RMA 146 (P240139)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 146 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240139 |
| 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 on the 14th day the moon and sun are seen together: reliable speech; the land will become happy; the gods will remember Akkad favorably; there will be joy among people. |
| Obverse [4:7] o 55–o 77 | If the moon and sun are in balance: the land will become stable; reliable speech will be placed in the mouth of people; the king of the world will make the throne last long. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | If the moon and sun are in opposition: the king of the land will widen his understanding. |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1r 1–r 22 | [If] Mercury dis[appears] in the west: when it appears, it will rain; when it disappears, it will rain. |
| Reverse [2:5] r 33–r 55 | Mars carried radiance. The red planet (means) plenty for the people; the red planet (means): plagues will be raging. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | The red planet is Mars. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | From Nergal-eṭir. |
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 UD 14-KAM₂ 30 u₃ 20 KI a-ha-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | KA GI.NA ŠA₃ KUR DUG₃.GA | |
| 3 | DINGIR-MEŠ KUR—URI{ki} ana SIG₅-tim | |
| 4 | i-ha-as-sa-su hu-ud ŠA₃ UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 5 | 1 30 u₃ 20 šit-qu-lu KUR GI.NA | |
| 6 | at-mu-u₂ ki-i-nu ina pi-i UN-MEŠ GAR-an | |
| 7 | LUGAL kiš-šat {giš}GU.ZA u₂-lab-bar | |
| 8 | 1 30 u₃ 20 šu-ta-tu-u₂ | |
| 9 | LUGAL KUR uz-na u₂-rap-pa-aš₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | 1 {mul}UDU.IDIM.GUD.UD ina {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A ⸢TUM₃⸣ | |
| 2 | ⸢IGI.LAL⸣-ma A.AN ŠUR-nun TUM₃-ma A.AN ŠUR-nun | |
| 3 | {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu ŠE.ER.ZI it-tan-ši | |
| 4 | {mul}UDU.IDIM SA₅ nu-huš UN-MEŠ | |
| 5 | {mul}UDU.IDIM SA₅ UŠ₂-MEŠ šam-ru | |
| 6 | {mul}UDU.IDIM SA₅ {mul}ṣal-bat-a-nu | |
| 7 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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