RMA 032 (P239111)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P239111 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [If the moon at its appearance] wears a crown: [the harvest of the land] will prosper; the land will dwell as if in pastures near the city; the king will reach the highest rank. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | [If the moon's] horns at its appearance are pointed: the king will strike d[own] the land of his enemy. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | If the moon [becomes visible] in Tammuz (IV) on the 30th day: dispersal of all lands. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | The king should not make war against evil. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | (The moon) wears a crown, is red, and its horns are short: good for the king. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | [From Aša]redu 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 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL]-šu₂ AGA a-pir | |
| 2 | [BURU₁₄ KUR] SI.SA₂ KUR a-bur-riš TUŠ | |
| 3 | ⸢LUGAL⸣ SAG.KAL-tu₂ DU-ak | |
| 4 | 1 30 ina IGI.LAL-šu₂ SI-MEŠ-šu₂ ed-da | |
| 5 | LUGAL KUR KUR₂-šu₂ u₂-nak-[kap] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 30 ina {iti}ŠU UD 30-KAM₂ [IGI-ir] | |
| 2 | BIR-ah KUR.KUR | |
| 3 | LUGAL a-na HUL la u₂-ga-⸢ri⸣ | |
| 4 | AGA a-pir SA₅ u SI-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 5 | [x] ⸢ku⸣-ra SIG₅ ša₂ LUGAL | |
| 6 | [ša₂ {1}a-ša₂]-ri-du IGI-u₂ | |
| 7 | [ARAD ša₂] LUGAL | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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