RMA 167a (P239253)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 167a |
|---|---|
| ID | P239253 |
| 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 [0:4] o 1o 1–o 44 | [If the moon and sun are in] opposition: [the king of the land will] widen [his understanding. ......] Akkad [......] will see plenty. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1'1'–r 4'4' | [The king] will be shut up [in his palace; ......] ... and good [for the king] my [lord]. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [From ...-šuma]-iškun. |
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 u 20 šu-ta]-tu-u₂ | |
| 2 | [LUGAL KUR uz-na u₂]-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| 3 | [x x x x] KUR—URI{ki} | |
| 4 | [x x x x] ⸢HE₂⸣.NUN IGI | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [LUGAL ina E₂.GAL-šu₂] u₂-ta-sar | |
| 2' | [x x x x x x x] ⸢šu⸣-u₂ | |
| 3' | [x x x x x] PAD u SIG₅ | |
| 4' | [x x x x be-li₂]-ia₂ | |
| 5' | [ša₂ {1}{d}x—MU]—GAR-un | |
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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