]: the king with [......]. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the earth [quakes] in Tammuz (IV): [the ruler will be humiliated in the land], variant: in the pa[lace]. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | If the earth [quakes] at night: [worry for the land], variant: abandonme[nt of the land]. |
| Reverse [1:4] r 2'2'–r 4'4' | This [is its interpretation: ......] good [......]. |
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 ri-i-bu [x x x x] | |
| 2 | LUGAL KI ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] | |
| 3 | 1 KI ina {iti}ŠU [i-nu-uš NUN ina KUR] | |
| 4 | ina E₂.[GAL i-qal-lil] | |
| 5 | 1 KI ina MI [i-nu-uš na-zaq KUR] | |
| 6 | ŠUB-[e KUR] | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | an-nu-[u₂ pi-ši-ir-šu₂] | |
| 3' | ⸢x x⸣ [x x x x] | |
| 4' | SIG₅ [x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | i-[x x]+⸢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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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