RMA 086 (P240141)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 086 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240141 |
| 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 does not become visible but two crescents become visible: hostility will be set up in all lands. — The moon is seen with the sun in the horizon. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | A single one lay across in front of the sun: let the king wait for the (report) of Assur. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | In Ab (V) on the 30th day the moon will become visible. [If the moon] becomes visible in Ab (V) on the 30th day: dispersal of Akkad. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | In Ab (V) on the 16th day the moon will be seen together with the sun. |
| Reverse [1:5] r 22–r 55 | If Venus stands opposite Orion: land will become hostile to land, brother to brother; there will be fall of man and cattle. |
| Reverse [5:8] r 66–r 88 | If the stars of Orion keep gaining radiance: an important person will become too mighty and commit evil. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | — Venus stands in front of Orion. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | 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 30 NU IGI.LAL-ma 02 UD.SAR-MEŠ IGI-MEŠ | |
| 2 | nu-kur₂-ti ina KUR.KUR iš-šak-kan | |
| 3 | 30 ina ni-ib-ṭe-e it-ti {d}UTU IGI.LAL-ma | |
| 4 | e-du-u₂ ina pa-an {d}UTU pa-ri-ik | |
| 5 | pa-an ša₂ BAL.TIL{ki} LUGAL lid-gul | |
| 6 | ina {iti}NE UD 30-KAM₂ {d}30 in-na-mar | |
| 7 | 1 30 ina {iti}NE UD 30-KAM₂ IGI.LAL BIR-ah KUR—URI{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | o ina {iti}NE UD 16-KAM₂ 30 KI 20 in-na-mar | |
| 2 | 1 {mul}dil-bat ana mi-ih-ri-ti [o] | |
| 3 | {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA GUB KUR ana KUR | |
| 4 | ŠEŠ ŠEŠ KUR₂-ir ŠUB-tim NAM.LU₂.U₁₈.LU | |
| 5 | u₃ MAŠ₂.ANŠE GAL₂-ši | |
| 6 | 1 {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA MUL-MEŠ-šu₂ it-ta-na-an-bi-ṭu | |
| 7 | kab-tu ug-da-ap-pa-ša₂-am-ma | |
| 8 | le-mut-ti ip-pu-uš | |
| 9 | {mul}dil-bat ina pa-an {mul}SIPA.ZI.AN.NA GUB-ma | |
| 10 | ša₂ {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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