RMA 023a (P239098)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 023a |
|---|---|
| ID | P239098 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | If the moon is not seen [......]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | If the moon is not seen: the gods will make an [unfavorable] decision [about the land ......]. |
| Obverse [3:7] o 4'4'–o 7'7' | If (the moon) wears a crown of clouds: young [cattle will not prosper]; the south wind will rise and the ha[rvest ...] ... and will perish; fruit [......] the moon at [its] appearance [......]. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | Watch of [......] cl[ouds |
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 30 NU IGI [x x x x x x] | |
| 2' | 1 30 NU IGI DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ [GALGA KUR ana HUL-tim] | |
| 3' | ⸢GALGA⸣-[MEŠ x x x x x x] | |
| 4' | 1 AGA IM.DIRI a-pir zi-[qit-tu NU SI.SA₂] | |
| 5' | {im}U₁₈.LU ZI-ma ⸢BURU₁₄⸣ [x x x] | |
| 6' | MIN₃ UG-ma ZAH₂ GURUN [x x x x] | |
| 7' | 30 ina IGI.LAL-[šu₂ x x x x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | EN.NUN ša₂ [x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢IM⸣.[DIRI 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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