RMA 019 (P240144)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240144 |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If the moon becomes visible on the 1st day: reliable speech; the land will become happy. |
| Obverse [2:4] o 33–o 44 | If the day reaches its normal length: [a reign] of long days. |
| Obverse [4:8] o 55– | [......] protective deity has sent a (message of) [well-b]eing to the king my lord. |
| Reverse [0:8] r 1r 1–r 88 | May Aššur, Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk grant to the king my lord day after day, month after month, year after year happiness, health, joy and rejoicing, (and) a stable throne forever, for long days and many years! |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | From Nabû-iqbi. |
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 UD 01-KAM₂ IGI-ir KA GI.NA | |
| 2 | ŠA₃-bi KUR i-ṭa-bi | |
| 3 | 1 UD-mu ana ŠID-MEŠ-šu₂ GID₂.DA-ik | |
| 4 | [BALA UD]-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 5 | [x x x]+⸢x⸣-na [x]+⸢x⸣ {d}LAMA | |
| 6 | [šul]-⸢mu⸣ a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia | |
| 7 | <$o$> il-tap-ra | |
| r | ||
| 1 | {d}aš-šur {d}UTU {d}AG u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 2 | UD-mu a-na UD-mu ITI a-na ITI | |
| 3 | MU.AN.NA a-na MU.AN.NA ṭu-ub ŠA₃-bi | |
| 4 | ṭu-ub UZU hi-du-ti u ri-ša₂-a-ti | |
| 5 | {giš}GU.ZA ša₂ ki-na-a-ti | |
| 6 | a-na da-riš a-na UD-MEŠ GID₂.DA-MEŠ | |
| 7 | u₃ MU.AN.NA-MEŠ ma-aʾ-da-a-ti | |
| 8 | a-na LUGAL be-li₂-ia lid-di-nu | |
| 9 | ša₂ {1}{d}AG—iq-bi | |
Sources & licences
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